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EDI Roundtable Event/ The Six Stages Framework Conference, 28th June 2024
2024-06-28 09:30 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | St. Martin-in-the-Field, Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 4JJ, United Kingdom
Have you ever wondered what positive change would come about if leaders in implementing equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) initiatives from different professional sectors came together in focused conversation?
Join us for our annual trailblazing event! Great opportunity for a networking event and lunch.
Inclusion Psychologists Ltd, Millennial Psychology Ltd and We Diversify World invite you to a day of thought-provoking discussions and networking. (see details of organisers below).
PROGRAMME:
Morning:
– Opening address/keynote presentation 1.
– EDI Roundtable .There will then be a thought-provoking roundtable panel conversation with
diverse cross-functional professionals.
– Audience Q & A.
– Networking lunch.
Afternoon:
– Keynote Presentation 2. Dr. M’gadzah will give a keynote address on The Six Stages Framework:
Understanding and Dealing with Everyday Racism (2022). The focus is on focusing belonging,
inclusion and racial justice in an ever changing world. Dr Shungu will introduce the SSF and
toolkits as well as exploring the use of the SSF as a research tool.
– Workshops. The afternoon keynote will be followed by workshops exploring the implementation
of the Six Stages Framework into Corporate Organisations, Schools, Health Services and Higher
Education.
– Market stalls: We also have space for market stalls at a cost of £100 so if you know organisations
who may be interested.

Working with bilingual and EAL children: Implications for practice
2024-07-02 09:30 - 16:00 | Cardiff University, School of Psychology, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, United Kingdom
In this workshop, we look at some of the theory and concepts of bilingualism and multilingualism and EAL learning, consider some of the advantages and disadvantages of being raised bilingual according to the literature, and explore implications and practical issues for educational psychologists and related professionals who work with these groups of children and young people. Note this course DOES NOT go into any depth about the use of dynamic assessment (DA).

Eating Disorders Summit 2024: Improving access, treatment & recovery outcomes
2024-07-03 | Online
Cost plus VAT
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This conference focuses on Eating Disorders: improving access, treatment and recovery outcomes, and meeting the national standards for children, young people and adults. There is focus on early intervention and effective management including meeting the national guidance on Managing Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders. The conference will also update delegates on best practice and challenges in Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) following evidence of increased referrals.

Rethink learning using dynamic assessment
2024-07-11 09:30 - 16:30 | BPS offices, 30 Tabernacle St. London, 30 Tabernacle Street, London, London, EC2A 4UE, United Kingdom
This one-day training is an invaluable opportunity for all educational psychologists and related professionals. We focus on improving your practice skills in dynamic assessment. The training will illustrate the practical approach outlined in our published textbooks using multimedia to show how the resource materials can be applied to real life cases. Fee includes a copy of Applying Dynamic Assessment in Schools textbook and a set of “I AM DYNAMIC” Strength cards. If you do not require the book or cards (though highly recommended for follow-through), please get in touch about reducing the fee for training only.

CAMHS National Summit 2024: Transforming mental health services for children & young adults
2024-07-12 | Hallam Conference Centre, Cavendish Venues, 44 Hallam Street, London, W1W 6JJ, United Kingdom
Cost plus VAT
Also available to access online.
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This national conference focuses on transforming mental health services for children and young people, ensuring early intervention, and developing integrated services with clear care pathways from first intervention to crisis and inpatient care. We will also see the latest in national developments, how we can improve mental health and wellbeing support in schools, and will also focus on suicide prevention and safety, self harm, co-production involvement of children and families in CAMHS, and inter-agency working and access to services.
There will be a workshop focusing on improving mental health support in school following the development of NHS mental health support teams which are now in place in around 4,700 schools and colleges across the country, with 287 expert teams offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues.

