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Preparing for inspection of SEND provision conference
2023-03-28 | ...
Cost plus VAT.
Follow the conference on Twitter #SENDinspections
Ofsted are clear, outstanding schools must be inclusive schools. To achieve an outstanding Ofsted rating schools must demonstrate that children and young people with SEND achieve exceptionally well. As part of this you must be able to demonstrate that all pupils with SEND have access to the same, ambitious and broad curriculum.
With proposed changes following the SEND review and a new local area SEND inspection framework to be introduced from 2023, your SEND provision will be under scrutiny in the coming academic year.

EP Reach-Out webinar - Parents’ views on EBSNA: A solution-based exploration into successful reintegration with Dr Rachel Sawyer
2023-03-30 16:00 - 16:30 (Europe/London) | ...
During this webinar, I will present my doctoral research which aimed to explore parents’ views and experiences around supporting ‘emotionally-based school non-attendance’ (EBSNA; also known as ‘EBSA’, characterised by difficulties with attending school driven by ‘severe emotional upset’; Berg 1969).
Adopting a ‘solution-oriented’ approach, this research gathered retrospective experiences of successful EBSNA support, aiming to uncover ‘what works’ when supporting children and families experiencing this difficulty. This study additionally hoped to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on such support and determine if opportunities to learn from practices during the school closure period may exist.
The resulting findings provides insight into the different forms of support accessed by parents when experiencing their child’s EBSNA, identifying areas of success as well as improvement when considering EBSNA support from professionals across both schools and local authorities. These have been presented as a set of principles for professional practice (SPIRAL), providing a framework for professionals to use when designing and implementing EBSNA support.
It is hoped that this webinar will provide a brief overview of my research and promote conversation around the inclusion and utilisation of parent views in this area going forwards.

Caldicott principles & information sharing - Children & Young People
2023-04-18 | ...
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Healthcare Conferences UK in association with Christopher Fincken, Independent Member UK Caldicott Guardian Council, (Chairman 2012-2017) are pleased to announce this second National Conference which will focus on Information Sharing and Caldicott Principles in the health and social care of children and young adults. Following the success of our previous Caldicott Guardian National Conferences, and feedback from our regular Caldicott Training Masterclasses, this conference will focus on developing your role in improving communication and information sharing around children and young people whilst ensuring patient confidentiality.
Follow this conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #CaldicottChildren

EP Reach-Out webinar - The Applied Trauma Responsive Classroom Model (ATRCM) with Dr Jemma Carter
2023-04-20 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
During this webinar I will be introducing and discussing the ATRCM. This model was created with the intention to operationalise some of the theory of trauma-informed practice for schools and education settings. I will explore the creation of the model, as well as consider the practical applications for practice. I hope that it will provide a way of considering trauma-informed practise which is easily accessible, easy to apply and adaptable for different settings.
Jemma has already written two blogs about ATRCM for edpsy:

Creating a Trauma Sensitive Classroom
Using the Applied Trauma Responsive Classroom Observation Schedule

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Learning DNA-V: The Acceptance & Commitment Therapy for youth model
2023-04-24 - 2023-04-25 | Bath Scout HQ, 7 Grove Street, Bath, Avon, BA2 6PJ, United Kingdom
Join us for this creative and interactive workshop, delivered by world renowned psychologist and trainer, Dr Louise Hayes.
The workshop focuses on supporting young people aged 11 to 18 to grow and thrive, through the popular and evidence-based DNA-V model (Hayes & Ciarrochi, 2015, 2021).
DNA-V is a developmentally informed version of the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) model. The model offers a whole person-in-context, scientifically grounded approach that allows you to confidently use evidence-based processes to help young people face struggles and develop to their full potential. DNA-V is a robust human change model that combines biological theories of adaptation, acceptance and commitment practices and positive psychology into an easily understood and applied model. It is the culmination of 20 years of work by experts in the field of youth development.

Eating Disorders Summit 2023: Improving access, treatment & recovery
2023-04-27 | ...
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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 a new extended session focusing on Managing Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders following the 2022 Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders National Guidance.
Follow this conference on Twitter @HCUK_Clare #EatingDisorders2023

EP Reach-Out webinar - Is disability missing from educational psychology? with Dr Emily Allsopp
2023-04-27 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
This webinar offers an exploration, critical discussion and sharing of ideas around EP practice through the lens of disability studies, culture, and rights.
Emily has also written a blog for edpsy: Reflections of a disabled educational psychologist

EP research club and group coaching – April 2023
2023-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 | ...
EP research club aims to connect EPs who would like to engage in more research-based activity – of any kind: whether it’s reading, writing, planning projects, analysing data and/or seeking to publish. We are an open and friendly group and we welcome anyone to join us – you can drop in any time. We currently meet online via Zoom.
Each session has two parts:
1. A group coaching session (facilitated by Dr Fi Coley), in which we set goals, share successes (and frustrations!), and explore and overcome our barriers to doing research-related work.
2. Protected time for our own individual research pursuits: reading, writing and research-based activities. We turn our cameras off and work on our own individual tasks, before checking in at the end to celebrate what we’ve done.
EP Research Club is the ideal space for motivation, inspiration and accountability towards your research-based goals. Come join us!

