HIEDA/BSA – What every Matron should know – the challenge of adolescence

4 February 2025 @ 10:30 am - 3:30 pm

Date: February 04, 2025
Time: 10:30 – 15:30
Cost: HIEDA/BSA Member Rate: £170, Non-member Rate: £350*
Audience: All Boarding staff and those who wish to have an understanding of teenagers mental health
Platform: Zoom (online) – day seminar

Course outline:

This course takes a look at understanding the teenage brain. It focuses on development in relation to mental health, risk-taking and behaviours seen in the boarding setting.

Training topics will include:

The normal brain
The teenage brain
Why they behave the way they do
How can we manage this behaviour in the boarding setting.

Learning outcomes:

To have a better understanding of the teenage brain and what is normal behaviour
To identify and manage learned behaviours
To identify when things go wrong and put in support strategies
To create a supportive boarding environment.

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Speaker:

Ashley Mason

Ashley is a registered paramedic and has been the Health Services Manager at St Peter’s School, York since 2018. He is a member of the School’s Operations Team and Health and Safety Committee. Ashley sits on the statutory Health and Wellbeing Board for the City of York and has previously services as an NHS Trust governor.

Lisa Thomson, Charlie Waller Trust

Lisa has had a long career in a variety of Mental Health settings within the NHS. She originally trained as a Mental Health Nurse in 1990 and subsequently worked in inpatient and community settings with adults, children, young people and their families. She completed a Masters in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and a post graduate diploma in Evidence Based Practice leading to qualifying as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. Most of her career has been spent working directly with children, young people and families in NHS CAMHS and she now works part time in independent clinical practice. In addition, she works as a freelance trainer for the Charlie Waller Trust delivering training on Mental Health Issues to schools, primary care and a wide variety of organisations working with children and young people. As part of a nonprofit organisation called Brighter Futures Together, she trains NHS CAMHS clinicians to deliver evidence based training to the children’s workforce across the Thames Valley and the South of England.