UCL ICH: Psychological wellbeing & mental health of children & young people with visual impairment

Please note: this conference is being organised by UCL Institute of Child Health, the Mary Kitzinger Trust and Royal Society for Blind Children, and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

The focus will be on innovative research and evidence based practice developments and skill learning workshops with international and nationally renowned contributors. It is relevant to all clinicians, practitioners and researchers in the field of childhood visual impairment and related disabilities from the UK and internationally. 

There will be opportunity for new or existing researchers in the field to share their latest research through posters or oral presentation. 

The conference will also include perspectives from parents and from young people with visual impairment.

Topics:

• Needs, research and outcomes
• Early childhood needs and intervention
• Recreation, sport and wellbeing
• Anxiety, mood and emotion regulation  
• Social, behaviour and multi-sensory challenges
• Children’s needs in middle childhood and adolescence
• Enhancing participation, habilitation and wellbeing 

Workshops

Workshops of research into practice covering the early years and early intervention, risk and protective factors for mental health, CBT and therapeutic approaches, managing depression and low self esteem, complex behaviour needs, social communication and autism assessment, measuring quality of life. 

Who should attend:

• all researchers
• clinical and educational practitioners
• commissioners working with children and young people with visual impairment