Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological 
                         Therapies Programme 
      
                                    
        National Curriculum for Core, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, 
        Parenting Training (3–10 year olds), Systemic Family Practice,  
         Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents, Supervision,  
                and Transformational Service Leadership* 
      
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     Date: 20th December 2014 
      
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                         Contents 
     
    1.  Introduction to the Children and Young People’s IAPT Curriculum .................................. 6 
    2.  Core competencies for working with children and young people .................................... 13 
    3.  CYP IAPT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety Disorders ......................................... 34 
    4.  CYP IAPT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Depression ......................................................... 38 
    5.  CYP IAPT Parenting Training for Conduct Problems in Children aged 3–10 
    years ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 44 
    6.  CYP IAPT Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents  for Depression ................... 50 
    7.  CYP IAPT Systemic Family Practice and Basic Skills......................................................................... 56 
    8.  CYP IAPT Systemic Family Practice for Depression  and Self-Harm ................................. 65 
    9.  CYP IAPT Systemic Family Practice for Conduct Disorder ......................................................... 74 
    10. CYP IAPT Systemic Family Practice for Eating Disorders ............................................................ 85 
    11. CYP IAPT Enhanced Evidence Based Practice (EEBP) Curriculum for Child and 
    Adolescent Mental Health Practitioners ............................................................................................................ 97 
    12. Curriculum for Supervisor Training ............................................................................................................. 110 
    13. CYP IAPT Outreach Enhanced Supervision Training ..................................................................... 122 
    14. Transformational Leadership Curriculum for Service Directors/Managers & 
    Clinical Directors/Leads: Embedding Sustainable Cultural Change ......................................... 128 
     
                             
                             
     
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                                         Acronyms 
      CYP IAPT   Children and Young People’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies  
      CBT        Cognitive Behavioural Therapy 
      IPT-A      Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents 
      PT         Parenting Training 
      SFP        Systemic Family Practice 
       
       
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                         Acknowledgements 
     
    This second national curriculum for CYP IAPT was drafted by the Children and Young People’s 
    IAPT Programme’s Education and Curriculum Task and Finish Group, chaired by Professor Peter 
    Fonagy. The group acknowledges its indebtedness to the authors of the Adult IAPT curriculum, to 
    Anthony Roth and Stephen Pilling, the authors of the adult CBT competencies, and to Anthony 
    Roth, Fiona Calder and Stephen Pilling, the authors of the child and adolescent competencies. 
    The group would also like to thank colleagues from the other Children and Young People’s IAPT 
    Task and Finish Groups and colleagues in the academic and Child and Adolescent Mental Health 
    Services (CAMHS) community for their comments on the draft specification for this curriculum. 
     
    The review of the initial curricula and the development of the Systemic Family Practice (SFP) and 
    Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents (IPT-A) curricula took place after the first year of 
    training. We are very grateful to all colleagues working in CYP IAPT subgroups and all other 
    colleagues who contributed to this version. For further information please contact 
    kathryn.pugh1@nhs.net or Anne.OHerlihy@nhs.net or see http://www.cypiapt.org.uk   
     
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