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Building Blocks For Maths development educational psychologist ep cpd maths maths difficulties numeracy Mar 21, 2024

Dr Deborah Cameron-Flitcroft, Educational Psychologist with a passion for maths. Deborah is currently developing a new EdPsychEd online CPD course - Maths: Making EPs Count. In this blog, Deborah considers the essential building blocks of mathematics education, exploring how they shape children's...

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We Don’t Need Just SEND Reform, We Need a SEND Revolution. Who’s In? educational psychology send Feb 12, 2024

by Dr Joanna Stanbridge (Senior Educational Psychologist and Tutor at UCL's Institute for Education) and the EP revolutionary collective

 

Q: What do you get if you cross a cloud and a pair of pants?

A: Thunderwear.

Q: What do you get if you cross an education system with principles of free...

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Exploring EP Referral Data as a Tool for Social Justice and Anti-Racist Practice ep research sharing ep practice Feb 12, 2024

by Jenny Knight, Trainee Educational Psychologist, University of Manchester

 

As the United Kingdom becomes increasingly ethnically diverse, especially within the under-eighteen population (Alexander & Shankley, 2020; Statistics, 2022), there is a growing understanding of the...

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PANS and PANDAS: Developing Awareness and Effective Practice in Education pans/pandas staff training teachers Feb 07, 2024

Tina Coope is the Education lead at PANS PANDAS UK, working to raise awareness of the conditions amongst educators and to support the development of effective practice.  She has written multiple education resources about the conditions and has created the first teacher training presentation...

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Checklist for Attendance Tracking and Support (CATS) absenteeism attendance ebsa emotional based school avoidance school support Feb 02, 2024

We understand that children and young people may occasionally miss school for various reasons. Sometimes this is related to their physical health, their mental well-being, or a range of other school / family related factors.

The Checklist for Attendance Tracking and Support (CATS) is from Dr...

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LEGO Brick Based Therapy – What You Need to Know autism building relationships development learning and cognition neurodiversity play Jan 31, 2024

If you’re using LEGO brick based therapy, how do you know if you’re doing it correctly? In this blog, Dr. Gina Gomez de la Cuesta, Clinical Psychologist and co-author of the LEGO based therapy manual explains the importance of playful Brick Clubs, and how her social enterprise Play...

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