"I am using them on three pupils at the moment and they enjoy them too. It's quite amazing how it can pinpoint a problem area or trigger."
"They have been wonderful to use in initial meetings with the children as they gave lots of points for discussion, and removed a lot of pressure."
"I found them helpful with young people who struggle to communicate verbally."
"I LOVE the cards. I use them with most of the students I see. I think they are brilliant."
"Fantastic resource and gave me a great idea to extend some of the cards and make my own for specific clients."
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Awards and testimonials
In 2024 the Next Step Cards Team were proud to be shortlisted in the ACAMH Awards 2024, category: Lionel Hersov Memorial Awards. This category sought a practice team that has demonstrated the use of evidence base into clinical practice/or has evaluated the outcome or measures either the clinical impact or demonstrated quality improvement.
The Next Step Cards were Highly Commended in the Patient Centredness category at the Health Service Journal Awards in 2012. In 2019 they won the NHS Parliamentary Awards for the North West of England in the Future NHS category.
Dr Fiona Pender, Next Step Clinical Lead, has presented the resource at conferences such as:
The British Psychological Society Faculty of Children and Young People
The Patient Safety Congress
The New Zealand CAPA Conference
Thrive Model implementation seminar
The Anna Freud Centre Evidence Based Practice Unit
Primary Mental Health Network
CYP-IAPT Digital Mental Health for Children and Young People
Improving Mental Health Services for Children and Young People.
The resource has been commissioned by Beyond Children and Young People's Transformation Programme for Cheshire and Merseyside, NHS Fylde and Wyre, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Wirral Council, Edge Hill University and schools across the North West of England. Over 2,700 people who work with children and young people and have been trained in using the resource.
