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News: Local Government Ombudsman warns about national shortage of educational psychologists

6 February 2024 by

The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) has issued a warning highlighting that a shortage of educational psychologists is having a significant…

News: ‘School is too much pressure’- young people identify school as a contributing factor to poor mental health

28 January 2024 by , 1 comment

NEW: Join us at 6.15pm on 27th February as we talk to Maddi and Sarah live about this research. There’ll…

Kanban for educational psychology

Project management has much to offer Educational Psychology, particularly in supporting service delivery and research projects.  Educational Psychology is applied…

Book Review: The Number Sense

18 January 2024 by

Book author: Stanislas Dehaene. Coffee rating: ☕☕☕ (3/3) *Star rating: ⭐⭐ (2/3) The Number Sense is written by Stanislas Dehaene,…

Project: Exploring educational psychologists’ experiences of bullying within the profession

15 January 2024 by and

This survey research aims to offer the first wide ranging exploration of experiences of bullying within the EP profession.  How…

What can EPs do to support Welsh-Medium children and young people with additional learning needs.

15 January 2024 by

Wales is a bilingual country with two official languages, Welsh and English (National Assembly for Wales, 2011) and there are estimated…

Longer read: Projective assessment in EP work

10 January 2024 by , 4 comments

The publication of Learning from the Unconscious sparked increased interest in psychodynamic ideas among educational psychologists. A background to projective approaches Projective…

Book review: ‘When the parents change, everything changes’

4 January 2024 by

Book author: Paul Dix ‘When the Parents Change, Everything Changes’ is the first foray into the world of parenting books…

It is time for positive educational psychology?

19 December 2023 by

With increasing mental health needs amongst both teachers and learners, surely it’s time to do something differently? I believe that…

North of England Aspiring Assistant EP mentoring programme

12 December 2023 by

There is growing interest within the educational psychology profession to ensure the profession is diverse, inclusive and reflects the range…