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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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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...

Introduction Applied Psychologies takes the position that informed consent is an ongoing, fundamental, guiding principle of our practice...

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...

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

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...

What is ELSA? ​ The ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) intervention was originally developed by Sheila Burton, Educational...

By Kathy Cook, Assistant Educational Psychologist As an Assistant Educational Psychologist, working across a wide range of settings, I...

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

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...

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...

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

We recognise the importance of appreciating our team, therefore wanted to capture some of the lovely comments which our team have received.

Dr Frances Willis, Educational Psychologist The context A school requested EP support for their project to reduce exclusions alongside...

Dr David Lamb recently talked with Mike Moss from the 'world's number 1 coaching team', ActionCOACH, about who we are and what we do....

By Dr Francesca Heffernan Hopefully we are all feeing rested after the summer break, but the pressure of the new academic year and the...

Over the last year, the team has increased its focus on our environmental impact. We want to make sure that we continue to offer an...

As part of our 10th Anniversary Series, our new feature - Coffee with... will see Dr David Lamb EP, director and co-founder, meet with...

A Collaborative Reflective Tool for Your Next Planning Meeting by Dr David Lamb Planning meetings have always played a pivotal part in...

By Emily Frezza, Assistant Educational Psychologist Prior to my role as an Assistant Educational Psychologist, I worked for five years as...

Back in October, Francesca, one of our Directors of Psychology, shared some deeply personal memories and reflections of her dad, Don's,...

A SENCo in one of our partner schools had received multiple requests for ‘dyslexia assessments’ from parents who were concerned about...

We've learned a lot about how we work in the last 18 months. Some of the changes we've had to make, have proven to be good all round. So,...

Ahead of our Building Relationships with Children event next week, Eloise Dalby, our Assistant Educational Psychologist (soon be Trainee...

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic intervention that can support children to regulate their emotions...

At the start of the current academic year an opportunity presented itself at a Primary School in Hull for psychology to be applied at the...

Kathy Smith, Specialist Teacher for ASC, takes time out from her amazing work to offer her tops tips on working at home with children...

Jeffrey Boakye joins us Thursday 4 February for Unconscious Bias: Exploring Race, Identity and Discrimination in Education. Meet Jeffrey...

Spread the word, Applied Psychologies training is going online, meaning more of you can access the training we normally only offer to our...

Jeffrey Boakye, author of Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials, and the Meaning of Grime and Black, Listed: Black British Culture...

Alex Marris, Advisory Teacher for Interaction and Communication looks at how to spot and support SLCN during change and uncertainty. 2020...

Dr Francesca Heffernan talks about the importance of emotion coaching and how now is a really good time to start practicing emotion...

The lockdown is chaotic and challenging and as professionals it’s possibly the most difficult time of our careers so far. Across our 150...

Louise Rodgers started with Applied Psychologies in September 2018 as a graduate psychologist. Her passion and work ethic meant she was...

Applied Psychologies has recently celebrated its 8th birthday. We have certainly come a long way, from excitedly scribbling some initial...

Highlands Primary School is a large primary school located on the Bransholme Estate on the outskirts of Hull. Applied Psychologies has...

Identifying what a student has learned and how well they have learned it. Precision Teaching isn’t really a style of teaching, it is best...

The speech, language and communication skills learned by a child in their early years are crucial for when they start school at around...