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Using ACT with Children and Adolescents - New Developments

Approved by the British Psychological Society for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
1 day 9:30am – 12:30pm 3 CPD hours

Course Brief

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This is a three-hours masterclass with Professor Nuno Ferreira on using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for working with children and adolescents. He will be focusing on adapting ACT for this age group and the new developments in the field.

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This is a three-hours masterclass with Professor Nuno Ferreira on using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for working with children and adolescents.

This masterclass will explore how adapt the ACT model of intervention for children and adolescents.

The masterclass will focus on interview and formulation techniques that are ACT consistent and that can easily be integrated in your current practice. The evidence base and characteristics of ACT based interventions for children and adolescents will also be addressed.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this masterclass you should:

  • Be able to produce an ACT consistent formulation for a child or adolescent
  • Be confident in the use of key intervention techniques using the ACT model for children and adolescents
  • Be aware of the evidence base for the use of ACT for children and adolescents.

This course is suitable for mental health professionals and education professionals who work with children and adolescents on the day-to-day basis, or occasionally. Your prior knowledge of the foundations of ACT is advisable, although not mandatory.

This Course is now available as a full recording with an online test via SDS Online Video Training (OVT).

Title: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to work with Children and Adolescents

Modality: ACT

CPD Hours Attached: 3 CPD Hours

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Course Tutor

Prof Nuno Ferreira
PhD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, Associate Professor of Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Nicosia, Cyprus

Dr Nuno Ferreira is an Associate Professor of Clinical Health Psychology at the University of Nicosia. He holds a Licenciature in Clinical Psychology from ISPA, Portugal, and a PhD in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Edinburgh.

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