Children & Adolescents Special Interest Group
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Branch committee November 2007
Committee Members
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Joanna Grave - Chair
Andrew Lewis-Smith - Secretary
Anita Munro - Treasurer
Jane Holmes - Branch Liaison
Steve Spence - Ordinary Member
Maria Barquin - Ordinary member
Brenda Davis - Ordinary Member
Janet Teshola - Ordinary Member
Rosie Hall - Ordinary Member
Ben Lasky - Co-opted Member
Nicky Dummett - Co-opted Member
Paul Stallard - Co-opted Member
Steven Killick - Co-opted Member
Kath Davies - Co-opted Member
How to join the Children, Adolescent and Families SIB
Please contact the BABCP office to become a member - you will then receive information directly about group events.
Teaching/Training Sub Group
Mission statement:
This sub-group aims to co-ordinate the provision of teaching and training events in the area of CBT with children, adolescents and families.
Aims and objectives:
- To ensure the provision of a variety of training events aimed at people with different levels of expertise in CBT with children.
- To encourage an ethos of discussion and sharing of ideas to promote the development of this field.
- To ensure the provision of a wide range of events covering the spectrum of theory, research and clinical techniques and practice.
To promote accessibility of training events by locating them nationwide.
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Training Courses
This section gives details about the following training courses:
Institute of Psychiatry & Kings College, London - Postgraduate Diploma In Cognitive Behavioural Therapies For Children And Adolescents
Current Events being organised by the Branch
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Families: making CBT work for individuals,families, practitioners and services
2nd - 4th December 2009 at Regents College London
Further information is available here
Accreditation Information
It is recognised that it is difficult for CBT clinicians working with children to gain accreditation, mainly due to the difficulties with supervision. On discussion with Amanda Cole, Chair of the Accreditation and Registration Sub-Committee of the BABCP, the following advice for clinicians working with children and considering accreditation was provided.
1. In order to meet criteria for accreditation, supervision must have a clear CBT basis.
2. CBT supervision does not necessarily need to be provided by an accredited supervisor, but could be from an ‘accreditable' supervisor. This means that an individual's supervisor need only meet criteria for accreditation, which would be judged by the A&R committee at point of application.
3. Telephone supervision and/or peer supervision are acceptable forms of supervision.
4. Where no child CBT supervisor is available, the combination of a supervisor using CBT with adults (for technical advice) and a more generic supervisor working with children (for case management issues) is the preferred option.
Amanda Cole wanted to encourage clinicians using CBT with children who consider that they may meet criteria for accreditation to make applications to the sub-committee. If, upon doing so, the application were not successful, the sub-committee would provide detailed feedback as to how they could improve their application in the future.
This is a list of CBT practitioners who work with the child and adolescent population and are willing to offer and are willing to offer specific child and adolescent supervision to other practitioners in their area. Further information about the training, skills and experience of each practitioner can be sought directly through each individual via their contact details listed below.
The child, adolescent and families special interest branch is not able to make specific recommendations about individuals.
You will need to know your BABCP membership number to access the list of supervisors and their contact details.
Future Meetings
Monday February 2nd 2009, Birmingham, venue and times tbc. Depression/Self help materials by Dr. Nicky Dummett
June 3rd 2009, Manchester, venue and times tbc
July 16th 2009, at the Annual Conference. Time and location tbc
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Branch Meeting 19th May 2005
AGM 7th November 2005
Branch Meeting 15th February 2006
Branch Meeting 10 May 2006
AGM 2006
Telephone Conference - 26th September 2007
AGM 12th November 2007
Branch Meeting London, 6th February 2008
Branch Meeting, Birmingham 2nd June 2008
Royal College of Psychiatrists - Child & Adolescent Mental Health.
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