By Preeya Chibbra As a first-year trainee educational psychologist, I take a lot of inspiration from the professional community. One example of this is using one-page profiles as a way of introducing ourselves to children and young people before we begin working with them. I was interested in how these may be used in a … Continue reading “Back at you: feeding back to children and young people”
Author: Julia Howe
Listening to the Child’s Voice: Reflections from the DECP TEP Conference 2021
By Ellie Turner, Kate Jobson and Julie Smith-Lewis This year Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) conference for trainee educational psychologists was online for the first time. So when we logged in at 9:15am sharp, there was no conference room to find and no babble of excited trainee educational psychologists glancing at pieces of … Continue reading “Listening to the Child’s Voice: Reflections from the DECP TEP Conference 2021”
Decolonising the Educational Psychology Curriculum
By Paige Garbett, Zoë Morrice and Julia Howe Background to the Project This academic year one of the priorities for the educational psychology team at the University of Birmingham has been to complete a review of our curriculum using ideas from the decolonising movement. The idea of decolonising the curriculum has its roots in the … Continue reading “Decolonising the Educational Psychology Curriculum”
Online training during COVID-19: a necessary evil or a silver lining?
By Emma Dove During the first UK COVID-19 lockdown educational psychology services had to find new ways to support children and young people, their families and schools. One example of this was through the delivery of online training sessions for school staff. In my experiences of online training for schools during COVID-19, I encountered both … Continue reading “Online training during COVID-19: a necessary evil or a silver lining?”
Supervision: Am I doing it right?
By Laura Halton At the end of my first year on the initial training course for educational psychologists there were a year’s worth of university discussions, literature and placement practice circulating like a Ferris-wheel of reflection in my mind. Surprisingly – for me – none more so than my understanding and participation in supervision. The … Continue reading “Supervision: Am I doing it right?”
How to Avoid the Silence: Supporting Race Talk in Educational Psychology Practice – Part Two
By Dr Sasha Simon and Dr Anjam Sultana In part one of this blog, the authors outlined six key concepts relevant to racism, in order to support race talk within Educational Psychology Services. In part two, we focus on the emotional impact of racism and how we, as educational psychologists, can support colleagues who have … Continue reading “How to Avoid the Silence: Supporting Race Talk in Educational Psychology Practice – Part Two”
Life of a Year 1 Trainee Educational Psychologist – Lockdown Edition
By Ella Mansfield In January, I wrote a blog post about what an average week is like for a year 1 trainee educational psychologist at the University of Birmingham. At that point, I had no idea that in a matter of months I would be continuing the course from my parents’ home, writing essays from … Continue reading “Life of a Year 1 Trainee Educational Psychologist – Lockdown Edition”
Reflections on my first year of training as an educational psychologist
By Dawn Dance Finding our more about the role In my previous working life I had never met an educational psychologist despite working for nearly ten years in a Post 16 and secondary school setting. As part of my application I had the chance to talk to some educational psychologists and to read about the … Continue reading “Reflections on my first year of training as an educational psychologist”
How to Avoid the Silence: Supporting Race Talk in Educational Psychology Practice – Part One
By Dr Anjam Sultana, Dr Cherelle McDonald, Dr Maninder Sangar, Dr Sasha-Louise Simon and Dr Sidra Aslam George Floyd’s murder has caused the resurgence of strong emotions of hurt, anger, and loss with recollections of racism in the UK and within our local contexts. It has taken its toll on Black educational psychologists … Continue reading “How to Avoid the Silence: Supporting Race Talk in Educational Psychology Practice – Part One”
Thinking about trans-cultural supervision and working with difference
By Haley Fong, Tara Janda and Anita Soni In this blog post we explore the concept of trans-cultural supervision and how we have used this in our practice. The context of the supervision is between Anita who is an academic and professional tutor and two of her Year 1 trainees: Haley and Tara. … Continue reading “Thinking about trans-cultural supervision and working with difference”