Dr Ashley Liew trained previously in Paediatrics and has an MSc in Clinical Neuropsychiatry. He is currently Consultant Paediatric Neuropsychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, and at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital where he works jointly with Paediatricians and Paediatric Neurologists to provide tertiary multidisciplinary neurodevelopmental assessments, joint epilepsy and neuroinflammatory clinics, and psychopharmacological approaches for children with complex neurological and cardiac conditions. He is an Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Warwick and his research focuses on children with intellectual disabilities, neuropsychiatric conditions and integrated paediatric care. Ashley is co-opted on the Executive of the RCPsych Child & Adolescent Faculty and is the Vice-Chair of the Child & Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network.
Dr Priya Hodgins previously trained as a community paediatrician in a child development centre and has an MSc in child health. She currently works as consultant intellectual disability CAMHS psychiatrist at Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. More recently she has been the clinical lead for IDCAMHS services in TEWV NHS trust. She is currently the vice chair for CAPSS .
Dr Mark Lovell is a dual trained Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatrist from Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. He is the communications lead for the Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disability Psychiatry Network internationally and has had roles within the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health. Mark has inputted into NHS England, National Autistic Society and British Academy of Childhood Disability initiatives within his clinical interest areas of Child and Adolescent Intellectual Disabilities, Mental Health, Autism, ADHD and Informatics. He is a keen educator and author and has had involvement in the Mind Ed and Disability Matters educational websites as well as contributing to various textbooks.
Dr Sarah Carman is a Principal Clinical Psychologist specialising in assessment, intervention and consultation for children and young people with intellectual disability and/or autism, particularly where there are co-occurring mental health, emotional or behavioural difficulties. She has extensive experience in neurodevelopmental assessment and in adapting evidence-based psychological interventions for this population. Sarah’s clinical roles have included working in specialist Community CAMHS services, in the tertiary Newcomen Neurodevelopmental service at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital and the Mental Health of Intellectual Disability team within the Service for Complex Autism and Associated Neurodevelopmental Disorders (SCAAND) at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. She is also actively involved in training and teaching across CAMHS and postgraduate training programmes.
Dr Sarah Bernard is a consultant child and adolescent intellectual disability psychiatrist and Clinical Director for CAMHS services for South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust with responsibility for services across the 12 boroughs of South London, ensuring equity of services for young people. She oversees the four workstreams (tier 4 eating disorders, inpatient and bed management, complex case management, crisis care).
Dr Bernard has extensive expertise in the assessment and management of children and young people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) and co-morbid mental health or behavioural difficulties. She has a particular interest in rare disorders and has expertise in complex physical disabilities associated with ID. In addition, she has expertise in the assessment of parents with ID, the MHA and MCA in relation to young people with ID.
Dr Bernard has been involved with the development of mental health services for children and young people with ID at a national and international level.