In this workshop, Siobhan Wilson, a 15-year-old youth advocate with lived experience of Generalised Anxiety Disorder, PTSD, depression and Non-Verbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), shares valuable insights into the strategies that supported her at different stages of her development, as well as those that proved unhelpful. Structured across four developmental stages: infancy (0 - 2); early childhood (2 - 5); middle childhood (5 - 10) and adolescence (10 - 15), this workshop explores how her experiences and needs evolved over time. Siobhan’s reflections provide an honest perspective, offering participants ideas to consider when supporting children facing similar challenges. In addition to practical strategies, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of the complex neurodiverse world of NVLD, a condition that overlaps with aspects of ASD and ADHD while presenting unique deficits in visual-spatial awareness and understanding abstract concepts. While these insights are drawn from Siobhan’s lived experience and may not suit every child, they can guide professionals and caregivers in tailoring their approaches to traumatised and neurodiverse children. By the end of the session, participants will walk away with: •Practical strategies to better support children through various developmental stages. •Greater awareness of the challenges faced by children with NVLD and other types of neurodiversity and the need for multidisciplinary approaches. •Inspiration and tools to foster resilience, connection, and healing in children navigating trauma and neurodiversity. This workshop invites reflection, understanding, and action, empowering participants to make a meaningful impact in the lives of the children they support.

In this half day Masterclass, delivered over 3 hours, Dr Yehuda will explore how molecular biology, genomics, and epigenomics, provide paradigms for understanding the long-term effects of stress. Dr Yehuda will incorporate decades of research on trauma and its impacts, incorporating Vietnam veterans, adult children of holocaust survivors, children of other traumas, children born to pregnant women who survived the 9/11 world trade centre attacks predictors of PTSD to show how early environmental experiences-including parenting- contribute to highly conserved molecular and genomic processes. The masterclass will also present Dr Yehuda’s work and research exploring effective treatments supporting healing and recovery.

Stories shape our imaginations and, therefore, the realities we live in. Some are narratives that are dominant and that dominate. These often serve to perpetuate, reinforce, and entrench stereotypical and stigmatising narratives and norms: that is, the ways we understand social issues and the people experiencing them. There are power dynamics inherent in how stories are told: whose worldviews are being shared, and the frames through which we receive them. If people are the sum of the stories told about them and the stories they then internalise about themselves, whose imaginations are we living in, and what does it take to challenge this?

In this half day Masterclass, delivered over 3 hours, Dr Yehuda will explore how molecular biology, genomics, and epigenomics, provide paradigms for understanding the long-term effects of stress. Dr Yehuda will incorporate decades of research on trauma and its impacts, incorporating Vietnam veterans, adult children of holocaust survivors, children of other traumas, children born to pregnant women who survived the 9/11 world trade centre attacks predictors of PTSD to show how early environmental experiences-including parenting- contribute to highly conserved molecular and genomic processes. The masterclass will also present Dr Yehuda’s work and research exploring effective treatments supporting healing and recovery.