Links for professionals
Below are links to organisations that will help you as a CAMHS professional.
HandsOnScotland
http://www.handsonscotland.co.uk/
A one-stop shop for practical information and techniques on how to respond helpfully to children and young people's troubling behaviour, build up their self-esteem and promote their positive mental wellbeing.
The ChildTrauma Academy
http://childtraumaacademy.org/
Translating emerging findings about the human brain and child development into practical implications for the ways we nurture, protect, enrich, educate and heal children.
CAMHS.org.uk
http://www.camhs.org.uk/
Information and links for professionals from health, local authority and the voluntary sector who are involved in the development and delivery of child and adolescent mental health services.
Research in Practice
http://www.rip.org.uk/
Supporting evidence informed practice with children and families through news, views and research reviews, summaries, policy insights, projects, publications and learning events
Every Child Matters
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/
The key government site for information on all aspects of the Every Child Matters agenda
Wellscotland.info
http://www.wellscotland.info/
The website for the Scottish Government’s national programme for improving mental health and wellbeing with links to policy and practice information.
YMiS
http://www.youngscotlandinmind.org.uk/
Forum that brings the voluntary sector together to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all Children and Young People in Scotland.