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Applied Psychologies
4 min
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...
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Applied Psychologies
6 min
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
4 min
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
6 min
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
4 min
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
2 min
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
3 min
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
4 min
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
2 min
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
2 min
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
1 min
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...
Dr David Lamb
1 min
Half-Term Appreciation
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
5 min
A ‘critical friend’ approach to school behaviour and discipline systems
Dr Frances Willis, Educational Psychologist The context A school requested EP support for their project to reduce exclusions alongside...
Applied Psychologies
1 min
David in the Business Spotlight...
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....
Top tips for staff wellbeing
By Dr Francesca Heffernan Hopefully we are all feeing rested after the summer break, but the pressure of the new academic year and the...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
Survey: Climate Change in Education
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...
Dr David Lamb
5 min
Coffee with...
As part of our 10th Anniversary Series, our new feature - Coffee with... will see Dr David Lamb EP, director and co-founder, meet with...
Dr David Lamb
3 min
Keep, Start, Stop, Shine
A Collaborative Reflective Tool for Your Next Planning Meeting by Dr David Lamb Planning meetings have always played a pivotal part in...
Applied Psychologies
7 min
“What’s for dinner?” Food insecurity and its impact on children.
By Emily Frezza, Assistant Educational Psychologist Prior to my role as an Assistant Educational Psychologist, I worked for five years as...
Applied Psychologies
2 min
Blindness Awareness Month
Back in October, Francesca, one of our Directors of Psychology, shared some deeply personal memories and reflections of her dad, Don's,...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
The Dyslexia Debate: our position statement
A SENCo in one of our partner schools had received multiple requests for ‘dyslexia assessments’ from parents who were concerned about...
Applied Psychologies
3 min
Blended working...better for everyone
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,...
Applied Psychologies
6 min
Building Relationships
Ahead of our Building Relationships with Children event next week, Eloise Dalby, our Assistant Educational Psychologist (soon be Trainee...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
What is EMDR and how can it be helpful in schools?
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic intervention that can support children to regulate their emotions...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
Working on What Works – a ‘WOWW!’ approach to classroom behaviour
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...
Applied Psychologies
5 min
Autism Spectrum Conditions - Are we ready to learn?
Kathy Smith, Specialist Teacher for ASC, takes time out from her amazing work to offer her tops tips on working at home with children...
Applied Psychologies
1 min
Meet the speaker; Jeffrey Boakye
Jeffrey Boakye joins us Thursday 4 February for Unconscious Bias: Exploring Race, Identity and Discrimination in Education. Meet Jeffrey...
Applied Psychologies
2 min
Same quality training, now available online!
Spread the word, Applied Psychologies training is going online, meaning more of you can access the training we normally only offer to our...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
Jeffrey Boakye, author and teacher joins the team...
Jeffrey Boakye, author of Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials, and the Meaning of Grime and Black, Listed: Black British Culture...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
Supporting Speech Language and Communication Needs During Times of Change
Alex Marris, Advisory Teacher for Interaction and Communication looks at how to spot and support SLCN during change and uncertainty. 2020...
Emotion Coaching – helping children to regulate their emotions.
Dr Francesca Heffernan talks about the importance of emotion coaching and how now is a really good time to start practicing emotion...
Applied Psychologies
5 min
Using psychology in lockdown
The lockdown is chaotic and challenging and as professionals it’s possibly the most difficult time of our careers so far. Across our 150...
Applied Psychologies
5 min
“Don’t give up!” Reflections from our Assistant Educational Psychologist.
Louise Rodgers started with Applied Psychologies in September 2018 as a graduate psychologist. Her passion and work ethic meant she was...
Applied Psychologies
5 min
How to motivate your team during these unprecedented times
Applied Psychologies has recently celebrated its 8th birthday. We have certainly come a long way, from excitedly scribbling some initial...
Applied Psychologies
5 min
Working Memory: important but overlooked
Dr Jonny Craig is an Educational Psychologist and Director at Applied Psychologies. He LOVES Working Memory... “I love speaking to people...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
The rise of whole school psychology: a shift in priority or understanding?
Across all types of settings, we’re seeing a huge increase in the amount of systemic work or ‘’whole school psychology” that our team are...
Applied Psychologies
5 min
What’s going on in that head of yours?
Neuroscience reveals the secrets of the teenage brain Does this sound like a familiar question? Growing up, you probably heard it from...
Applied Psychologies
2 min
Highland Primary School commends Applied Psychologies’ holistic approach to education psychology
Highlands Primary School is a large primary school located on the Bransholme Estate on the outskirts of Hull. Applied Psychologies has...
Applied Psychologies
4 min
Narrowing the Gap with Paired Reading
Children make progress when they’re happy, confident, connected to their learning environment and have some control over their learning...
Applied Psychologies
2 min
SEND Leaders; Are you OFSTED ready?
As of September 2019, OFSTED have started to conduct inspections using the updated Education Inspection Framework. This includes several...
Applied Psychologies
2 min
Precision Teaching
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...
Applied Psychologies
2 min
Supporting children with speech, language and communication needs
The speech, language and communication skills learned by a child in their early years are crucial for when they start school at around...
Applied Psychologies
2 min
Successful Transitions:
Transitions occur throughout life, but many early transitions occur during school so it is highly important that children have a good...
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