Thank you to all who attended our Mental Health Focus Day on Tuesday 12th October 2021
Special thanks to The Holiday Inn Bexley for hosting our event and to the professionals who presented.
Special thanks to The Holiday Inn Bexley for hosting our event and to the professionals who presented.
Slides from the event are available to download below:
| Understanding the range of mental health support for your child in Bexley Session 1 & 3 |
| CAMHS Presentation Session 1&3 |
| Adult Learning Disability Team Slides Session 1&3 |
| Bexley MIND Session 2 |
| CAMHS Practical Support & Strategies to Support your Child's MH Session 4 |
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Our goal for the day was to help our members understand:
There were four sessions available:
Session 1 & 3 - Understanding The Range Of Mental Health Support For Your Child In Bexley:
What Mental Health Support is available for your child if you live in Bexley and how can you access it.
For this session we will be joined by:
Session 2 - How About You? Looking After Your Own Mental Health
Your own mental health is so important. What Mental Health support can you access as a parent/carer, dealing with the challenges of raising a child with additional needs?
For this session we will be joined by:
Session 3 (Repeat of session 1 - see above.)
Session 4 - Practical Support & Strategies to Support your Child's Mental Health
One of the concerns parents often voice, when supporting their youngster with their mental health, is a fear of doing or saying the wrong thing.
This session will look at early signs/symptoms that may enable early intervention; approaches to take; language to use. Topics covered will include Anxiety/Self-harm/School Avoidance/OCD/Depression etc.
For this session we will be joined by:
- The mental health services available in Bexley for children and young people and how to access them.
- How to look after your own mental health whilst supporting your children.
- Practical support and strategies to help support your child's mental health.
There were four sessions available:
Session 1 & 3 - Understanding The Range Of Mental Health Support For Your Child In Bexley:
What Mental Health Support is available for your child if you live in Bexley and how can you access it.
For this session we will be joined by:
- Bexley Early Intervention Team
- Kooth
- CHEWS - Children's Emotional Wellbeing Service
- Bexley CAMHS - Mental Health Support Teams in School
- Bexley CAMHS - Specialist Service
- Bexley Community Learning Disability Team, Queen Mary Hospital
Session 2 - How About You? Looking After Your Own Mental Health
Your own mental health is so important. What Mental Health support can you access as a parent/carer, dealing with the challenges of raising a child with additional needs?
For this session we will be joined by:
- Bexley MIND
Session 3 (Repeat of session 1 - see above.)
Session 4 - Practical Support & Strategies to Support your Child's Mental Health
One of the concerns parents often voice, when supporting their youngster with their mental health, is a fear of doing or saying the wrong thing.
This session will look at early signs/symptoms that may enable early intervention; approaches to take; language to use. Topics covered will include Anxiety/Self-harm/School Avoidance/OCD/Depression etc.
For this session we will be joined by:
- Clinicians from Bexley CAMHS Learning Difficulties & Neurodiversity Team.
If you have any questions about this event, please email: ica.bexleyvoice@hotmail.com
Bookings - Terms and Conditions:
- Places are allocated on a first come first served basis.
- This event is free of charge.
- Once your place is booked, if you are unable to attend, please contact us as soon as possible so that your place may be offered to another parent/carer.
- If you book a place but fail to attend without prior notice, you may not be able to book future events.
- By booking a place you agree to your information being stored under the BV Privacy Policy.
- If FULLY BOOKED appears next to your required session, the places have already been taken. Your name will only be held on a waiting list and you will be contacted if a place becomes available.
- You will receive a confirmation email before the event.
Venue: Holiday Inn Bexley, Black Prince Interchange, Southwold Road, DA5 1ND
Ample, free parking available but you must register your car registration with reception upon arrival.
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/london/dfbke/hoteldetail
Ample, free parking available but you must register your car registration with reception upon arrival.
https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/london/dfbke/hoteldetail