Molecules of Happiness: Why Love Matters to Vulnerable Children

A one day conference to launch LSE research into the model of work used by Kids Company and to discuss what really makes a difference for vulnerable children. 

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Session 1:

Session 1:

• Introduction and Welcome

• Prof George Gaskell, LSE Pro-Director
• Camila Batmanghelidjh, CBE, Kids Company
  Introduces Dawn, a young person who received Kids Company support
• Prof Sandra Jovchelovitch, Department of Social Psychology, LSE
  Presents: "Kids Company: A Diagnosis of the Organisation and its Interventions" Download PowerPoint

Session 2:

Session 2:

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• Working with Vulnerable Children - Round Table Discussion

• Chair: Adele Eastman, Centre for Social Justice
• Prof Leon Feinstein, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE
• Prof Corinne May-Chahal, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, University of Lancashire
• Rt Hon Frank Field MP – Labour, Poverty Czar

Session 3:

Session 3:

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• Charlotte Cecil, Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit, University College London (UCL)
  Presents: "Double Disadvantage: The Impact of Childhood Maltreatment and Community Violence on Adolescent Mental Health" Download PowerPoint

• Toxic Neighbourhoods, Broken Childhoods - Round Table Discussion

• Chair: Patrick Butler, Society, Health and Education Policy Editor, The Guardian
• Commander Matt Bell, Lambeth Borough, Metropolitan Police
• Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP, Labour, Shadow Education Minister
• Prof Essi Viding, Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit, UCL

Session 4:

Session 4:

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• Dr Ernest Gralton, Consultant Forensic and Lifespan Learning Disability Psychiatrist, St Andrews Healthcare
  Presents: "Developmental Trauma, Clinical Practice and the Impact of Trauma on Child Development"

• Prof Stephen Briggs, Cass School of Education and Communities, University of East London
  Presents: "How Kids Company Interventions Work for Young People; Hearing the Voices of Young People" Download PowerPoint

• Breaking the Cycle – Round Table Discussion

• Chair: Dr Charlotte Page, Consultant Psychiatrist, Kids Company
• Lin Hinnigan, Chief Executive, Youth Justice Board
• Prof Norah Frederickson, Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, UCL
• Dr Partha Banerjea, Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist, Guy's Hospital

• Camila Batmanghelidjh, CBE, Kids Company

• Keynote Address