Professional Development

SEBDA seeks to provide information and training opportunities for those professionals in a range of services who support children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs.

We encourage and support all schools and colleges to identify and train a Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health  and promote the mental health and emotional well-being of children and young people in support of the Government’s care policies.

Our current offer includes:

• A newly launched newsletter entitled 1IN10.
• SEBDA’s National Conference ‘Their future is not over’ 27th March 2020 
• 2 Postgraduate Certificate courses in partnership with Oxford Brookes University. 
  • Understanding and Managing SEMH Difficulties.
  • Advanced Study in SEMH Difficulties.

Plans are also underway for the delivery of a number of short courses and the production of a series of information leaflets on positive interventions for those at risk of SEMH difficulties.