Upcoming conferences

5th International Trauma Informed Care Conference: Treatment approaches for complex trauma & co-existing needs

As our understanding of the impact of exposure to adversity grows, it is accepted that prolonged or chronic exposure to traumatic events can manifest as both trauma and non-trauma focused needs. Yet, our understanding of the relationships and clinical impact of co-existing needs is limited. Over three comprehensive symposia, #TIC2024 brings together renowned international speakers to explore ways of working effectively with different trauma presentations and wider commonly co-presenting needs. 

**EVENT FULLY BOOKED**  Free Webinar: Advances in Autism - Meeting the trauma needs of autistic people special edition

Autistic people have a higher probability of experiencing adversity, yet there is lack of substantial research addressing trauma needs to drive clinical practice. Earlier this year, Advances in Autism, with guest editor Dr Deborah Morris, published a special edition to highlight current clinical and research work in this area. The special edition includes several papers offering practice guidance, exploring challenging diagnostic questions, empirically evaluating treatments and expanding the theoretical lens for improving our understanding of trauma in autistic people. This webinar brings together authors of the special edition to discuss their work and implications for practice when working at the intersection of autism and trauma. 

Previous conferences

Meeting the trauma needs in secure care: Optimising therapeutic outcomes

Trauma needs are highly prevalent in secure mental health services, and the effective addressal of such needs holds important implications for treatment efficacy and outcomes. Over four symposia, #TNSC2024 brings together discussion from leading practitioners and academics on the topics of assessment and formulation, working with marginalised populations, family and peer interventions, and optimising treatment systems. #TNSC2024

2^nd International Trauma & Neurodiverse Populations Conference: Meeting the trauma needs of people with intellectual disabilities

People with intellectual disabilities are significantly more likely to be exposed to trauma and adversity across the lifespan, yet they are significantly under represented in trauma frameworks, services and innovations. This event brings together national and international experts to offer a clinically focused programme to inform our understanding of the trauma needs and treatment approaches for this population. This focus, as well as presentations describing  innovations in the trauma field will be of particular use to clinicians and applied researchers. #TNPID2023

3rd International Moral Injury in occupational settings conference: "Reconnection and repair"

The growing awareness of the importance of moral injury as a framework to describe clinician distress also offers healthcare services potential solutions and interventions to improve the wellbeing of workforces. Equally, as recognition that services themselves play a key role in determining the wellbeing of healthcare workers it is imperative that responses to moral injury have a systemic focus. #MI2023 brings together transatlantic experts to offer a comprehensive programme focused on sharing systemic and organisational solutions to preventing, mitigating and managing moral injury in healthcare and first responder settings.

2nd International Moral Injury in Occupational Settings Conference - 22nd March 2022

Moral injury has come to prominence as a framework to address occupational distress in a variety of settings including veteran, police, emergency responders and healthcare workers. The 2nd International Moral Injury Conference brought together applied researchers and clinicians to offer a series of oral papers and live polls exploring Clinically focused discussions exploring the use of concepts relating to moral injury in the workplace as they relate to service users and professionals.

2nd International Trauma Informed Care in Practice : Interventions to reduce core and comorbid trauma symptoms - 9th November 2021

The lifetime impact of trauma and the need for services to adopt more holistic approaches to trauma informed care is becoming increasingly understood.  As our knowledge of the sequela of trauma grows, including the impact on support systems, so does the need to develop services that can meet the wide ranging care needs of those who have been exposed to trauma.

Diversity, Deaf people & Mental Health - 29th June 2021

Jointly hosted by the British Society for Mental Health and Deafness (BSMHD) and St Andrew’s Healthcare, this conference brought together leading practitioners and researchers in the field to explore positive practice and research developments.

Mental Capacity Act ‘Good Practice Guidance’ Conference - 27th April 2021

Conforming to good practice guidance for the MCA and working with people with complex mental health and neurodevelopmental needs can be challenging. The Academic Centre, St Andrew’s Healthcare, will be hosting a one day conference to support clinicians to develop clinical practice skills.

Working with Moral Injury in Healthcare Settings - 9th February 2021

In February 2021 St Andrew’s Healthcare and the British Psychological Society jointly hosted a one day conference to bring together health professionals and the leading researchers in this field to explore conceptual and clinical issues relating to Moral Injury

Trauma informed care in practice: Whole service approaches to working with complex trauma 19^th November 2020

The trauma informed care in practice conference brought together senior practitioners and researchers in the field in the UK to offer keynote oral presentations. The event focussed on developing clinical practice for people who have experienced complex and multiple traumas and also the services that support them.