What are the effective features of consultation? with Patrick Langford
2021-10-14 16:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Consultation is an integral part of many EP’s work. However, there is a large range of ways in which it is used and understood. This makes evaluating its efficacy difficult. My research therefore sought to identify what the effective features of consultation are by linking observed features to changes in agreed outcomes for children and young people. Interviews with EPs and observations of consultations were analysed and the features which were more likely to lead to change were identified.

Mental Health Leads Conference
2021-10-15 09:30 - 16:30 | Online training
Cost £70-180
Join Learning & Wellbeing Psychology and Dr Amy Such, one of the authors of the resource ‘The Wellbeing Toolkit for Mental Health Leads’, for our popular one-day training.
The new role of the Mental Health Lead opens up exciting opportunities for transforming our children’s mental health and the wellbeing of the education workforce. Mental Health Leads will champion the latest mental health and wellbeing knowledge, training and approaches and become the vital link between the school, families and the wider education and healthcare system.
By attending this course you will:

have a clear idea about how to get started in your new role, including working out your systems of support, getting to know your school system and auditing what you are doing already
feel confident with assessment and identification processes, including establishing an identification framework, screening to identify potential difficulties, the need for more detailed assessments, staff training and onward referrals
understand how to support Children & Young People through grief and loss, including knowing different theories of grief and loss, knowing how children understand death developmentally, considering the impact of death by suicide and ways of being available to them so they can talk about what is happening
know the evidence for mindfulness-based stress reduction and some mindfulness activities
start the process of critical thinking about current issues in mental health, such as the controversy about the role of diagnosis in mental health.

Division of Educational Psychology (DECP) pre-training event 2021
2021-10-16 10:00 - 15:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
The Division of Educational and Child Psychology are pleased to announce a pre-training event for individuals interested in finding out more about a career in educational psychology.
The aim of the day is to explore the training route to becoming an educational psychologist, find out about the role and have the opportunity to ask questions to current trainees and educational psychologists.

“My EP is a safety net”: An exploration of the support educational psychologists can provide for emotional literacy support assistants working with children who have experienced domestic abuse with Dr Kate Elred
2021-10-21 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
This webinar will explore the support that EPs can provide for ELSAs working with children who have experienced domestic abuse, focusing on:

The role EPs currently play in supporting ELSAs who are working with children that have experienced domestic abuse.
The role ELSAs and SENCos currently play in supporting children who have experienced domestic abuse through the ELSA programme.
Barriers to using the ELSA programme with children who have experienced domestic abuse.
Implications for EPs who are involved, now or in the future, in the ELSA programme.

Long COVID-19 in children: How to support families
2021-10-28 12:00 - 14:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Parent and founder of the group LongCovidKids, Fran Simpson, will be presenting the lived experience of families whose children have Long COVID, including symptoms that children are suffering from and best practice for working with these families from the perspectives of the families themselves and supportive practitioners and researchers.
As the toll of Long COVID grows ever larger, we are increasingly becoming aware of its impact on children and their families, and we will potentially be dealing with the psychological fallout from this for many years to come. This webinar is run by a parent and founder of the group LongCovidKids, Fran Simpson, who has been experiencing this and sharing her findings since late 2020. She will be presenting the lived experience of families, including the range of symptoms that children are suffering from and the responses from the medical professionals. She will also look at best practices for working with these families, from the perspectives of the families themselves, as well as supportive practitioners and researchers that have been involved in this developing situation.
This webinar will provide practitioners with an overview of Long COVID in children – what we know so far (and what we don’t), what may support people (and what really won’t!) using the most current empirical evidence. It will provide some examples of real life situations and feedback from the lived experience of members of LongCovidKids. It will explore the difficulties of living with the associated uncertainties and consider ways in which this may be addressed. It will briefly touch on the need for practitioners to be client centred, and validate the lived experiences and knowledge of the families with care taken not to reduce the condition.

Walsall EPS open service webinar
2021-11-03 15:30 - 17:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
The purpose of the event is to provide an open and accessible opportunity for those curious about the role of Educational Psychologists (EPs). The event will include a presentation by qualified and trainee EPs on the role of an EP, examples of the type of work EPs undertake (including the clear links of how we apply psychology to our role) as well as explorations of pathways into the profession.
We encourage participation from all of those who demonstrate an interest in the profession, regardless of what stage of their journey they might be on! Come and join us on 3rd November. Email: lewis.field@walsall.gov.uk for a Microsoft Teams link.

‘Building a better understanding of how educational professionals engage with systems to support trans* young people in secondary schools’ with Dr Jennifer Gavin
2021-11-04 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
This webinar will focus on Jennifer’s recently completed doctoral research exploring the experiences of 32 educational professionals, including secondary school staff, educational psychologists and personnel working at a national level, in relation to their support of trans* young people in secondary schools. Four key themes will be discussed, including perceptions of best support, unsupportive practice and how support can be improved, alongside implications for the work of educational psychologists.