Working with bilingual and EAL children: Implications for practice
2024-07-12 09:30 - 16:00 | BPS offices, 30 Tabernacle St. London, 30 Tabernacle Street, London, London, EC2A 4UE, United Kingdom

Working with bilingual and EAL children: Implications for practice
2024-07-16 09:30 - 16:00 | Online

PositiviTEA Conference 2024 (Positive Psychology conference for EPs)
2024-09-13 08:30 - 16:00 | Online
Join us for an uplifting day, jam-packed with Positive Psychology, inspiring guest speakers and time to connect over tea and cake!
Max and Fi are proud to present: PositiviTEA Conference 2024
We’re thrilled to share the news that we are expanding beyond the successful PositiviTEA sessions for Educational Psychologists. EPs have loved our half-termly sessions where we have made space to connect, have a natter and share ideas from positive psychology.
Brace yourself for an enriching full-day online conference, jam-packed with Positive Psychology tailored specifically for the Educational Psychology community, with a dual focus on applying Positive Psychology both in schools and for our own well-being.
Our Inspiring Speakers

Mark Adams
Aspen Psychology Services
Give Yourself a Break: Challenging Self-Condemnation and Moving Toward Self-Acceptance

Dr David Lamb
WOWW Psychology
How to Promote Solution Focused Psychology in the Classroom by Working On What Works

Christopher Quinton
Hillingdon EPS
A Toolkit for Using Brief Positive Psychology Interventions in School

Vikki Tyrer-Davies
Flying Colours & Happi Psychology
The relationship Between Character Strengths and Perceived Teacher Self-Efficacy

Dr Chris Bagley
States of Mind
Breaking the Silence: Using Positive Psychology to Promote Systemic Change with Young People at the Helm

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Conference Highlights:
– Positive Psychology in Schools: Explore the practical applications of Positive Psychology in schools.
– Self-Care Emphasis: Delve into sessions addressing your own wellbeing and career fulfilment.
– CPD Opportunities: Earn valuable Continuing Professional Development credits.
– PositiviTEA Hour: The much-loved networking hour with a positive twist is back, offering a perfect blend of community, connection and positivity. (BYO tea and cake!)
Take advantage of our early bird discount with 10% off using code EARLYBIRD10 – for a limited time only. Concession rates also available for TEPs and AsEPs.
We are so excited to connect with you and spread some PositiviTEA!

Eating Disorders Masterclass
2024-09-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
This one day masterclass will provide you with an overall understanding of the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and overall management of the eating disorders you are likely to see in practice.
Designed specifically to provide you with an overview of the range of eating disorders commonly seen, this one day masterclass will help you explore the key questions.

Improving services & outcomes for people who self-harm
2024-09-26 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
This conference focuses on improving services and outcomes for people who self-harm, and implementing and monitoring adherence to the NICE Guideline: Self-harm: assessment, management and preventing recurrence.
In this conference, through case studies and expert advice we will explore how we can support people who self-harm by ensuring a compassionate approach, understanding the common causes and drivers, as well as developing safety plans with a path to recovery.

Empowering educational journeys: academic self-concept, hope, and tertiary education engagement among emerging adults exposed to varied childhood experiences with Dr Keith Houghton
2024-09-26 16:30 - 17:00 | Online
EP Reach-Out are very excited to welcome back Dr Keith Houghton.
This doctoral thesis explores the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) on Academic Self-Concept (ASC) and Hope, particularly focusing on their influence on tertiary education engagement among emerging adults. Through a two-phase, sequential explanatory mixed-method study, The research examines both the quantitative relationships between childhood experiences and levels of ASC and Hope and the qualitative mechanisms that allow individuals to maintain Higher ASC and Hope levels despite varied childhoods.
The research contributes valuable insights into how educational psychologists can better support young people with diverse backgrounds, fostering more effective engagement and personal growth in tertiary education.

Dudley EPS - 'Becoming an Educational Psychologist'
2024-09-26 17:30 - 18:30 | Online
Are you interested in Educational Psychology?
Dudley EPS are hosting an information session on 26/09/2024.
We’ll be sharing with you who Dudley EPS are, what the life of educational psychologist looks like in Dudley, and the journey to becoming an educational psychologist. This free online event is open to anyone wishing to find out more, no matter what stage of the EP journey you’re at. To register your interest, please email Dudley EPS by 25/09/2024

Motivational Interviewing for educational psychologists: Introduction and Refresher
2024-09-27 09:00 - 16:00 | Online
There is growing interest in using Motivational Interviewing (MI) across all areas of EP practice. In this one-day online introduction and refresher course, Cathy Atkinson and Fi Coley, members of the international Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) will offer a lively, informative and interactive opportunity to explore how to use MI in daily practice.

