As a general practitioner (GP), you are often the first point of contact for families when they have concerns about their children’s mental health. This makes you well-placed to engage with children and parents about children’s wellbeing.
This course aims to introduce you to knowledge and skills related to utilising focused psychological strategies (FPS) to support children aged 5–12 years where mental health concerns are present. It has been designed as a continuing professional development (CPD) course for GPs.
Contact hours:
6.00
Pre/Post hours:
1.00
Total hours:
7.00
Pre/Post activity
Prereading and questions National children’s mental health and wellbeing strategy then complete the activities below.
A wellbeing continuum (pages 8–9)
Introduction (pages 15–23)
Reinforcing activity - create an MO
Learning objectives
- identify key techniques for establishing collaborative
relationships with children and parents through effective communication and
cooperation
- identify and implement several appropriate FPS
interventions for common child mental health conditions by actively involving
children and families in your case formulation practices
- formulate treatment plans for children based on the FPS of CBT, motivational interviewing, psychoeducation and transdiagnostic approaches.
Assessment information
4 x MCQ knowledge checks. Participants are required to achieve a score of
100% in order to pass
Additional information
The content from the course has been taken from the Emerging Minds FPS ST
training course