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”
Category: Child voice
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”
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”
Social Media: understanding the experiences of children and young people
By Joanne Mumford On Friday 8th November, 2019, the University of Birmingham hosted a 3-cohort day for trainees on the initial training course for educational psychologists. The focus was on social media and how it is used by children and young people with whom we work. It concluded with a discussion around how educational psychologists … Continue reading “Social Media: understanding the experiences of children and young people”
The Lived Experience of Gang Membership
By Tom Boden The role of gangs and gang membership in young people’s lives have recently received an increasing amount of political and media attention. Alarming statistics have been published suggesting an increased prevalence of young people involved with gangs. The Children’s Commissioner reported that an estimated 27,000 children identify as being part of a … Continue reading “The Lived Experience of Gang Membership”
“We can’t just ask them something and expect them to tell us”
By Litsa Cosma This week is Pupil Voice Week across the UK and schools are being encouraged to help their pupils to “Use Their Voice”. Being able to support children and young people to express their views has long been regarded as a key part of what educational psychologists do. While this appears to be … Continue reading ““We can’t just ask them something and expect them to tell us””