The day will include:
An outline of the theoretical and research background to MI
Consideration of the spirit, tasks and skills involved in MI
Experiential work, to develop skills and confidence
Guidance on the application of MI to EP practice

The aim of the day will be to allow participants to immediately feel more confident in using MI within different aspects of their EP work.
This event is open to Educational Psychologists, Trainee Educational Psychologists, and Assistant Psychologists. We are unable to accommodate aspiring EPs at this event.
We are building an MI learning community for EPs. After attending this one-day course, you will be eligible to join us at MI Skills Club, which is a 90-minute half-termly online community group, with micro-skills practice in small groups.
Book the introduction and refresher day

NHS Talking Therapies: Improving Access and Outcomes
2024-10-02 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
Psychological therapies have long been at the forefront of NHS mental health services and this conference serves to showcase a variety of services and professionals leading the industry with high-quality care. Join us as we discuss the current guidance, learn from case studies and evaluate the latest national developments from experts across the country.

An introduction to projective assessment in practice 2024-2025
2024-10-08 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Cost per session.
Projective assessment techniques sit within the psychodynamic tradition. They are powerful tools to gain the voice of the child and explore aspects of their experience and internal world that may not be well understood.
This is a 6 – 8 session modular training course to introduce psychologists and psychotherapists to techniques and resources that can be easily incorporated into practice through a consultation / therapeutic framework. Attendees will have opportunities for reflective peer supervision and develop their skills in administrating, analysing, feeding back and reporting on projective material. We will be covering sentence completions tasks, drawing techniques, and story telling techniques. There are a limited number of tickets for individual sessions. Attendees will leave this CPD with practical tools that they can share with their services. Ongoing support and supervision can be offered.
There are promotional offers available for a limited time on a limited number of tickets.
All sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 6 – 8pm online.
1) Introduction to projective techniques in practice – 8th October 2024
2) Sentence completion tasks – 12th November 2024
3) House, tree, person – 21st January 2025
4) Kinetic family/school drawing – 25th February 2025
5) Projective workshop* – 25th March 2025
6) Children’s apperception test 13th May 2025
7) Object relations technique 10th June 2025
8) Projective workshop* – 8th July 2025
*Projective workshops are open to those on the course and all that have completed a previous introductory course to projective assessment or has experience of regularly using projective techniques. It offers further opportunity to learn via experience within a model of peer supervision.

Power Threat Meaning Framework - Education Special Interest Group [session #10]
2024-10-09 15:00 - 16:30 | Online
The aim of this group is to come together as educational professionals to explore ways in which the Power Threat Meaning Framework (PTMF; Boyle & Johnstone, 2018; 2020) might be applied within education.
The aim of this Special Interest Group is to explore the following questions and ideas:

How is the PTMF relevant to our roles in supporting children and young people, families and school systems?
How could the PTMF inform our practice?
In what ways is the PTMF currently being used, applied, and adapted to support children and young people, families and school systems?
How could the PTMF be explained in accessible language, from an education perspective?
What future directions could we envisage?

Please join us to discuss, collaborate and develop skills in using the PTMF in education

Preventing suicide in young people and children
2024-10-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
This Ninth National Conference which this year will be held virtually focuses on Saving Young Lives – Preventing Suicide in Children and Young People.
By attending this one day conference you will hear from expert speakers on how your services can reduce preventable suicides and save young lives. Through national updates, case studies from multi-agency settings and lived experience insight, this conference aims to set the scene for progress already being made and what needs to change to improve resilience, wellbeing, mental health support and effectively prevent suicide in children and young people.

EP Reach-Out webinar - *Book Launch* Psychology for Teaching Assistants (3rd edition) with the authors
2024-10-17 16:30 - 17:30 | Online
The roles for teaching assistants have developed over the last 20 years. Whilst TAs are still widely used in supporting children with additional needs there is specific training in, say emotional learning support assistants (ELSAs). Often TAs are asked to support some of the most difficult and challenging children and young people, but with little or no training and quite variable amounts of support.
Psychology for Teaching Assistants is a book which is intended to fill a gap for TAs and SENCos. It focuses on the knowledge that TAs may need in their roles. It was first published 20 years ago and a second edition appeared in 2011. This new edition goes further than the previous 2 volumes and includes information about ELSAs and working with neurodiverse students, in particular those with diagnoses of some kinds of Autism Spectrum Condition. This is in addition to the information about attachment theory, language development, disaffected teenagers, group processes and the effects of abuse on children. There is also a section on how institutions can unconsciously convey messages to undermine the status of TAs.
The original book was well reviewed by EPs and TAs alike. There was also a comment that it helped in the initial training of teachers.
The launch, kindly hosted by Educational Psychology Reach-Out will include the contributors talking about their own experiences. We hope that all schools that use TAs will place a copy of this on their staffroom shelves.

