Joseph Georgiou, Trainee Educational Psychologist at Manchester University reflects on recent research exploring how school staff understand and enact relational practice in educational settings.Â
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Working relationally in educational settings: what does it actually look like in practice?
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In this blog, Dr Helen Finnegan shares findings from her doctoral research, which examined how teachers’ use of mediated learning strategies in specialised autism classes can support better student outcomes. While my research is set within the context of the Irish education system, the challenges fa...
EP or TEP? Let’s Talk Nutrition!
Project focus: To explore (Trainee) Educational Psychologists’ understanding of and experience with nutrition. To explore (Trainee) Educational Psychologists’ views on incorporating nutrition in their work and future practice.
Nutrition
Maslow’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...
by Aidan Fielding (Trainee Educational Psychologist, The University of Manchester), supervised by Dr Emma Harding (Academic and Professional Tutor, The University of Manchester)
In his blog, Aidan explores the impact of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on children's play at home. Drawing from p...
by Jenny Knight, Trainee Educational Psychologist, University of Manchester
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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 need for Educational ...