Introduction to projective assessment in EP practice: Children's apperception test (CAT)
2023-05-09 18:00 - 20:00 | ...
Projective techniques are powerful tools to gain the voice of the child and explore aspects of their experience that may not be well understood. When carefully analysed and triangulated with other sources of information, projective techniques can open up conversations with children, families and staff that can facilitate deep understanding of difficulties, and help to create change.
This course will provide an introduction to techniques and resources that can be easily incorporated into EP work. Attendees will have opportunities for reflective peer supervision and develop their skills in administrating, analysing, feeding back and reporting on projective material.
The course is made up of 7 sessions. The greatest benefit will come from attending the course as a whole, but there are limited tickets available for individual sessions. All sessions will take place on Tuesdays from 6-8pm via Zoom or Microsoft Teams.
Learning Objectives:
To provide an introduction to the history of the test and how it is used.
To explore administration of the test.
To develop an understanding of approaches to analysis of the test.
To develop confidence in the analysis of the test through practice and reflective peer supervision of a live case. Participants are encouraged to try out the test and bring material to the session. It is hoped that each person will have an opportunity to present material throughout the course.

Developmental trauma, its impact on identity and how to respond
2023-05-10 13:00 - 17:00 | The Monastery, Gorton Lane, Manchester, M12 5WF, United Kingdom
An interactive afternoon led by Tim Watson exploring the theme of identity with and for educational psychologists. The focus will be particularly in relation to children and young people who have experienced developmental trauma, but not exclusively.
Participants will have the opportunity to:
Consolidate their knowledge about the Poly Vagal theory
Be reminded of the definition and nature of Developmental Trauma
Revisit an understanding of identity development
Explore the importance of sensory integration in identity development
Consider other ideas to promote identity awareness using a range of play-based and drawing resources and activities
Reflect upon their own personal and professional practice.
Be introduced to two approaches in exploring the concept of identity and then practice using them

Coaching for Change
2023-05-17 | ...
Learn frameworks and tools that can be used to guide differentiation of your approach according to where the coaching participant (or other client) is on their change journey. The session will cover how to address common factors that can facilitate or forestall an individual’s change journey, and also how to work with ‘resistance’ if encountered.

EP Reach-Out webinar - The climate emergency and educational psychology with Dr Dan O'Hare
2023-05-18 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
Overview: Climate breakdown is having a range of effects on children and young people, at home and abroad. It is not an understatement to suggest that perhaps the most severe and enduring macrosystemic influence on children’s development now, and in to the future, will be the state of the planet’s climate, our vulnerability as a species to the effects of climate breakdown, and our ability to adapt or remain resilient to these changes.
Our role cannot only be about responding to difficulties that individual children may have around, ‘eco-anxiety’, we also need to consider the impact of our profession and responding accordingly. If we are to seriously tackle the climate emergency, and safeguard children’s futures, as a profession we must be bold and begin to enact real change.
Drawing on the 2022 discussion paper authored by Dan ‘The climate crisis, children, young people and educational psychology’ this webinar will:

Provide a broad overview of the research exploring the impact of climate breakdown on children
Explore children’s views on climate change
Provide a call to action for EPs and the profession to engage properly and fully with this issue

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Executive functions: Connecting into practice – online course for Educational Psychologists
2023-05-25 08:00 - 17:00 | ...
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The course will guide you through the layers of understanding the concept of executive functions, how we assess these skills, and bring it all together in a formulation that makes sense.
The course is led Dr Rebecca Ashton, an experienced Educational Psychologist specialising 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, 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.

EP Reach-Out webinar - What is eco-anxiety for young people and what helps in school? with Dr Hannah Togneri
2023-05-25 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
Dr Hannah Togneri is an educational psychologist working in South Wales, who wants to bring environmental care and climate concern into her work.
This webinar focuses on one way she has tried to do this, sharing her thesis study, which used participatory action research with some remarkable young people and supportive school adults to explore what eco-anxiety is for young people in school, and what helps.
She aims to explore:

some of the background research,
a bespoke version of co-operative inquiry designed for the study, and
reflect on what educational psychologists and school staff can do to support their young people grappling with the climate and environmental crises.

