This webinar, delivered by YoungMinds, the UK’s leading charity fighting for children and young people’s mental health, will consider risk taking behaviours in adolescents, including why they take risks, and what forms these risk taking behaviours can take. This webinar is suitable for anyone who works with children and young people and will increase understanding of teenage development and how to look past behaviour at what might be underlying and driving it.

During the webinar, delegates will look at:

• An introduction to mental health and wellbeing, with specific focus on adolescents
• Looking at teenage brain development and how this might impact behaviour
• Focus on what causes concern and risk-taking behaviour, with an emphasis on practical ideas and strategies to support young people.

• Member rate: £60
• Non-member rate: £120*

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Speaker: Sarah Berman, Trainer Consultant, YoungMinds

Sarah Berman has had over 25 years of primary school teaching experience, during which time she has had responsibility for ICT and completed a Master degree in Computers in Education.
Since 2004, she has been a freelance advisory teacher in the Computing Curriculum, working in a range of schools. She supports teachers by teaching modelled lessons and working with staff 1:1, in groups or on a whole staff basis, as well as teaching students on the Schools Direct programme at the Institute of Education. Online Safety comes under the Computing Curriculum and Sarah has been a CEOP Ambassador since 2013, delivering training to staff, children, parents and governors.
Since 2016, Sarah has been a volunteer on the YoungMinds Parents Helpline, talking to parents/carers who are concerned about their child’s emotional wellbeing. She is also part of the Training & Development Team at YoungMinds, delivering training and consultancy to clients on a range of issues concerning mental health, including areas such as the impact of technology on young people’s mental health, resilience and self-harming behaviours.