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?”
Category: COVID-19
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”
A rapid literature review of how to support the psychological well-being of school staff during and after Covid-19
By Amber Bhardwaj, Catherine Byng & Zoë Morrice Editorial Note from Julia Howe, Course Tutor This is a slightly different blog post from those that we normally publish. It is a piece of work commission by Dudley Educational Psychology Service (EPS) from the Year 1 trainees on the initial training course for educational psychologists at … Continue reading “A rapid literature review of how to support the psychological well-being of school staff during and after Covid-19”