Training for parents and carers of children under 18 in Teesside

Service opening hours: Monday – Friday

Lead contacts: Susie Kaylor and Tracy Mitchell

What sort of training do you provide and who is it for?

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) provide training for parents and carers who wish to develop an understanding of children’s mental health issues.

The training is available to parents and carers in Teesside with a child under the age of 18 years. Your child does not need to be in receipt of mental health services to attend.

Sessions are delivered at an introductory level and are suitable for people with little or no previous mental health knowledge.

Who runs the training session?

Training sessions are delivered by mental health professionals from the CAMHS training team in Teesside and with the support of staff from locality services.

What happens on a training session?

The training aims to give a brief overview of conditions and increase awareness of strategies that could be helpful to parents and carers.

Please note – we cannot provide a diagnosis for children and young people at these training sessions and are unable to develop individualised intervention plans for parents.

What courses are available and how do I book on these?

Face-to-face training sessions are not currently running.

Due to COVID-19, we are offering the following online workshops which will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. More dates and workshops will be added.

Understanding Anxiety

We will explore what may contribute to children and young people’s anxiety and look at how we can build their resilience. We will also consider what help and support young people experiencing anxiety may need.

Emotional Wellbeing

We will introduce you to the risk and resilience framework exploring how this can be used to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families and discuss what can be done to promote healthy emotional wellbeing in children and young people.

Understanding ADHD

This workshop will provide an awareness of ADHD and the core symptoms that children and young people may experience. We will explore the impact ADHD can have on children, young people and their families and give an overview of the assessment process.

To access one or more of the training sessions, please contact the CAMHS training team by emailing [email protected] with the below information.

Which workshop(s) you would like to access
Your name
Email address
Which locality you live
The school(s) your child(ren) attend
Age(s) of your child(ren)

A calendar request will then be sent to you, which will include a link to access the session.

The workshops are available and free of charge to parents and carers in Teesside with a child under the age of 18 years. Your child does not need to be in receipt of mental health services to attend.

Sessions are delivered at an introductory level and are suitable for people with little or no previous mental health knowledge.

Useful resources

Information

Support

Education

www.minded.org.uk

Books

The Huge Bag of Worries Paperback – 6 Jan 2011 by Virginia Ironside
Think good, feel good – by Paul Stallard
The Young Mind – An essential guide for parents, teachers and young adults’ published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2010)

Apps for smart phones

Headspace
SAM
Mind Shift
Mood Kit

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