Educational Psychology
The Educational Psychologist (EP) supported by an Educational Psychology Assistant, helps young people to access learning opportunities and enhance their psychological well-being, social, emotional and behavioural development.
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They specialise in child and adolescent development and uses psychological models and theories to understand what might be happening in a situation to help to move things forward for a learner.
The Educational Psychologist (EP) will provide training and consultation for staff relating to the needs of the learners and, where necessary, targeted specialist assessment may be carried out to inform a learner’s EHCP, to support the annual review process, provide for exam access arrangements or to recommend/provide therapeutic work.
The aim is to formulate interventions to enable learners to progress and to work towards clear outcomes using the ‘assess, plan, do, review’ process. The EP will work, where appropriate, in partnership with other professionals, school staff, young people and their parents/ carers.