We are delighted to announce a special event with Professor Stephen Scott CBE FRCPsych FMedSci on May 30th at 7:30 pm, titled "Parenting Interventions for behavioural concerns: Do Behavioural Approaches have a role?" This live conversation, facilitated by ISBA Chair Alan Tennyson, offers a unique opportunity to engage with a leading expert in child and adolescent mental health.
Professor Scott has made a remarkable contribution to child and adolescent mental health and has been recognised with a CBE on the 2014 New Year's Honours List for his outstanding services to children and families. He currently serves as the president of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), a charity dedicated to improving child mental health standards. ACAMH publishes the internationally renowned Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry (JCPP) and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health journal.
Professor Scott holds a distinguished consultant position at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and a Professorship in Child Health and Behaviour at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Additionally, he directs the National Academy for Parenting Research.
His research focuses on developing and evaluating effective interventions for children and adolescents with behavioural and emotional difficulties, with a particular emphasis on evidence-based parenting interventions and training. Professor Scott played a key role in chairing the development of the influential NICE guideline, "Antisocial Behaviour and Conduct Disorders in Children and Young People: Recognition, Intervention and Management."
Professor Scott's other notable achievements include authoring the bestselling introductory textbook, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Goodman and Scott, 3rd edition), and the authoritative Rutter's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
We hope you can join us for this conversation. We welcome anyone interested in this crucial area of child and adolescent mental health. Attendees will be invited to submit questions in advance. The event will feature a 40-minute discussion, followed by a 20-minute facilitated Q&A session.