EBSA Horizons: Emotional Based School Avoidance CPD course for Educational Psychologists
2021-11-11 09:00 - 16:00 | Online training
EBSA Horizons Training: The EBSA Horizons course is in eLearning format, broken down into five core modules to increase knowledge and skills across key areas relating to EBSA and the role of the Educational Psychologist. Each core module encompasses a series of subchapters, containing short animated videos, which you can view at your own pace.

Curious about a career in Educational Psychology?
2021-11-11 17:00 - 18:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Lancashire Educational Psychology Service are hosting a free online information event on Thursday 11th November 2021 5pm-6pm on Zoom.

Compassionate co-regulation to reduce anxiety in children, young people and adults with Jyoti Manuel
2021-11-18 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
As care-givers we underestimate the impact and importance of our state of being for the children and young people around us, whether we are an educator, parent or therapist. We are so busy trying to make everything right for them, often creating a hugely anxious state in ourselves trying to control the impossible. However when we are calm and regulated there is an unspoken communication circle of safety and care. From there everyone can thrive.

How are parenting practices associated with bullying in adolescents?
2021-11-22 17:00 - 18:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
ACAMH’s vision is to be ‘sharing best evidence, improving practice’, to this end in December 2020 we launched ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’, a free monthly virtual journal club, run in conjunction with André Tomlin.
Each 1-hour meeting features a new piece of research, which we discuss in an informal journal club session. The focus is on critical appraisal of the research and implications for practice. Primarily targeted at CAMHS practitioners, and researchers, ‘CAMHS around the Campfire’ will be publicly accessible, free to attend, and relevant to a wider audience.

For this session we are pleased to welcome Dr. Ana Pascual-Sanchez, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London,to discuss her CAMH paper ‘How are parenting practices associated with bullying in adolescents? A cross-sectional study’.

A panel, comprising paper author Dr. Ana Pascual-Sanchez, Imperial College London, Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology Lucy Bowes, University Oxford, and a lived experience perspective from the McPin Foundation, will discuss the research and its implications with information scientist Douglas Badenoch. This discussion will be facilitated by Andre Tomlin (@Mental_Elf).

Behavioural Therapy for Tics Institute: Non-clinician behavioural therapy workshops for teachers and parents
2021-11-23 20:00 - 21:30 | Online training
Online webinar & Q & A, about behavioural therapy, the facts, myths and strategies which could be used at home or school.

‘Beyond the Medical’- The school experiences of young people with a chronic health condition with Dr Sarah Lakeman
2021-11-25 16:00 - 16:30 | Online training
Following on from Lauren Baggley and Erika Payne’s research presentations which also explore the impact of attending school with a chronic health condition, Sarah Lakeman (a newly qualified EP) presents her thesis research, an IPA study which explores the school experiences of five young people with a chronic health condition. Sarah will explore the key themes arising from the research, which extend beyond the purely ‘medical’. She will then describe how the themes were linked to Self Determination Theory (Ryan & Deci, 2017) to the create a reflective framework which demonstrates how the three basic psychological needs; autonomy, relatedness and competence were met or frustrated for the young people in the study. Finally she will consider how this framework could be further developed to help school staff gain a greater awareness of the broader psychosocial impacts of having a chronic health condition at school, promote person-centred planning and support the development of holistic and bespoke support for this cohort of young people.

Dynamic Assessment overview and refresher
2021-12-01 09:15 - 12:15 | Online training
This training is delivered in two 3 hour sessions:
Wednesday 1st December 9.15 to 12.15 and Wednesday 8th December 1.30 to 4.30
This training provides an overview and reminder of the theory underpinning DA, cognitive functions of the learner, mediation and analysing the cognitive content of tasks. Refresher about test use which can be tailored to specific requirements: for example, in relation to specific ages/Key Stages or target group of learners.

Eating Disorders Summit 2021: Improving access, treatment & recovery outcomes
2021-12-02 10:00 - 17:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Cost plus VAT.
The Covid pandemic has led to surging numbers of people with eating disorders. This conference focuses on Eating Disorders: Improving access, treatment and recovery outcomes, and meeting the national standards for children, young people and adult services during and beyond Covid-19. There is focus on early intervention and also a particular focus this year on Eating Disorders in boys and men. You will hear from James who has lived experience in eating disorders, and from a service working to reduce stigma and improve outcomes for boys and men with eating disorders.
20% discount available quoting hcuk20edpsy

Revision: tips and strategies to make the most out of your time with Dr Sarah Wendland
2021-12-02 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
This session is for young people (and those who support them) and Sarah will explore different methods to revise, how to plan and make the most out of your time.

