CYP MH Crisis Training – Universal Offer

E-Learning for Health – Children and Young People with Mental Health Needs, Autism or Learning Disability

A wealth of e-learning and resources available. Of particular relevance:

• Management of Procedure-Induced Anxiety in Children
• Autism Awareness
• Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism
• Trauma Informed Care

Advice booklet for carers and clinicians of children with autism and mental health needs at risk of presenting to hospitals (both CAMHS and acute/paediatric settings).

• Cornwall & IOS

We Can Talk

Open to those working in an acute hospital setting, We Can Talk is a free online home for training, resources, events and a community of practice dedicated to creating cultural change! If you are a nurse, HCA, paramedic, doctor, receptionist, security or any role working in an acute hospital and want to improve the experience of children and young people in mental health crisis, this is the place for you.

 

Wellbeing Series with Dr Lynette Rentoul

These guides were originally written to support schools in C&IOS. You can also access a series of recorded webinars based on these guidance documents via Headstart Kernow Cornwall Wellbeing Hub. You will need to register, go to ‘topics’ and then ‘wellbeing support to schools.’

• Promoting Resilience and Pro-Social Development in Children and Young People
• Managing Anxiety Problems Practical Guidance for Schools
• Managing Self Harm Guidance and Toolkit for Schools
• Managing Eating Problems Guidance and Toolkit – this is currently being revised. An updated version will be available in April 2024.

The Cornwall Wellbeing Hub supports a whole school, trauma informed, relational approach to wellbeing that is ‘everybody’s business. Find training and resources to support children and young people’s mental health in Cornwall

Training and Resources:

• Anna Freud Centre – a mental health charity for children and families have a range of training and resources available. ‘Child in Mind’ expert podcasts to help parents understand and manage child and family mental health problems. The series is presented by BBC Radio 4 presenter Claudia Hammond. In each 20-minute episode, she discusses an important issue in child and family mental health with an expert and a young person or parent.
• Young Minds – a charity fighting for children and young people’s mental health have a range of training and resources available

Trauma Informed (TI) Awareness/Practice hosted by Safer Cornwall.

Future lunch and learn sessions will be held in 2024/5.

*Content and Trigger Warning*

These sessions will be focusing on trauma and may bring up topics that might cause anybody with lived experience to be affected by the content.

They will cover on various subjects such as:

1. Supporting people with complex trauma (July)
2. Shame (August)
3. Trauma in young people (September)
4. Vicarious trauma (October)
5. Trauma Recovery Model (November)
6. EBES What good feels like? (December)
7. Power threat meaning (January)
8. Dissociation (February)
9. Community/stigma (March)

The links to the YouTube videos from each session can be found on the Safer Cornwall website. Safer Cornwall & DAAT Training Programme – Safer Cornwall near the bottom of the page.

If you would like to be added to the distribution list for future events or receive more information you can email dylan.smith@cornwall.gov.uk.

Understanding ARFID:

• What is ARFID? This recorded workshop is intended for parents of children diagnosed with Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID), as well as professionals looking to learn more about ARFID (also available on the Neurodiversity Hub, Parent Carers Cornwall)
• The Neurodiversity Hub hosted on the Parent Carers Cornwall website provides a range of information and resources on Eating and Drinking in children.

 

Sleep Advice

Hunrosa Sleep Takeaway Cards 

Cards to help give sleep advice, and for patients to takeaway. For children and young people and their families, including those children with additional needs. A section for those up to the age of 25 years. These have been developed by Hunrosa sleep consultancy working within the NHS. These commissioned cards use evidence based sleep information and advice.

 

In Development – the following recorded webinars will be available soon:

• Drugs and alcohol
• Self Harm
• LGBTQ+
• Trauma Informed Approaches – Understanding Needs in Crisis-Recorded Webinar.