TEP Annual Conference 2020
2020-01-08 09:00 - 17:00 UTC | Park Inn by Radisson, Silver Street, Northampton, NN1 2TA, United Kingdom
Cost TBC
The DECP Annual Conference 2020 is preceded by our Trainee Education Psychologist (TEP) Event showcasing research from current trainees and newly qualified EPs.
The TEP provides an opportunity for both current trainees and new entrants to the profession to disseminate the findings from their research activity to those currently in training.
Call for Submissions
We are pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for the TEP Annual Conference 2020!
The DECP TEP welcome submissions for oral presentations, workshops, and posters from those in training to be an educational psychologist.
•Use the online submission system to submit an abstract

DECP Annual Conference 2020
2020-01-09 09:00 - 2020-01-10 17:00 | Park Inn by Radisson, Silver Street, Northampton, NN1 2TA, United Kingdom
Cost TBC
‘A 20:20 vision of Educational Psychology: play, learning, inclusion and diversity. An exploration of current developments and advancements within educational psychology’
The DECP invites you to attend our 2020 conference to explore the changing needs of children and young people in the 21st century.
The conference will bring together leading keynote speakers, young people and academics, alongside relevant and practical examples to develop thinking and practice about what educational psychologists can do to facilitate play, learning, inclusion and diversity for the children, families and schools they work with.
The event consists of two days of keynote speakers, workshops, a dinner and dance, book launch, and a drinks reception.
Keynote Speakers
•Dr Cora Sargeant, Educational Psychologist in Wiltshire and Academic and Professional Tutor at the University of Southampton: considering a broader conceptualisation of inclusion to include gender diversity, gender inclusion and gender inclusive practices for educational psychologists.
•Talk Out Loud, young people’s Mental Health participation group: focussing on raising awareness of mental health needs amongst young people and reducing the stigma and discrimination experienced by them.
•Shooting Stars, Northamptonshire 13 -25 Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Group, participating and supporting in consultations and ensuring young people have a voice about issues and services.

Preventing suicide in young people and children
2020-01-20 10:00 - 17:00 | De Vere West One Conference Centre, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR, United Kingdom
Cost + VAT
By attending this one day conference you will hear from expert speakers on how your service 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.
Follow the conference on Twitter #savingyounglives
A 20% discount is available by quoting ref: HCUK20 when booking.(*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.)

An introduction to trauma informed practice
2020-01-27 10:00 - 13:00 | The Octavia Room, The Exchange, Brick Row, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 1DF, United Kingdom
In this comprehensive series of four workshops, Juliette will explore the concept of ‘trauma informed practice’ through the lens of resilience and hope.

This course will cover:

What is trauma

The impact of trauma on the child or young person

Key trauma informed skills, focusing on ways to relate to and regulate children and young people with a background of developmental trauma

Ways to support children and young people to find strategies to deal with the impact of trauma and handle their emotions

The key factors that promote the resilience of children and young people

An introduction to Circle Solutions with Sue Roffey
2020-01-31 09:30 - 16:00 | Rivoli Meeting Room, Unit E, 59 Ladywell Road, London, SE13 7UT, United Kingdom
The workshop provides a practical and experiential introduction to Circle Solutions. The Circle Solutions is a framework and pedagogy for teaching all personal, social, health and sexuality programmes based on the ASPIRE principles: Agency, Safety, Positivity, Inclusion, Respect, Equity. Circle Solutions enables pupils to take responsibility together for the emotional climate of the classroom.

APS workshop: Using coaching to develop classroom practice
2020-02-07 09:30 - 16:30 | Novotel Hotel, Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6HY, United Kingdom
How to use coaching principles and skills to support and challenge teachers to develop their classroom practice, including a non-judgemental, psychology-informed approach to lesson observation.

Eating disorders masterclass
2020-02-14 09:30 - 17:00 | De Vere West One Conference Centre, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR, United Kingdom
Cost plus VAT
Facilitated by Dr Matthew Cahill, Consultant Psychiatrist in Eating Disorders, 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, you will leave the day with more confidence and skills in managing this complex and risky group of patients, including how to help their families.
A 20% discount is available by quoting code hcuk20EDPSY when booking. (*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.).

Improving access, treatment and support for people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder
2020-02-14 10:00 - 17:00 | Cardiff University Centre for Human Development Science, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT, United Kingdom
Cost plus VAT
This CPD certified conference focuses on improving access, treatment and support for people with a diagnosis of Personality Disorder, and will provide you with practical advice and guidance covering; early intervention, delivering an effective personality disorder treatment pathway, working with teenagers experiencing symptoms of emergency personality disorder, and delivering effective psychological therapies.
Follow the conference on Twitter #PersonalityDisorder2019
A 20% discount is available by quoting ref: HCUK20EDPSY when booking. (*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.)

