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 online National Conference 29th June 2021 - more info soon. 
• In Mind - as series of articles on issues relating to SEMH. 
• 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.