By Dr Natalie Carpenter, Hertfordshire Educational Psychology Service
RSHE for learners identified with SEND was the last topic I thought I would be passionate about and spend years of my life researching and pontificating its importance and value. However, a request for my involvement as an...
by Aidan Fielding (Trainee Educational Psychologist, The University of Manchester), supervised by Dr Emma Harding (Academic and Professional Tutor, The University of Manchester)
In his blog, Aidan explores the impact of COVID-19 and associated restrictions on children's play at home. Drawing from...
by Jenny Knight, Trainee Educational Psychologist, University of Manchester
As the United Kingdom becomes increasingly ethnically diverse, especially within the under-eighteen population (Alexander & Shankley, 2020; Statistics, 2022), there is a growing understanding of the...
‘Emotionally-based school non-attendance’ (EBSNA) is increasingly understood as a multi-faceted difficulty, with a range of school, home and individual factors contributing to a child’s or young person’s anxiety around attending school.
The literature on this topic...
