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Book review: The parents’ guide to Body Dysmorphic Disorder. How to support your child, teen or young adult

3 March 2021 by and

Book authors: Nicole Schnackenberg, Benedetta Monzani and Amita Jassi What is Body Dysmorphic Disorder? Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is thought…

Relationships and resilience: the need for social and emotional learning right now in UK education

1 March 2021 by

You can’t open a newspaper or watch TV these days without hearing about how children’s mental health has taken a…

Longer read: School catch-up: using the engagement model to face coronavirus challenges

21 February 2021 by

Throughout this pandemic I have been struck by a gap. No, not the achievement gap between more and less disadvantaged…

Reflections of a disabled educational psychologist

9 February 2021 by and

My name is Emily, I am a recently qualified Educational Psychologist working in Doncaster, and I have a physical disability…

Longer read: Free to think: igniting the fire or filling the vessel?

31 January 2021 by and , 3 comments

Free speech. We appear to have reached a point where the use of these words or endeavours to discuss this…

Using virtual rooms as EPs: top ten tips to get started

26 January 2021 by

The COVID-19 pandemic has proved a challenging time for Educational Psychologists. Nonetheless it has allowed us to deliver our core…

Introducing ourselves to children and young people: what they want to know

18 January 2021 by

International treaties and current UK legislation outline the requirement for professionals to actively involve and ‘hear’ children and young people…

Book review: ‘Is that clear? Effective communication in a neurodiverse world’

13 January 2021 by , 1 comment

Book authors: Zanne Gaynor, Kathryn Alevizos & Joe Butler This wonderful book provides excellent tips on how to communicate successfully…

Sharing creative ways to work remotely as EPs

8 January 2021 by and

We’d love for the EP community to share fantastic ideas on how you’re working creatively, remotely. We know there’s been…

How to check whether an “educational app” for preschoolers is truly educational?

6 January 2021 by and

As academics from the University of Salford we’ve been working on a project titled “Investigating the educational potential of touchscreen apps…