This is the second blog in our series exploring barriers to education. In the first blog, Shannon Hatton-Corcoran and Rachel Lyons introduced the WARMTH framework - six foundations to reduce barriers to education, recognising that declining attendance is a symptom of unmet need requiring compassiona...
Written by Shannon Hatton-Corcoran (Trafford Educational Psychology Service) & Rachel Lyons (Salford Educational Psychology Service)
Overview
Barriers to Education: a compassionate and proactive approach that is for ALL young people. It recognises that declining attendance is the result of barrier...
EP or TEP? Letā€™s Talk Nutrition!
Project focus: To explore (Trainee) Educational Psychologistsā€™ understanding of and experience with nutrition. To explore (Trainee) Educational Psychologistsā€™ views on incorporating nutrition in their work and future practice.
Nutrition
Maslowā€™s hierarchy (1943) s...
By Dr Natalie Carpenter, Hertfordshire Educational Psychology Service
RSHE for learners identified with SEND was the last topic I thought I would be passionate about and spend years of my life researching and pontificating its importance and value. However, a request for my involvement as an assist...
For many children and young people, attending school can feel overwhelming. What might seem like simple daily routines - getting dressed, travelling to school, entering a busy classroom - can require significant emotional and sensory energy. Without understanding these experiences from the child's p...
As a parent, you want the best for your child. So when they start struggling to attend school, it can be a worrying and confusing time. You might have heard terms like 'school refusal' or 'school phobia', but there are also a wide range of newer more compassionate terms too, such as Emotionally Base...
