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DECP Annual Conference 2017: Challenging Beliefs and Exposing Myths

17 November 2016 by

At the moment, the world is a uniquely challenging place for children and young people to grow up in and…

Peter Farrell: Reflections on my life with ISPA

1 November 2016 by , 1 comment

Despite my long association with the International School Psychology Association (ISPA), the annual conference has never been to Manchester and…

Gender equality education supporting children’s wellbeing – a T.I.G.E.R case study

10 October 2016 by

Since 2013 T.I.G.E.R (Teaching Individuals Gender Equality and Respect) has been delivering workshops which offer a safe space for young people…

My name is Sohail and I am in year 5 – ‘This is me’ a fictional narrative

4 October 2016 by , 3 comments

This is a fictional ‘This is me’ to signify the challenges we face in the emerging world and spaces we…

‘Working for the Clampdown’ – seeing the politics in our practice

27 September 2016 by , 1 comment

This blog is a reflection about how I managed to re-enter my teenage years during training and how I now…

Longer read: Struggling with a monster: acceptance and commitment therapy with anxious students

27 August 2016 by , 6 comments

Mia (not her real name) is fourteen and she and I are sitting in a small intervention room off one…

Coaching psychology and the role of the Educational Psychologist

27 August 2016 by , 6 comments

As a distinct sub-discipline of academic and applied psychology, coaching psychology certainly seems to have become a part of the…

EP Training: Jumping from year 1 to year 2

27 August 2016 by

In Year 2 you are often and quite suddenly expected to take on a patch of schools, accept referrals, discuss…

What’s this new website for EPs then?

18 August 2016 by , 1 comment

edpsy.org.uk is the online space for educational psychologists to share, create, engage, debate, enthuse and work together, across boundaries to develop…