Enjoy and Achieve
This year our work is focussed upon supporting adults to help our vulnerable learners.
Latest News
Educational Psychologists are:
- Producing guidance on making decisions and tailoring support where there are concerns about children's progress due to English as an Additional Language and Special Educational Needs.
- Delivering training for school staff relating to the National Strategy for Behaviour and Attendance Project (NPSLBA).
- Collecting data for research on Unaccompanied Asylum Seeker Children (UASC) resilience.
- Planning a programme for training the Designated Teachers for Looked after Children in schools.
- Collecting data about parent and teacher communication with respect to a child's literacy development.
- Finding out about the social and emotional experiences parents encounter when trying to support their child who is struggling with literacy.
Current Documents
- Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning, Solihull's Story 2007-2008
- Gathering pupils' voice about teaching and learning at Langley Secondary School
Current Practice
- On the road to the PRU - parents have their say. A story about an educational psychologist completing research which looked at how included parents were made to feel in the process before their child started to attend a local Pupil Referral Unit (PRU).
- Getting ready to take the next step. A story about an educational psychologist working with a vulnerable young child as she moves from primary to secondary school.
- Back to School. A story about an educational psychologist working with a child refusing to go to school.
- 'Sense of humour important!' A story about educational psychologists helping a secondary school obtain pupil's views about teaching and learning.
- Imaginary Friends. A story about a learning support assistant seeking advice from an educational psychologist about a young boy's imaginary friend.
- On the edge. A story about an educational psychologist supporting a school to help a young person manage his anxiety and frustration.
- One day you'll make Prime Minister. A story about an educational psychologist working with a school and a young girl at risk of exclusion.
Useful Resources
What works with pupils with literacy difficulties? The effectiveness of intervention schemes. 3rd Edition. (Greg Brooks, 2007) http://www.standards.dcsf.gov.uk/ reference 0068-2007BKT-EN
Links to other organisations
- http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/ provides extensive resources, information about training and access to online catalogue of resources.