Improving access, treatment and support for people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder
2021-12-08 10:00 - 17:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Cost plus VAT.
This conference focuses on improving access, treatment and support for people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder both during and beyond Covid-19.
20% discount available quoting hcuk20edpsy

Depression in adults: Supporting people through Covid-19
2021-12-08 10:00 - 17:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Cost plus VAT.
This virtual conference focuses on the important issues of Depression in Adult – supporting people through and beyond Covid-19, and will also focus on the forthcoming NICE Guideline Depression in adults: treatment and management which is due to be released in draft form in November 2021, and in full in May 2022. National update sessions and case studies will focus on meeting the increased demand, ensuring access, providing effective treatment and management and case studies will highlight best practice and challenges in managing people with depression experiencing social isolation and loneliness, supporting young adults in higher education, supporting healthcare professionals, people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and those experiencing depression as a co-morbid symptom of long Covid.
20% discount available quoting hcuk20edpsy

The retrospective experiences of young adults who had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) in secondary school: An IPA study with Dr Charlotte Davies
2021-12-09 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
CFS/ME is an illness with a range of symptoms, however a core feature is fatigue after physical or mental exertion. CFS/ME is thought to impact up to 2% of secondary school children. However, little research exists into the experience of secondary education with the condition. My research was an exploratory study to address this research gap. I interviewed young adults about their time at secondary school with a diagnosis of CFS/ME and analysed the interviews using IPA. I will share reflections on my findings, including possible facilitators and barriers to education with CFS/ME, and how these can be supported. This is part of an ongoing series of health-based webinars.

What you told us #2: Pupil Views of the Covid-19 pandemic and their experiences of education
2021-12-15 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Dr Maddi Popoola, Dr Sarah Sivers and Dr Sarah Wendland share findings from the Pupil Views Collaborative Group Project, in which 6,175 primary, secondary and college-aged pupils shared their experiences of Covid-19 and their views about education. This webinar aims to give children and young people an overview of the themes and ideas generated from this research and invites everyone to think with us about how to create positive change in education.

Writing a thesis during a pandemic: The DECP Trainee Educational Psychologist Conference 2022
2022-01-12 09:00 - 17:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Attendance costs will be available shortly.
The Division of Educational Psychology is excited to invite you to attend our 2022 TEP Conference to hear from trainee and recently qualified EPs about their various research and thesis journeys despite the restrictions that the Covid-19 pandemic placed on their research activity.
We would encourage trainee and recently qualified EPs to submit talk abstracts relating to any or all aspects of their research.
The DECP Trainee conference is an energetic and supportive atmosphere where you can disseminate your work and its implications for professional practice.
For attendees, this will be an exciting opportunity to hear about research journeys, to find out about different methodological approaches, and to learn about the developing research evidence base of the profession.
This conference is a valuable part of the training process and will help many of you to develop your research ideas and gain valuable insights into the thesis study process.

Executive functions: connecting into practice
2022-01-17 09:00 - 16:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
The course will guide you through the layers of understanding the concept of executive functions, how we assess those skills and bring it together in a formulation that makes sense.
*To find out more and book, visit: www.edpsyched.co.uk/executive-functions. Sign up to hear about our exclusive pre-launch discount – there are also discounts for TEPs.
The course lead Dr Rebecca Ashton is an experienced educational psychologist working in neuropsychology. She has a wealth of experience working with executive functioning issues in school casework and is excited to be sharing her knowledge and understanding in this area.
The course is in an eLearning format which can be taken at your own pace (goes live on the 17th January but does not need to be competed on this date), and used as a reference guide to come back to over time. It also includes a host of useful resources which can be utilised in your practice, reflective activities to facilitate your learning, and a space for the EP community to ask questions and share thoughts between us.
What is included?

Training: The course is in eLearning format, broken down into six core chapters to increase knowledge and skills across key areas relating to executive functions and our role as an Educational Psychologist. Each core module encompasses a series of subchapters, containing short animated videos, which you can view at your own pace.
Content Packed: Defining what we mean by executive functions at different levels of specificity, and understanding how those functions develop in typical children, leads us on to how we can assess those skills in individual children. You won’t need to rush out and buy lots of expensive equipment – Dr Rebecca Ashton will explain how you can gather data about executive functioning in a range of ways and bring it together in a coherent formulation. The course will go on to get you thinking about how you talk and listen with others, in order to come to a shared understanding about executive functions. And, of course, we will talk about interventions that might feed into your action planning.
Assessments: There are a range of observational, informal and standardised assessment approaches we look at in the course, including a number of ideas and resources that can be utilised directly from your psychological toolkit.
Strategies: A detailed look at a range of evidence-based and practice-based strategies and interventions, alongside practical ideas on how we can talk about Executive Functions with consultations to gain a shared understanding and jointly formulate helpful accommodations and interventions.

