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It’s our birthday – what a year!

31 October 2017 by

It’s been a year since we launched edpsy…and what a year it’s been! Celebrations and giveaways First thing’s first, we’re…

Our being well – jumping in

18 October 2017 by

‘My, oh my, how hard can this be? Let’s start with the positives: I’ve started. Look – there are words…

Supporting schools to support refugees

18 October 2017 by , 3 comments

For eight months I have worked with a multi-agency group welcoming newly arrived children to local schools. It’s been an…

Longer read: Hands off? challenging the touch taboo in education and care contexts

18 October 2017 by , 1 comment

Why the issue of touch is so important Affective touch is a powerful medium for conveying empathy between people, for…

Call for papers: Educational psychologists influencing policy and practice

9 July 2017 by

Educational psychologists are the lynchpin between education and wellbeing. This future issue of Educational and Child Psychology is calling for papers…

Trainee representation at the DECP

29 June 2017 by , 1 comment

When the opportunity arose to be a trainee representative for the Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) I jumped…

We’re looking for help with our social media

12 June 2017 by

It’s nearly our 1st birthday and we’ve grown quite a bit in such a short space of time. We’re looking to…

Viva la viva! Prepping for that crucial hour or two

11 June 2017 by , 2 comments

So it’s time to think about the viva. You know you have to do it, people tell you how you…

Longer read: Creating transition pathways for young people with SEND: an example from Ireland

11 June 2017 by , 1 comment

In this article, I illustrate how transition from secondary school can be viewed as more than an episodic event, but…

Top ten tools for gaining an insight into a child’s world

9 April 2017 by , 2 comments

When training to be an educational psychologist I was advised to develop an ‘EP Toolkit’ – a collection of key…