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Educational Psychology

As one of the largest Educational Psychology Services in the North of England, we collaborate with schools, families and local authorities to identify barriers to learning and develop evidence based support, ensuring every child can thrive in an inclusive environment.

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What does an Educational Psychologist do?

Our Educational Psychologists (EPs) use their knowledge of child development, psychological theory and research, combined with experience to understand and enhance the learning and emotional well-being of children and young people.

We are very proud of the breadth of support we can offer schools and colleges, and the unfailing commitment of our Educational Psychology team to achieve positive outcomes for children in diverse and often challenging situations including learning difficulties and social and emotional needs.

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Children and Young People

We predominantly support children and young people who experience special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in the following categories, as outlined in the SEND Code of Practice:

Social, emotional and mental health
Communication and interaction
Cognition and learning
Sensory and physical

Our educational psychologists also support children and young people who experience other vulnerabilities who may also have SEND. These include children and young people:

At risk from school exclusion
In the care and/or youth justice system
Who are very anxious about being in school which impacts on their attendance
Exploring and understanding their identity (e.g. gender, ethnicity, orientation)
At risk of not being in education or employment

Staff and Professionals

Working alongside and supporting school staff is a core part of our role. It is very important to us that schools can come to us for support and help. Advising senior leadership teams, special needs coordinators and teaching staff is vital in terms of understanding pupil needs and how they can be supported.

Individual Level Support

Specialist Holistic Assessments

We can assess the educational needs of CYP using a wide range of assessment techniques. We can assess and find solutions to CYPs learning, communication and mental health difficulties.

Consultation services

We can talk with teachers, support staff and parents, to explore and co-produce strategies that support a CYP who is finding a part of school life difficult. ·

Therapeutic support

We can provide therapeutic support for CYP who are experiencing difficulties in school, which is impacting on his or her mental health.

Group or Class Level Support

A range of group based interventions for children, staff/professionals and parents.

We can deliver group interventions to support a CYPs learning, communication or mental health. We can provide group work for parents who are wanting to develop skills and approaches to support their child’s needs at home.

Advising on classroom level issues- such as teaching methodologies and approaches, classroom adaptations and peer dynamics

We can work with class teachers to develop teaching approaches that will further help a CYP engage in learning.

Organisation Level Support

Advising on school practice policy’s

We can work with schools to help develop parts of different school policies such SEND, Behaviour and Relationships.

Support curriculum design

We can work with schools to help them develop curriculum adaptations that can promote inclusion and the effective teaching of CYP experiencing SEND.

Staff capacity building and CPD

We deliver workshops and training in vast range of areas.

Conducting action based research in your school to develop practice

We are trained and skilled researchers. You can ask us to explore a whole school issue, we can research this issue and provide you with findings and constructive solutions.

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Why choose One Education for Educational Psychology?

We are a vibrant and diverse team of educational
psychologists with an in-depth
knowledge of child development and applied psychological theory.

We work across the following key areas:
• Assessment and Support
• Early Development
• Complex Needs and Developmental Differences
• Families and Communities
• Social Emotional and Mental Health

All our Educational Psychologists are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

We’ve worked with One Education for a number of years now. The service has always been of a very high quality. I feel that the Educational Psychologists really understand the context and nature of our school. They have a lot of empathy and understanding for our families. When they conduct assessments with our children, the children always give feedback about how comfortable they felt. The staff always feel that they can go and speak to the EPs when they are in school. It’s definitely something I would recommend to all schools.

Jessica Reed, SENDCoAll Saints Primary School

Both our Educational Psychologists have been amazing and supportive. They have gone above and beyond their role. Their advice and support has been invaluable.

Feedback from our schools

They make insightful observations and their suggestions are always clear, practical and achievable.

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The training went well beyond the ubiquitous mental health guidance and I felt very well informed and empowered. Possibly the best training I’ve received on this theme.

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