Behavioural therapy training for clinicians and therapists (3 half days)
2022-01-18 09:00 - 13:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
This online training session is for professionals from disciplines such as psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, psychiatry and neurology as well as clinicians with experience of delivering behavioural therapy.
9.30 – 1.30pm across three days

First session: 18.01.2022
Second session: 25.01.2022
Third session: 01.02.222

The training will cover behavioural therapy for children and adults. This training consists of a ‘live’ online training where trainers Dr Tara Murphy and Jolande van de Griendt deliver presentations including pre-recorded videos and a live patient demonstration using ERP & habit reversal. By signing up to this event we ask you to agree to not video record or copy any part of the online training but especially any patient videos or ‘live’ patient session.

Supporting schools to develop language provision
2022-01-19 09:30 - 12:30 | Online training
This workshop is aimed at Educational Psychologists who want to increase their knowledge of the approaches that can be used to support early years and primary school settings to develop their language provision and support for all children. The session will cover:
Why is language and communication important for child development and learning in early years and at school?
The most up-to-date research evidence on improving communication and language in the early years and primary school age.
Explore how to support early years and primary school settings in enhancing learning environments for all children (including those with identified language learning needs).
Explore how to support early years and primary school settings in developing a wide range of approaches and strategies that can be used to develop children’s communication and language.
Opportunities to think about your professional practice and explore evidence-informed tools that can support you in your work with early years and primary school settings.

Improving mental health crisis care
2022-01-19 10:00 - 17:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Cost plus VAT.
This national conference focuses on ensuring best practice in mental health crisis services and delivering effective access during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference takes a practical case study based approach to improving services and outcomes for people with mental health conditions reaching crisis point, and will also examine meeting demand and how currently stretched services can meet the new NHS access standards. The day will focus on improving services for mental health crisis care, through learning from organisations that have succeeded in addressing the challenge of improving access and delivering an effective mental health crisis pathway.
20% discount available quoting hcuk20edpsy

The Psychologically Flexible School: A Whole Community Approach to Wellbeing in Education with Dr. Duncan Gillard
2022-01-20 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
This 30 minute webinar explores the value of a whole-school approach to wellbeing, describing one example of a framework for enabling such a systems-wide approach. The session explores the various ways in which the term wellbeing can be defined, making the case that a clearly explicated and workable definition of wellbeing is essential if we are to make meaningful progress toward improved mental health and wellbeing for a school community. We will then explore the conception of wellbeing adopted by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and allied models, which emphases connection with personal value, values-based action and flexibly and openly relating to our inner world – to our thoughts, emotions and sensations. Finally, the session outlines a wide range of ways in which approaches based on Psychological Flexibility can be applied to promote and improve the wellbeing of children, school staff and parents and to promote whole-school community cohesion and belongingness.
Register here

Therapeutic interventions to reduce the harmful effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences
2022-01-27 10:00 - 17:00 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
Cost plus VAT.
A modular, multi-focal, trauma-informed solution. This CPD certified programme will outline the increasing evidence of the impact of Adverse Experiences of Childhood (ACEs) on the health and well-being of children and young people extending into adult life. There is a growing demand for interventions to prevent their harmful effects.
20% discount available quoting hcuk20edpsy

Equity in Education for children with medical needs with Stephen Lowe (Headteacher Oxfordshire Hospital School)
2022-01-27 16:00 - 16:30 | ..., BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
The barriers are not in the abilities of our pupils, but in the disparate opportunities they are afforded by the impact of their medical condition. Pupils with medical conditions are likely to be victims of an education opportunity gap which is unfair and far from inclusive. Pupils who miss the most education require more support and resources than their peers to succeed. This webinar offers professionals practical solutions.
Register here

The psychology of resilience
2022-01-28 10:00 - 17:00 | BPS London Office, 30 Tabernacle Street, London, EC2A 4UE, United Kingdom
Prices range from £75-120.
The Crisis, Disaster and Trauma Section recognises the importance of psychological resilience across the life-time and during our conference you will have the chance to learn about the cutting edge research which is taking place on this topic.
Our conference will explore a diverse range of research, looking at psychological resilience from birth through to end of life. We will consider how an evidence-based understanding of the psychology of resilience can help to support people who are experiencing trauma.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the day we expect delegates to:

Have an awareness of current research into the psychology of resilience.
Have gained a personal insight into increasing resilience using a psychobiological approach.
Understand the role that psychological resilience has across the life-span from birth to old ago.

Coaching foundations
2022-02-02 09:30 - 16:30 | Online training
If you want to….
Learn or refresh essential foundation principles, skills, and practical methods that will equip you to begin (or continue) offering coaching conversations to others about a range of themes. Suitable for anyone seeking to incorporate coaching into their work or conversations, or for those who would value a refresher.
