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Applied Psychologies welcomes a new Principal Educational PsychologistÂ
After 13 years at the helm, Co-founder and Director Dr David Lamb will be stepping down as Principal Educational Psychologist (PEP) at...

Applied Psychologies
Jul 152 min read


Intensive Interaction: human connection and social inclusion
What is it? Intensive interaction is a social communication approach developed by Dr Dave Hewett OBE and Professor Melanie Nind. It was...

Applied Psychologies
Jul 143 min read


Humber SEND Conference: here's what you missed!
What a day! The Humber SEND Conference was our first full day, in person event and we couldn't have asked for a better day. As a service...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 19, 20243 min read


How to be an overnight, overwhelm Jedi.
If you've never had the pleasure of sitting through one of LJ Ducksbury's training sessions before, they have a style. LJ brings energy,...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 19, 20242 min read


Traffic Light Teachers
Ginny Bootman, SENDCo and author brought high energy and a real understanding of what it is like to be a SENDCo right now. Using her...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 19, 20241 min read


What's your strength?
We're not often comfortable with questions like this but Katherine Jennick of What's your strength?® showed us how we can comfortably...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 19, 20242 min read


WoWW: Half a Million Minutes
After learning from Katherine Jennick about the importance of strengths-based approaches, AP’s Principal EP Dr David Lamb literally...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 19, 20242 min read


SEND First Classrooms: flipping the narrative on Quality First Teaching
Katherine Johnson, headteacher at Northcott School, an Outstanding autism provision and outreach service, brought us statistics of the...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 19, 20242 min read


Maingrade or Assistant EP needed: Lancashire
Qualified or Assistant EP (AsEP) needed for school SLAs in Kirkby, Chorley, Southport areas. Flexible working, full and part time,...

Applied Psychologies
Jun 10, 20243 min read


Why we love ELSA…
At Applied Psychologies, it’s our job to support the whole school system as well as individual children and young people. This is why the...

Applied Psychologies
Feb 29, 20244 min read
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Best practice guidance for consent: Information for SENCos and associated school staff[1]
Introduction Applied Psychologies takes the position that informed consent is an ongoing, fundamental, guiding principle of our practice...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 8, 20236 min read


Q&A: Being an assistant EP at Applied Psychologies
Olivia, our assistant in Teesside last year took some time out with her supervisor Laura, to reflect on her year as she moved on to the...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 8, 20234 min read


Reflections: whole school policy change
Dr Francesca Heffernan talks about her guiding principles of systemic change and how they helped one school shift their thinking and...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 8, 20236 min read


Senior EP, Part Time, Bury Burnley area
2.5 days a week with a small patch of schools and supervision of Assistant Educational Psychologists (AEPs) Now is a great time to join...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 2, 20234 min read


New for 2023-24: ELSA Training
What is ELSA? ​ The ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) intervention was originally developed by Sheila Burton, Educational...

Applied Psychologies
Jul 19, 20232 min read


Building connection to aid communication
By Kathy Cook, Assistant Educational Psychologist As an Assistant Educational Psychologist, working across a wide range of settings, I...

Applied Psychologies
Feb 27, 20233 min read


Supporting Pre - Verbal Children
By Alex Marris, Advisory Teacher for Communication and Interaction We are now into the second year of children being back in school fully...

Applied Psychologies
Feb 27, 20234 min read


Half term appreciation - December is for all of you!
This half term we wanted to focus on you - our schools and teaching staff. We wanted to say thank you for all that you do. For the over...

Applied Psychologies
Dec 15, 20222 min read


Stocking fillers - book recommendations
We asked the team what books they'll be gifting this Christmas. Here's a few of our favourites, for adults and children. If you want to...

Applied Psychologies
Dec 15, 20222 min read


Applied Psychologies is on YouTube
Join us on Applied Psychologies' YouTube We've launched our YouTube channel to bring you training, discussions and all things educational...

Applied Psychologies
Nov 4, 20221 min read
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