Gangs, violence & the attachment solution - ARC special focus conference
2020-03-10 09:00 - 16:00 | Birmingham Conference and Events Centre, Hill Street, Birmingham, B5 4EW, United Kingdom
£129 Members/ £229 non-members
Join us at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre on 10th March 2020, where you will hear from individuals who work in fields associated with the effects of gangs and youth violence. They will each offer a different perspective on causes, consequences and solutions to the problem.
This special focus conference aims to provide delegates with opportunities to:

Consider how a child or young person who is actively involved in gang or County Lines network activity are themselves being exploited and manipulated
To reflect on the complexities of the dual role of young people as both victims & perpetrators
Learn about collaborative & multi-agency approaches and consider how these may be applied to their own settings and circumstances
To learn how Attachment Aware & Trauma Informed settings and approaches can play a vital role in:
Identifying those at risk at an early stage
Providing a safe & reliable base
Allowing access to other services to help young people avoid &/or extricate themselves from gang influence
Help them to realise a safer future

Relationships, mental health and behaviour: Keeping language in mind
2020-03-16 09:30 - 16:30 | Coombe Lodge, Blagdon, North Somerset, BS40 7RE, United Kingdom
Morning keynote Speaker: Dr Val Brooks, Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Why is so hard to identify students with undiagnosed language and communication difficulties? This keynote session will explore complex developmental trauma and neurodevelopmental language disorders as a basis for understanding both the behaviours, and the needs, of children and young people.
There will be a carousel of workshops in the afternoon, with topics likely to include:

Using music as a therapeutic tool.
Increasing awareness of inclusive language to support LGBTQI+ students.
Mental Health First Aid (awareness session).
Using Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) principles to promote positive relationships in children who have experienced trauma and loss.
Strategies to support sensory processing needs.
Promoting positive behaviour and wellbeing in secondary schools.
Using play to promote positive relationships.
Strategies for supporting anxious students.
Key strategies for addressing self-harm.

Safeguarding adolescents and young adults: Delivering a strengths-based approach
2020-03-16 10:00 - 17:00 | De Vere West One Conference Centre, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR, United Kingdom
Cost plus VAT
We are pleased to announce the National Safeguarding Adolescents and Young Adults Conference which this year will focus on improving safeguarding practice: delivering a strengths based approach, transitional 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, and to debate and discuss key issues and areas you are facing in practice, developing a strengths based approach to adolescent safeguarding.
Follow the conference on Twitter #SafeguardingYoungAdults
A 20% discount is available by quoting ref: HCUK20EDPSY when booking. (*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.)

Reducing and improving the use of restrictive interventions & practice: Managing violence and aggression
2020-03-16 10:00 - 17:00 | De Vere West One Conference Centre, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR, United Kingdom
Cost plus VAT
This conference will focus on reducing restrictive interventions in line with national guidance and ensuring adherence to the National NICE Quality Standard on Violence and Aggression.
Follow the conference on Twitter #reducingrestrictivepractice
A 20% discount is available by quoting ref: HCUK20EDPSY when booking. (*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.)

Person Centred Planning using PATH
2020-03-19 09:30 - 2020-03-20 16:00 | Peggys Skylight, 3 George Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1 3BH, United Kingdom
Join us for 1 or for 2 days ‘hands on’ training about Person Centred Planning in this intriguing venue in the heart of Nottingham City. We explore the values, tools and processes that can be used with a person not done to or for them. PATH is a respectful planning process that focuses on capacity and contribution. Whilst PATH is not simply a ‘special needs’ tool, it can be used successfully with disabled or challenging children, young people or adults.

Masterclass: Therapeutic interventions to reduce the harmful effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences
2020-03-20 09:30 - 16:30 | De Vere West One Conference Centre, 9-10 Portland Place, London, W1B 1PR, United Kingdom
Cost + VAT
This one day Masterclass facilitated by Dr Arnon Bentovim Child and Family Training UK, Visiting Professor Royal Holloway, University of London 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, and the interventions available to reduce their harmful effects. The course will provide update information from the emerging, evolving fields of ACEs, from population studies, and studies of mental health, maltreatment and offending behaviour. It will introduce the Modular Hope for Children and Families Intervention Resources, and the way these can be adopted to meet the complex needs of parents responsible for adversity, and children and young people who are affected by them.
A 20% discount is available by quoting ref: HCUK20 when booking.(*Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. Full T&Cs available upon request.)

