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...
As parents, we want our children to feel happy and secure at school. But when your child is experiencing Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA), this can feel like an enormous challenge. If you're reading this, chances are you've already been on quite a journey with your child, navigating the com...