Reed Webinar Series: Regulate, Relate, Reason, Repair - Refocusing from behaviour to belonging
2024-10-22 15:30 - 16:30 | Online
A secondary school’s journey towards developing trauma informed practice.
Hosted by Dr Clare Stephens and SENCO Mel Carroll, this session will provide an overview of how a mainstream secondary school has moved forwards in their practice to build relational approaches and to support the most vulnerable learners in their school community. The school won the Alex Timpson award for their practice in 2023.
To register for this webinar please contact Reed Educational Psychology’s Practice Director, Alex Beese, at alex.beese@reed.com.

Dr Karen Treisman, MBE: Relational and developmental trauma
2024-11-05 09:30 - 2024-11-06 16:30 | Online
– Early bird tickets before 4th October: £175
– Tickets after 4th October: £225
Summit Psychology is delighted to be able to share an amazing opportunity to share space with you, and the internationally acclaimed Dr Karen Treisman; MBE, TEDx speakers, author and highly specialist clinical psychologist.
This two-day immersive, virtual CPD training event offers an abundance of learning around the multi-layered impact of trauma, neglect, violence, abuse, toxic stress, and disrupted attachment on children, adolescents, and their surrounding adults.
Register for this training
What we’ll cover over the two days with Dr Karen Treisman

Over the two days, we’ll dig deep to the roots of understanding Relational and Developmental Trauma, drawing on the attachment, loss, stress, and trauma theory bases, providing crucial and critical knowledge for trauma awareness. Drawing from these deep roots, this two-day experience also provides a further focus on sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic abuse, and relational poverty.
Although the content of this learning and sharing of knowledge can be emotive and potentially activating, there will also be a focus and acknowledgment of hope, adversarial growth, and survivorship.
This training incorporates a range of metaphors, props, video clips, experiential learning, and examples to bring the content alive, with many examples from a fostering and adoption context.
Over the course of the two days we will be focusing on:

Realising the impact of trauma and disrupted attachment on the body and how this can affect the child’s physical and sensory world
The significance of relational and developmental trauma in-utero
Understanding relational and developmental trauma’s influence on the brain, cognition, and neuropsychology
The effects of relational and developmental trauma on emotions and emotional regulation
The burden of relational and developmental trauma on behaviour(s)
The reach of relational and developmental trauma on relationships

This certified event promises to be of great value to all practitioner psychologists, and particulalry those with roles attached to Virtual Schools/ care experienced youngsters, or guiding schools in following TIAA pathways.
It is also of benefit to social workers, and other professionals within educational communities who work directly with vulnerable children and young people.
We hope you can join us!
Register for this training

Safeguarding children and young people online: Managing cybertrauma and online risks and abuse
2024-11-05 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
Cost plus VAT.
The online world and digital technologies have become an integral part of children and young people’s everyday lives. However, despite their many opportunities and advantages, digital technologies ranging from social media to artificial intelligence and immersive technologies create new risks and have given rise to new forms harm and abuse ranging from digital assault to cybertrauma to cyberrape, phantom touch, and digital self-harm.
Therefore, HCUK and the Centre for Safeguarding and Wellbeing Research and Practice have brought two of the country’s leading experts in cybertrauma, online harm and safeguarding (Dr. Peter Buzzi and Claudia Megele) to host this conference, and they’ll be joined by Safeguarding Leaders from Health, Social Care, and Policing to offer you the findings from national research and developments including research on sexual abuse by the Police Foundation and an innovative approach to safeguarding children and young people online.

Reed webinar series: Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA)
2024-11-05 15:30 - 17:00 | Online
On this edition of our webinar series, we host Dr. Jemma Anderson and Dr. Patricia Britto, Independent Educational Psychologists, as they explore a child-centred approach to identifying and responding to emotionally-based school non-attendance (EBSNA).
To join this webinar, please contact our Practice Director, Alex Beese, at alex.beese@reed.com.