Tomorrow's teens: educational psychology in action
2020-03-20 09:30 - 16:30 | Hadyn Ellis Building, Maindy Road, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom
The DECP are organising a CPD event in South Wales.
We will be hearing from local and national psychologists and researchers about ways in which we can support secondary school aged children.
In particular, we will be focussing on:

enhancing knowledge about the developing teenage brain
promoting adolescent wellbeing
the role of educational psychologists in understanding and working with children involved in or ‘at risk’ of being involved in gangs

Pricing

DECP Members
£40.00

Society Trainee’s/Concession
£30.00

Society Members
£50.00

Non-society members
£60.00

Tomorrow’s teens: Educational psychology in action
2020-03-20 09:30 - 16:30 | Hadyn Ellis Building, Maindy Road, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ, United Kingdom
Non-Society members £60.00 Society Members £50.00 DECP members £40.00 Society Trainee’s/Concession £30.00
The DECP are organising a continuous professional development event in South Wales.
We will be hearing from local and national psychologists and researchers about ways in which we can support secondary school aged children.
In particular, we will be focussing on:

enhancing knowledge about the developing teenage brain
promoting adolescent wellbeing
the role of educational psychologists in understanding and working with children involved in or ‘at risk’ of being involved in gangs

The Sandwell well-being charter mark and whole school approach to well-being
2020-03-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Connor Education Centre, Connor Road, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 3DJ, United Kingdom
This training will provide you with everything your service needs to run the Charter Mark in your area.
This action research process supports schools to identify and develop good practice in the area of emotional well-being. You will be trained in how to undertake the audit process and in how to support schools to co-construct a personalised action plan based on their data. The Charter Mark is underpinned by Public Health research highlighting the range of factors that promote emotional well-being in schools (PHE, 2015). The Charter Mark reflects positive psychology and community psychology principles relating to mental health and well-being. You will be introduced to the new primary school curriculum; this has been developed to support schools to successfully promote the development of psychological skills that are linked to emotional well-being in children. You will also be introduced to the well-being screening tool that we have developed as part of the whole-school approach. This can be used to measure the well-being of individual children or groups of children.

EPS Conference - Learning & Mental Health: Two sides of the same coin
2020-03-23 08:30 - 16:00 | Eastwood Hall, Mansfield Rd, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 3SS, United Kingdom
“Learning and Mental Health: Two sides of the same coin” will focus on effectively educating children and young people, whilst actively supporting the development of positive mental health to help them achieve and thrive.
Dr Louise Gilbert (Emotion Coaching UK) will open the conference with her keynote speech “Emotions Matter to Learning” on emotion coaching and how mental health, wellbeing and learning are linked.
Through a series of engaging speakers, workshops and exhibitors, school staff will be inspired to broaden their understanding of evidence based practices, reflect on their professional practice and develop their skills to support young people.
Delegates will leave with:

An understanding of how learning and mental health are inter-connected;

Confidence to make a difference by applying practices which encourage both positive learning experiences and mental health;

A range of tools, resources and strategies to better support children and young people in schools.

Emotion Coaching interest group meeting
2020-03-26 14:00 - 17:00 | The Endeavour Federation, Castlefield Campus, Jackson Crescent, Manchester, M15 5AL, United Kingdom
The aim of the group is to provide professionals with a forum in which to share ideas and good practice about emotion coaching, continue professional development, support each other and reflect together.

UCL Leading Edge Day 2020
2020-03-31 09:00 - 16:30 | Lower Ground Lecture Theatre, 26 Bedford Way, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 0AP, United Kingdom
Psychological support following a disaster. The journey of recovery. Long and short term perspectives and responses
Traumatic events such as the Grenfell Tower fire and the Manchester Arena attack devastate communities and put schools at the heart of efforts to provide short-term care and to support recovery. Psychological care in the immediate aftermath generally involves Educational Psychology Services, and schools in an affected community can sometimes need to draw on psychological support and advice for years afterwards.
This Leading Edge Day will bring together psychologists who have worked with the short-term aftermath of trauma and traumatic events as well as taking a longer-term perspective, together with researchers who have looked at the factors that can promote recovery.
The morning will consider responses to large-scale incidents that affect whole communities and will provide an opportunity to hear about research that is extending and refining what we know about psychological growth after trauma. During the afternoon, we will hear from practitioner EPs about their work with schools, both in the immediate aftermath of critical incidents and in supporting students who have experienced trauma. Finally, we will hear about some new research, exploring teacher perceptions of EP support for schools after a crisis.

