Speaker
Dave Smallman
Team Lead, Dorset Intellectual Disability CAMHS), Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Biography
Dave Smallman – Nurse Therapist – Registered Nurse learning Disability – Art Psychotherapist
Since qualifying 1999, Dave has worked RNLD within a range of inpatient and community services and now is Team leader for ID-CAMHS. The Service is intended to meet the needs of children with a Intellectual Disabilities (ID) who are also experiencing severe emotional and behavioural difficulties, which are leading to significant distress and/or functional impairment which have not resolved with the usual primary interventions. Clinical interests include positive behaviour support and functional analysis (completed training at the Tizard centre), creative therapies, supporting young people with Neurodevelopmental conditions, group work and delivering psychoeducation to parents. Dave has an in interest in developing solution focused management forums within Teams and across agencies.