EP research club and group coaching – May 2023
2023-05-30 17:00 - 2023-07-25 19:00 | ...

EP Reach-Out webinar - Supporting the transition to adulthood for neurodivergent young people with Rebecca Crompton.
2023-06-08 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
This webinar will explore transition to adulthood for neurodivergent young people and the challenges they face. A case study will be presented to exemplify a high-quality support programme to support this need. Through the case study, facilitators and barriers to implementing support will be identified and learning points for professional practice highlighted.

Introduction to projective assessment in EP practice: Object relations technique (ORT)
2023-06-13 18:00 - 20:00 | ...

Rethink learning using Dynamic Assessment
2023-06-15 | Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 51 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XU, United Kingdom
This course is designed to provide specific ideas about how to incorporate DA into your daily professional practice. The workshop outlines briefly the theory underlying dynamic assessment, builds upon existing skills, examines some materials used in dynamic assessment, and considers many issues relating to putting DA into practice, including feedback and report writing. Includes looking at video footage and real-life cases. It prepares attendees for embarking on our Advanced Level Practitioner certification programme.

EP Reach-Out webinar - The UK Schools Sustainability Network on youth climate action with students from the UK Schools Sustainability Network
2023-06-15 17:00 - 17:30 | ...
The UK Schools Sustainability Network acts as an umbrella for bringing together regional networks of students to connect, collaborate and share ideas on issues they care about while being fully supported by staff. In this webinar you will hear a panel of 4 students from London, Manchester, the Midlands and Somerset share their range of experiences with climate action and what has helped them with their journey so far.
Find out more about UK Schools Sustainability Network via the following websites & twitter accounts
https://linktr.ee/UKSchoolsSusty @UKSchoolsSusty
https://www.transform-our-world.org/ukssn @TransformSDG
https://www.globalactionplan.org.uk/ @globalactplan

Creating dynamic learners for the new world
2023-06-16 09:30 - 15:30 | Strathclyde University, Glasgow, 51 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XU, United Kingdom
This is an unprecedented event: a National Conference dedicated to the ideas of mediated learning and dynamic assessment. There will be a number of impressive keynote speakers and some engaging, practical workshops designed to help teachers, educational psychologists and others implement these powerful ideas. Keynote speakers include Dr Phil Stringer (University College London), Feliciea Jibson (founder and CEO of PAGS), Dr Clare Daly (Co-Founder DAUK and Dynamigo), Dr Fraser Lauchlan (Co-Founder DAUK and Dynamigo), Dr Taryn Moir (Author ‘How to create autonomos learners’).

Webinar: an introduction to making psychology accessible on the web
2023-06-20 16:00 - 17:30 | Zoom
Aim
The aim of this webinar is to introduce psychologists (and others) to important concepts around accessibility on the web, given that psychologists are creating more web content than ever before. This has particularly been the case since the start of covid restrictions in March 2020.
This is important for Psychology Services as:
People may not have a choice when using a public sector website or mobile app, so it’s important they work for everyone. The people who need them the most are often the people who find them hardest to use.
(Gov.uk, 2018, Understanding accessibility requirements)
Who is this webinar for?
This webinar is for anyone creating content for the web. For example,

Anyone creating something that others will see on a screen
Anyone creating content in visual, audio or video formats
Psychologists, assistant psychologists or administrative support staff who create or put content on the web
Those working in psychology services where resources are being created for clients and then shared online
Those writing articles or posts designed to support others
Those who use social media in any professional capacity

Intended learning outcomes
By the end of this webinar you will be able to

Understand what accessibility is and why it is important
Recognise the ethical and legal imperative for accessible digital content
Begin to critically assess the accessibility of your own content
Create more accessible content
Know where to go to find more help and advice

Booking

Who is running this webinar
Richard West
Richard is digital lead for edpsy. He has worked in web and digital for 20 years, supporting LAs, councils, charities and government to enhance the experience for their users and clients. Richard has run training for over 100 organisations. He has spoken as sector conferences including IWMW, DigiFest as well as speaking at TedX Jisc.
Dr Dan O’Hare
Dan is the founder of edpsy, an online magazine for EPs that now has a global reach. He is passionate about communicating educational psychology and making psychology accessible. He has contributed to print, radio and TV media and run trainings supporting EPs to think about dissemination, communication and social media.

EBSA Horizons: Emotional Based School Avoidance online CPD course for Educational Psychologists
2023-06-22 08:00 - 17:00 | ...
Cost plus VAT.
The EBSA Horizon online course for Educational Psychologists, 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.
– 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.
– Each core module encompasses a series of subchapters, containing short, animated videos which are as engaging as they are informative.