Understanding anxiety
2020-04-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Delivered via Zoom Webinar
In this practical workshop session we will explore ways of including anxious children in mainstream schools and settings. The session will be values based and practical and will aim to allow the sharing of experiences and good practice as well as promoting innovative approaches to inclusion through the design of best practice.
Family perspectives and experiences will also be explored. This is not a ‘medical model’ day on anxiety.
The course answers the questions :
•What is anxiety?
•How do we go about including anxious children?
•Can we understand more deeply what is going on underneath concerning behaviours?

Video Interaction Guidance: Initial Training Course (ITC) run by Bristol Educational Psychology Service
2020-04-08 09:30 - 2020-04-09 16:30 | City Hall, College Green, Bristol, Bristol, BS1 5TR, United Kingdom
This course is the starting place for any practitioner wishing to progress to become an accredited VIG practitioner. Following this training, further supervision from an acccredited supervisor is required to become an accredited VIG practitioner. More information about requirements of VIG training can be found on AVIGuk website.

Movement differences - a fresh view on ADHD and ASC
2020-04-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Delivered via Zoom Webinar
Understanding movement differences in a non medical way can be key to understanding and including people who otherwise may seem very challenging and difficult. All people with autism, labels of ADHD but also those with labels such as Tourettes have movement differences creating difficulties in:
•Stopping
•Starting
•Switching
•Combining
•Continuing
•Executing complex movements
All of us in the world moving around in human bodies experience difficulties in one or more of these areas. But some people have much greater issues – the volume has been turned up and the difficulty is much greater. In this workshop we will explore and understand these difficulties better… practical strategies can then follow.

Inclusion Facilitation – the ideal follow up to person centred planning
2020-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Delivered via Zoom Webinar
Inclusion Facilitation (IF) is an approach to enhancing the inclusion, in a mainstream community of any child or young person who is experiencing difficulties in the world because of disability, personal crisis or because of their challenging behaviour towards others. The IF approach works by mobilising the young person’s natural supports to provide support and engage with the person in difficulty.
Inclusion Facilitation is designed to create a better life for an individual by the provision of an intense input designed to bring about social change. This usually entails a series of visits focused on getting the person out and about to increase confidence, social skills and presence in their local community and to pursue goals and dreams. Uniquely, the work is carried out under the close clinical supervision of a practicing psychologist.
Inclusion values underpinning this work
•The Intentional Building of Relationships –‘Inclusion Facilitation’ work as an example
•Not doing it alone – The Importance of Teams in developing inclusive practice
•Practical setting up and running of IF work
•Lessons learned
•Stories of IF work

Chairing meetings
2020-04-17 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Delivered via Zoom Webinar
Meetings can be dreadful and bad chairing makes them worse.
On this day we look at transformational person-centred approaches to approaching the chairing of meetings. We provide deeper insights into the psychological processes that make this role challenging. ‘Best Saves’ for those really difficult moments when chairing meetings are creatively explored. We provide a practical, skill based and creative approach best delivered over 2 days.
We will cover:
•Setting a Good tone/Exploring the ‘whole elephant’ – story so far of experience in chairing meetings – good and bad meetings – graphiced timeline and highs and lows of story so far
•Meetings I do not want – negative chairing….
•Thinking Hats and Values – linked to role of chair – where are hats when things are going well and where are they when things are not?
•Our shared vision for great meetings and excellent chairing?
•Personal planning for future chairing – what do I need to get better at – what should I manage?
•Specific skill teaching – re when things go wrong – eg tears, personal attacks, talking in side conversations, silent members, lack of contribution, anger and so on…‘best saves’ explored with group – using live role play – with one chair
•Solution Circle demonstration – chairing skills/problem solving modelled – approach when teams stuck…
•Emotional elements of chairing – ‘its not personal’ – splitting, projection, transference explored and ‘handling projections’ activity
•Vision and Road Blocks – small groups chaired and minuted – creative problem solving – Blocks to vision of great meetings creatively removed or worked around

Creating a ‘Welcome Team’ in school
2020-04-20 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Delivered via Zoom Webinar
This is a practical ‘non-medical’ workshop for front line practitioners working with children and young people that will find starting at a new school or setting difficult.
Drawing from international research and literature, reports from inclusive schools and our own experience over many years as educational psychologists of the challenges of children with major social and emotional needs, we will explore together what the best practice can and could look like.
We explore:
1.Creating a welcoming team or ‘committee’ of young people
2.Training the team in effective ‘welcoming’ and supporting
3.Building a support circle around a new child and running this circle effectively
4.Auditing what makes for a successful welcome of any new child at the school
5.Facilitating the involvement of young people in successful welcoming activities and preparation
6.Links between this work and building ‘circles of friends’ and peer mediator training

