Training for parents and carers
Our Psychological Perspectives in Education and Primary Care (PPEPCare) training has been designed to help parents and carers living in Berkshire to recognise, understand and support children and young people who are experiencing mental health difficulties. The training is offered to families using relevant evidence-based psychological techniques, such as using a cognitive behavioural framework.
Our PPEPCare modules were developed and written by experts in the field and are based on the most up to date research.
Training consists of instructive teaching and experiential learning. It's delivered by a qualified member of our local CAMH services.
Our training isn't designed to turn parents and carers into psychological therapists, but it provides opportunities to develop your knowledge, skills and confidence to talk about and help with the common mental issues that young people present with.
Understanding the teen brain
The teen brain module covers this crucial developmental stage - a time of upheaval in emotion, behaviour and learning - that prepares young people for adult challenges. This module explores the impact of significant hormonal and neuronal changes, the reasons behind increased risk taking and reward seeking, and the increase in peer influence. We'll also explain how adults can have a key positive role in supporting young people to manage the changes, and understand the impact of these changes on relationships and behaviour.
This session has been put together following a collaboration with Dr John Coleman who has been working with the Charlie Waller Trust to support parents and carers, professionals and young people understand the teen brain.
Overview of common mental health issues in children and young people
A brief introduction to the common mental health issues often seen by families, highlighting the risk issues and signposting to helpful local and national resources.
NOW: Having constructive conversations with distressed young people
How to recognise distress in young people and how to respond in the moment. This module will help you to develop an understanding of the changes to teenage brains and how it impacts them. You'll be able to spot what is preventing good communication between the young person and others, and develop skills to help you communicate with distressed young people. You will also learn about a structure known as ‘NOW’ to help you to have constructive conversations with children and young people.
Attachment
This module aims to help families with children and young people to understand attachment theory and how important it is to a child’s development. We'll help you to regognise attachment difficulties in school age children, and how to support them in school and the community.
Supporting young people with low mood
Exploring what depression is, how to recognise it in young people, and how it might be different from ‘normal’ adolescent mood difficulties. We'll look at what keeps people feeling down, and will teach some useful techniques that can be used to break the cycles.
Overcoming childhood anxiety
Exploring when anxiety might be a problem (as opposed to a ‘normal’ developmental phase), and describing different anxiety disorders and how these can be assessed. We'll talk about why treatment is important and give an overview of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (a treatment which has shown to be effective with children and young people). We'll highlight key treatment strategies and explore how parents and carers respond to their child’s anxiety.
Supporting young people with anxiety
Exploring how to spot anxiety young people and how to assess it. We'll explore what might keep anxiety going and provide an overview of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (an evidence-based treatment for anxiety).
Supporting young people who self-harm
Exploring what self-harm is and how to spot it, including why young people might self-harm and challenging commonly held assumptions. We'll give you some guidance around how to talk to young people who may be self-harming, what is confidentiality, dealing with your own feelings and supporting young people with alternative strategies.
Behavioural difficulties: Supporting children and their parents via a parenting intervention
Conduct problems refer to a range of behaviors in children or young people that involve breaking rules, acting out, or showing aggression. We examine what conduct problems are and why it is important to treat them. We'll provide an overview of the key principles and components of a parenting programme and how this option might be introduced.
We are unable to offer any training for supporting children and young people with possible autism and ADHD, please visit this page for all of the support that is available for possible autism and possible ADHD.
Our PPEPCare modules will be available to book online. Dates and times will be published soon.
If you have any queries, please email: PPEPCare@berkshire.nhs.uk
Important information about your personal data
When you visit the link for the training session, Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust will use the information you provide for service development purposes. Your email address will only be accessible to those Berkshire Healthcare staff involved in the delivery of the training.
Personal data will be deleted after the webinar, your information will not be shared with any third party and you will not be contacted by Berkshire Healthcare as a result of this training, unless safeguarding concerns arise from the session around your own, or your child’s wellbeing. If this is the case, data will be used to escalate appropriately to the safeguarding team.
Cameras and microphones will remain disabled throughout the session, however, please note that if you do not select ‘Join as a guest’ at the time of the training, your name will be visible to other attendees. Please select ‘Join as a guest’ when you enter and choose a name unrelated to you.
