Jenny Dutton, Educational Psychologist
As a semi-professional procrastinator I thought I’d share with you a new year top tip for getting through report writing (this blog was written whilst procrastinating on an EHC report).
As an educational psychologist, I have worked with many children who stru...
School teacher’s role feels ever expanding; but all with the central aim to not only impart knowledge, but to support the emotional and psychological development of young people. An increasing issue within schools, both for individual teachers and SLT is the increasing anxiety young people feel abou...
by Rachel Cartin, Research Officer at Bangor University
When watching Joanna’s first video of her Literacy: A Path for All CPD course, it struck me that we’re often so focused on reading as the process of decoding and understanding text, that we forget that there are so many more processes and pers...
The Starting Line: Reading Woes in a Year 1 Classroom
As a Year 1 teacher in a three form entry Manchester primary school, I grappled with a common yet disheartening issue: the wide range of reading abilities among the children in my class. While some were doing well and able to read CCVC words as ...
Keith Houghton, Trainee Educational Psychologist at the University of East Anglia shares his experience of using Video Enhanced Reflective Practice to develop consultation skills.Â
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What is VERP?
Video Enhanced Reflective Practice (VERP) is a strengths-based, relationship-based method of profess...
Tim Watson, Educational Psychologist
Introduction
I have been an educational and child psychologist for over 20 years and have experienced like most, some excellent examples of supervision and those that have been less so. From my personal and professional experience, good quality and trusted supe...