Safeguarding adolescents and young adults
2024-11-08 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
We are pleased to announce this National Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults Conference which this year will focus on improving safeguarding practice: delivering a strengths based approach, trauma informed safeguarding, contextual safeguarding and complex safeguarding.
Through national expert sessions and practical case studies the conference aims to bring together safeguarding leads working with adolescents and young people to understand current issues and the national context, address risks faced by vulnerable adolescents and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice in supporting adolescents and young adults.

EBSA Horizons: Emotional Based School Avoidance online CPD course for educational psychologists
2024-11-13 08:00 - 17:00 | Online
Cost plus VAT.
The EBSA Horizon online course for Educational Psychologists developed by Dr Jerricah Holder, seeks to continue to build on the shift in the narrative, moving away from the language of school refusal, and to present an alternative model of EBSA, in which the child’s voice is at the heart of assessment and intervention, and emphasis is placed on understanding EBSA in the context of interacting, child, home and school-based factors.
– The course is in an eLearning format which can be taken at your own pace, and used as a reference guide to come back to over time.
Includes chapters on Motivational Interviewing, Entrenched EBSA and Systemic Change Model.

Supporting & improving the transition from CAMHS to adult mental health services - bridging the gap
2024-11-13 10:00 - 17:00 | Online
Cost plus VAT.
The transition from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) is often a challenging time for young people and for services. Adolescents and early adulthood can be a critical time to ensure a smooth transition. This conference tackles the challenges of bridging the gap in mental health support during an age range when many will need it most.
This conference will update you on the latest developments and challenges during this transitional phase. By attending you will have the opportunity to learn from the latest guidance, innovative solutions, explore case studies and network with colleagues who are working to ensure continuity of care between CAMHS and Adult Mental Health support.

EP Reach-Out webinar - *Book Launch* Excluded from School: Complex Discourses and Psychological Perspectives with the authors
2024-11-14 16:30 - 17:30 | Online
Children are still being excluded from school and the use of separation from school has been an intervention adopted over centuries in many different contexts.
Excluded from School is a book describing the incredibly complex lives of the students and their families who have been through the exclusion process. It sets out the accounts from the children, their families, the teachers who excluded and the staff who received these students. It first appeared in 2009 and this new edition goes further in including perspectives from critical race theory, working in Pupil Referral Units and information on the lives of those excluded after the exclusion.
The original volume was a collaboration between two educational psychologists and two clinical psychologists. This new edition adds to this with three educational psychologists.
A recent BBC Radio 4 programme featured a detailed interview with a man who had been excluded from school. He said that the original book was one that he valued and one of the few that he allowed on his limited bookshelf space.
We hope that this book will be read by teachers and parents of children at risk of exclusion and will be found on the shelves of all secondary school staff rooms as well as those in PRUs. Educational Psychology and behaviour support services are likely to find this of interest and of use in professional development.
The launch is kindly being hosted by the Educational Psychology Reach-Out team and will include the contributors talking about their experiences working in this field.

Dynamic Assessment and the writing of EHCPs
2024-11-22 09:00 - 11:00 | Online
This online course looks at how you can use Dynamic Assessment when asked to provide professional advice for an EHCP. There are a number of considerations that should be made but the intention is to demonstrate that there are various options other than the use of standardised assessment when asked to contribute to an EHCP.

How to use Dynamic Assessment with 'off-the-shelf' materials
2024-11-22 11:30 - 13:30 | Online
For this course, we look at how you can use any kind of games, puzzles and problem-solving activities when doing dynamic assessment (DA). While there are specific materials available for the use of DA, in this module we will demonstrate how there a number of games that could be used to explore a child’s learning. Video clips will show how this can be done.

Dynamic Assessment and feedforward
2024-11-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
In this 2–hour online course we examine how to move forward after using the dynamic assessment approach. A number of techniques are discussed that demonstrate how to set individual learning plans and set individual goals. Video clips from real cases are shown

Understanding and assessing the mental health and wellbeing of children with SEN
2024-11-27 09:30 - 13:00 | Online
This half day training event will provide participants with a holistic approach to understanding and assessing the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people with a range of special educational needs and disabilities, in both mainstream and specialist establishments. Through the use of case study and discussion, there will be consideration of the internal and external factors which impact upon a child or young person’s engagement and sense of belonging. The session will balance psychological theory and research with practical, evidence-based strategies and resources which EPs can use in their practice and support educational colleagues to apply in a busy school context. The training is underpinned by a strong relationship-based approach and explores ways of obtaining an in-depth knowledge of a child and their strengths and needs.
