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🩵 Transforming mental health care for children and young people through science, collaboration and clinical innovation

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We're a mental health charity and we’ve been supporting children and young people for over 70 years. We listen to and learn from their diverse voices, and integrate this with learnings from our science and practice to develop and deliver mental health care. This holistic approach has world-changing potential – our training, schools support, networks, partnerships and resources equip those who impa

ct children and young people’s lives with the knowledge and skills to support their mental health. We believe mental wellbeing is the foundation from which children and young people achieve their potential. By continually expanding our understanding and translating it into practice – grounded in science and guided by children and young people – we can ensure they get the right support at the right time. This account is monitored Monday-Friday 9am-5pm GMT.

30/04/2026

The assessment of representational risk is a coding system that can be used to assess risk and resilience factors when working with a child and their parent.

The system has been used to help understand parents and caregivers in clinical, prison, war-traumatised and edge-of-care settings.

If you’re a clinical mental health professional, social worker or researcher working with children and their caregivers, our training course is for you. Find out more: https://orlo.uk/l7MDV

28/04/2026

Often, parenting can be a bit like being a lighthouse: offering children a steady, attentive light to guide journey, and providing a safe harbour when difficulties arise.

Our Lighthouse Mentalization-Based Treatment programme helps you support parents to:

🧠 better understand and respond to their children’s needs
🧠 foster epistemic trust in the parent–child relationship
🧠 reduce the risk of harm.

It draws on advances in mentalization-based treatment and aims to improve parents’ reflective functioning (understanding your own and others' thoughts, feelings and intentions).

Our training uses a unique combination of psychoeducation, and individual and group-based psychotherapy.

Find out more: https://orlo.uk/bBnO6

27/04/2026

Did you know CBT can be adapted to help support children and young people with PTSD?

Trauma-focused CBT includes strategies for engagement, addressing common barriers and adapting for children with multiple traumatic events.

Join our training from 5 May to learn how to integrate this into your practice: https://orlo.uk/3n4UY

24/04/2026

Our undergraduate research internships are now open for applications 🥳

We will close when we receive enough applications so don't delay!

Update: We've now reached our maximum number of applications, so this has now closed. Huge thanks to everyone who applied and your interest in this opportunity

https://orlo.uk/skvxy

23/04/2026

What if we stopped pathologising autistic interests, and started valuing them?

In our next Autism Central webinar, Dr Myrto Kakoulidou talks with Dr Amy Pearson about how interests can bring joy and play a vital role in autistic people’s wellbeing. In our next Autism Central webinar, Dr Myrto Kakoulidou talks with Dr Amy Pearson about how interests can bring joy and play a vital role in autistic people’s wellbeing.

Drawing on UCL research with autistic adolescents, including studies of online video gaming, we’ll explore how interests can support emotion regulation, foster a sense of agency, and create belonging and connection with others.

The research also shows the importance of listening to autistic people’s own perspectives on what their interests mean to them, and how these can sometimes differ from how adults and caregivers view them.

We’ll share practical, evidence-based ideas for how families can better understand, value and support interests at home, helping autistic people to flourish and experience more joy in everyday life.

Book your free place: https://orlo.uk/8bVnS

These sessions are commissioned by the NHS as part of our Autism Central programme.

NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

22/04/2026

It’s Autism Acceptance Month, but real change comes from taking action.

Around 8 in 10 autistic people experience mental health issues in their lifetime, a much higher risk than neurotypical people.

Many neurodivergent young people, including autistic people, face barriers to education and support. This can cause mental health problems.

It doesn’t have to be like this.

Here are just a few things education staff can do to help.

Check out our training programme for schools on how to support autistic and neurodivergent students: https://orlo.uk/4lbcZ Watch this page for new dates to be released soon!

21/04/2026

The London Marathon is fast approaching on April 26 🏃🏻

We’re excited to have some supporters taking on this mammoth challenge for our work supporting children and young people’s mental health.

One of them is Jonathan. He’s already raised an incredible amount to help us keep transforming mental health care for children and young people through science, collaboration and clinical innovation.

Jonathan is passionate about children’s mental health as he’s supported his own daughter through hard times.

He says: “The stats are staggering: 1 out of 5 children in the UK aged 8 to 16 had a probable mental health disorder. That's a lot and difficult to comprehend.

“I am keen to raise awareness of this and give back following the help we received from the community.

“Acting quickly is crucial and more education about mental health is fundamental.”

Good luck Jonathan!

Check out his fundraising page here: https://orlo.uk/I5m4P

20/04/2026

Our neurodiversity expert colleague Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou, shares these tips and more in her recent HuffPost UK article: https://orlo.uk/yPHxo

Georgia is an Associate Professor at UCL and Chair of Autism Central, the National Peer Education Programme supporting families and networks of autistic people of all ages across England.

17/04/2026

We're over the moon to have won the Teacher Tapp Gold Award for April! 🏅🥳

Each month, Teacher Tapp polls over 10,000 teachers on their awareness, usage and recommendation of different education brands.

The Gold Award means at least 10% of teachers have used our resources, and at least 90% have recommended them.

We're a pioneering mental health charity, transforming care for children and young people through science, collaboration and clinical innovation. Our research sheds light on why mental health problems develop so we can design new approaches to prevention and intervention with children, young people, families and communities. We share our expertise through training, and help people like education staff improve the systems that shape young lives.

16/04/2026

Victoria Jackson, (53) and their daughter (19) live in the North East of England and are both autistic and have ADHD.

Victoria’s daughter was diagnosed aged 10 after experiencing challenges attending school, with barriers to education and support continuing.

Since last year, Victoria has been attending Autism Central’s sessions to help support their daughter.

Read Victoria’s story: https://orlo.uk/2WwxX

15/04/2026

We’re now running free group coaching sessions for family members of autistic people.

The sessions are led by trained peer guides with lived experience of being autistic or having autistic children. The sessions offer a safe, supportive space to share experiences, ask questions and learn from one another.

Join us for our next five-session series - Supporting LGBTQIA+ autistic family members to live healthy, happy lives. 🌈

We’ll explore together how neurodivergence relates to gender and sexual identity and look at ways to create an affirming environment, lower stress and celebrate identity.

These sessions will be facilitated by Alexis Quinn and Max Jervis-Read.

Book your free place or share this post with someone who might find it useful:
Morning series: https://orlo.uk/xDuGq

Afternoon series: https://orlo.uk/4zVHv

These sessions are commissioned by the NHS as part of our Autism Central programme. NHS England Workforce, Training and Education

14/04/2026

Are you an undergrad student looking for an internship? Applications for ours open soon! 🥳

Here at Anna Freud, we value diversity and want a workforce that reflects this. That's why we set up our annual Researcher Internship Scheme that offers undergraduate students a 3-month paid placement with us.

We want to make research careers more accessible and inclusive for people who often experience additional barriers in pursuing research careers, or who are underrepresented in mental health research.

You will:
📊 Work on real research and evaluation studies
🎤 Shadow teams across fundraising, training and communications
🧠 Attend workshops, seminars and other development opportunities
💜 Get lots of support and guidance

We recommend applying early due to high demand.

Applications open 24 April... Watch this space!

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