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ACAMH interview with Dr Arnon Bentovim
Dr Arnon Bentovim, Child and Family Psychiatrist, founding director of Child and Family Training and founder the Child and Family Practice discusses his work with freelance journalist Jo Carlowe.
In particular Arnon talks about developing training in evidence-based approaches to assessment, analysis and intervention.
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1st ISPCAN Caribbean Regional Conference
1st to 5th December 2018
Arnon Bentovim is presenting a workshop entitled Hope for Children and Families – Modular, Multi-Focal Interventions for Child Maltreatment.
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ISPCAN XX11 International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Prague
2nd - 6th September 2018
Child and Family Training made the following presentations and workshops at the conference:
Bentovim, A., Gray, J. and Vizard, E. - Treatment of complex maltreatment and related complex developmental trauma: utilising an evidence-based modular approach
Pizzey, S. - Assessment, analysis and intervention using the hope for children and families approaches
Calam, R. and El-Khani, A. - Working with families and caregivers to provide mental health and psychosocial support for children affected by armed conflict and displacement
Vizard, E., Gray, J. and von Werthern, M. - A focus on the mental health of refugee children on the move in Europe: Modular interventions for these maltreated children.
Timmer, M., Meysen, T. and Pizzey, S. - Participation of children in child protection proceedings: A European training program
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3rd International Congress on Child Protection, Unye, Turkey
30 September to 3 October 2018
Dr Arnon Bentovim, Işıl Coklar, Jenny Gray, Mehmet Akif Guzel, Stephen Pizzey and Sezen Zeytinoglu will present a pre-conference workshop using the Turkish version of the Safeguarding Children Assessment and Analysis Framework and introducing the newly published Hope for Children and Families Intervention Resources.
Jenny Gray will give a plenary presentation on International Perspectives on Child Witnesses
Dr Bentovim will give a plenary presentation on The Impact of Being Witnesses on Children’s Mental Health and the Longer Term Wellbeing of Children
Dr Bentovim will also give a plenary presentation on Malign Impacts of Toxic Stress on Children’s Development and Mental Health
David Glasgow will give a plenary presentation on In My Shoes: A computer toolkit for forensic and investigative interviewing of young children
C&FT will have an information desk at the conference.
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Evaluation of the Safeguarding Children Assessment and Analysis Framework (SAAF)
December 2017
A randomised control trial of the SAAF, was carried out in six local authorities over a two-year period. The largest local authority in the study recorded a significant reduction in the number of children made subject to a child protection plan.