Resiliency enabling approaches for children and young people with trauma (April 2020 start)
2020-04-23 10:00 - 13:00 | The Pavillion, Hatherley Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 6PN, United Kingdom
Six session:

Thursday 23 April
Thursday 7 May
Thursday 21 May
Thursday 04 June
Thursday 18th June
Thursday 2nd July

Summary
The REACH course is a six session, educational psychologist developed and led training programme delivered in ‘bite-size’ pieces, equipping practitioners with the psychological knowledge and skills they require to embed effective trauma informed, resiliency enabling approaches in their schools.
The REACH programme aims to support school staff to recognise and more effectively respond to students who have had experiences of trauma or adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Each aspect of the curriculum is designed to support adults working in schools and other settings to prevent, mitigate and reduce trauma-associated symptoms through evidence-informed practices, leading to improved student academic, behavioural, and socio-emotional outcomes, as well as increased long-term resilience.
Who Would Benefit?
The course is essential learning for any professional working with children and their wider families in schools, nurseries and specialist services, as well as those in social care, health and early help.
This course aims to be a cost-effective way for staff to access the key knowledge and skills they need to become more trauma informed in the way they work and is a must for any setting wishing to enable the resiliency potential of every vulnerable child and young person.
A ‘train the trainer’ option for Educational Psychologists from other counties is available.

Restorative Justice in schools
2020-04-23 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Delivered via Zoom Webinar
A “Restorative Solution” is a non-adversarial approach to conflict resolution where the person who has done something wrong in a given situation becomes accountable to those s/he has harmed. This person is then given the opportunity to “make up” for their inappropriate behaviour through agreement and reparation. An intervention can involve a formal conference, or it can be a simple conversation in a corridor or playground. Restorative Interventions work with all ages of young people, and the techniques can be used in parental meetings, can prevent exclusions and challenge poor behaviour. Our feedback tells us that when problems between young people are addressed in this way, those problems rarely reoccur.
We will cover:
•What are restorative solutions?
•Background and detailed teaching of processes
•Inclusion values underpinning this work
•Processes modelled and opportunities to try process out
•Practical setting up of restorative conferences
•Stories and outcomes

The wellbeing toolkit for mental health leads: An introductory course
2020-04-24 09:00 - 15:00 | The Ridgeway Centre, Featherstone Road, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5TH
£200 (including a copy of the The Wellbeing Toolkit for Mental Health Leads rrp £125)
This course will offer you a wealth of ideas for supporting mental health leads. It will provide you with a toolkit which you can use flexibly to support your schools.
During the course, guest keynote speaker will address some of the key topics of interest regarding mental health in schools, plus delegates will have the opportunity to delve deeper into particular areas of interest through attending two of the following sessions:
– Self-harm: Issues of prevention and safe practice – Understanding & Supporting Children & Young People through Grief & Loss – Understanding & Supporting Children & Young People who are School Phobic – Understanding Attachment Disorders & Creating an Attachment Friendly Classroom – Managing Exam Stress & Developing Study Skills – Using Tools from Positive Psychology to Build Resilience

Building community circles
2020-04-24 14:00 - 16:00 | Zoom
Delivered via Zoom Webinar
The purpose of community circles is to bring people from a local community together to share their skills, talents, gifts and resources. This idea is based upon the premise that ALL of us need three things in our lives to make us happy and fulfilled: these are money, friendship and meaning. We believe that everyone needs community, everyone needs to be heard and everyone needs to have fun.
Community Circles are based upon reciprocity and the assumption that EVERYONE has both gifts and needs – whether these are labelled or not. The circles adopt the fundamental value of inclusion that ‘all means all’, no one is excluded from community circles, instead the circle members work out how to include everyone equally and safely.
Community circles provide a great foundation or starting point from which to explore connections, build relationships, locate resources and share skills. These circles will be a particularly important resource for Brokers and the people that they work for. They provide a safe forum in which people can meet and friendships can start, a natural reservoir of people and relationships where people can be invited to offer their time and capacity.
We will cover:
•Understanding ordinary needs – plus the true dimensions of social inclusion
•Building relationships
•Creating natural circles of support
•Creating a community circle