EP Reach-Out webinar - How are young people engaging with concerns around climate change? with Dr Rob Lee
2023-06-22 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
An ever increasing amount of research indicates that some young people are significantly concerned about climate change. However, this may look quite different for different young people. This webinar will draw upon my thesis research, in which I used Q methodological analysis to explore three different patterns of engagement that young people may adopt towards their climate concerns. I will also introduce some helpful concepts from the field of climate psychology that may help illuminate some aspects of these patterns. Finally, I will provide some suggestions for how schools and educational psychologists can help support young people who experience significant concern, through the adoption of a whole-school approach.

Inclusion Matters 2023: 'It takes a village...'
2023-06-23 09:00 - 17:00 | The Monastery Manchester, 89 Gorton Lane, Manchester, M12 5WF, United Kingdom
About the day

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In our present times of global upheaval, our school communities need to be places of security and stability for our children. All schools work with children and families who face many challenges as they interact with an education system that struggles to accommodate diverse needs.
Increasingly, schools have become the only remaining ‘universal service’, open to all and free at the point of access, with increased pressures on school staff as other services have fallen away or ceased to exist at all.
“It takes a Village to raise a child…” is an African proverb meaning that an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment.
Our Inclusion Matters conference this year offers an opportunity for school staff, education professionals and educational psychologists to come together and consider what it means for a school to be at the centre of the ‘village’, to listen to ideas from others seeking solutions, to experience different ways of coming together as a community and to gather strategies and resources to sustain you through the coming months.
Find out more about the keynote talks and speakers
Information about seminars on the day
Tickets
There are several ticket options to make the day as accessible as possible:

Standard tickets – £150
Free tickets – Available to trainee EPs, Assistant EPs and anyone who works with refugees and asylum seekers (choose ‘OTHER’ on the booking form)

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EP research club and group coaching – June 2023
2023-06-28 19:00 - 21:00 | ...

Literacy: A path for all – online CPD course for Educational Psychologists
2023-06-29 08:00 - 17:00 | ...
Cost plus VAT.
Literacy: A Path for All is led by Dr Joanna Stanbridge, an experienced Senior Educational Psychologist specialising in cognition and learning. She has a wealth of experience and immense enthusiasm and passion around the complex topic of literacy development and difficulties.
From an overview of what literacy is, to the models behind literacy difficulties & dyslexia, Joanna’s course then focuses on EP practice at different levels; from how we can achieve the best outcomes within casework and consultation to systemic approaches we can support schools with to create a system which works for all.
• In an eLearning format which can be taken at your own pace, and used as a reference guide
to come back to over time.
• Broken down into seven core Chapters to increase knowledge and skills across key areas
relating to literacy difficulties and our role as an Educational Psychologist.
• Each core Chapter encompasses a series of subchapters, containing short, animated videos
which are as engaging as they are informative.

PTMF Special Interest Group session #6
2023-07-04 15:00 - 16:30 | ...
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.
Find out more by visiting our edpsy group page https://edpsy.org.uk/interest-groups/the-power-threat-meaning-framework-special-interest-group-for-educational-psychologists-and-professionals-working-in-education/
Please email us to register interest and we will send out the agenda and meeting link.

Rethink learning using Dynamic Assessment
2023-07-06 09:30 - 16:30 | Cardiff University, School of Psychology, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3EU, United Kingdom

EP Reach-Out webinar - Emotionally-based barriers to school attendance support system: What is it and how can it help? with Lucy McLachlan, Louise Jarvis & colleagues
2023-07-06 16:00 - 16:30 | ...
In this webinar, we will introduce and explore Emotionally-Based Barriers to School Attendance (EBBSA), as we share North East Lincolnshire Council’s EBBSA Support System: a relational, holistic approach to proactively identify barriers to education, improve well-being and support successful engagement with learning. The approach is person-centred, based on positive psychology. Our best hope is that this session will raise awareness of EBBSA and highlight the importance of placing the voice of the child at the heart of the approach throughout solution-focused collaborations.

Rethink learning using Dynamic Assessment
2023-07-12 09:30 - 16:30 | ...
In this training we focus on improving your practice skills in dynamic assessment. The training will illustrate the practical approach outlined in Improving Learning in Dynamic Assessment using multimedia to show how the resource materials can be applied to real life cases. This training is appropriate for those already using DA in their practice, or who may have received some input on DA during their professional training. The course is designed to provide specific ideas about how to incorporate DA into your daily professional practice. The training prepares attendees for embarking on our Advanced DA practitioner certification programme.
