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Educational Psychology Service

Address:
Hackney Learning Trust,
1 Reading Lane,
Hackney,
London,
E8 1GQ
E-mail: EPS.Admin@learningtrust.co.uk
Telephone: 020 8820 7000
Telephone: Option 4 then option 1
020 8820 7000 Option 4 then option 1

Description

Who we are:

Educational Psychologists also called EPs or Ed Psychs have professional qualifications in psychology and educational psychology. Educational Psychologists focus on how children and young people develop, learn and behave.

To find out more about this service read on or click the image below...

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What we do:

Educational Psychologists work collaboratively with staff in education settings, parents, children and young people.  EPs work with them to help children and young people who are having difficulties receive the right sort of help.

Each of the maintained schools and colleges in Hackney has an allocated EP who visits regularly to work with staff.

Many of Hackney’s maintained schools and colleges also buy in additional EP time. How this time is used is often agreed during termly multi-agency planning meetings.

Work in schools

If a child or young person is having difficulty at school or college, staff will have tried interventions at SEN Support level . If despite help they do not make progress the setting can, with parents’ permission, ask an educational psychologist to suggest ways of helping.

The educational psychologist (EP) may then:

  • work with key members of staff in the school or setting
  • observe a child or young person
  • work with a child or young person individually

They may also contact other professionals who know the child or young person well.

EPs will always involve parents/carers in sharing ideas and planning programmes.

They may suggest:

  • ways parents can help their child at home
  • ways the child or young person's teachers or key worker can help
  • a referral to another agency for further advice
  • recommend extra support using a particular intervention 

 

Educational Psychology Parent Advice Sessions

A Parent Advice Service is run by the EPS independently of its work in schools. This service is open to all children young people and their families living in Hackney. 

This includes: 

  • very young children not yet in school
  • children and young people who are out of school 
  • children and young people who live in Hackney and attend settings in other boroughs

Find out more: Educational Psychology Parent Advice Sessions

Record Last Updated on: 12/10/2018

Time / Date Details

Time of day

Afternoon
Morning

Session Information

Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm

Other Details

Costs

Free to parents but settings must buy this service from EPS

Referral required?

Yes

Referral Details

Settings are asked to complete and sign a Request for Educational Psychology Involvement form with parents/carers, to give an outline of their concerns and to describe action taken so far by the school and other services.This gives the service consent to work with the child or young person. 

Referrals directly from parents and carers are not accepted. Parents or carers wishing to discuss concerns about their child or young person should book a slot at one of the Parent Advice Sessions. 

What to do if you have a complaint

If you have any feedback about the service you received – something you like or are not happy with; then do talk about it with the worker or manager in the service, so that they can look at how they deliver their service.

If you have a situation that you are still not happy about then you can raise it formally as part of the London Borough of Hackney complaints procedure; click here for more information.

Can parents & young people buy this service as part of their SEND personal budget?

No

How to Get Here

Buses: 30, 38, 48, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 276, 277, D6

Train: London Fields, Hackney Central, Hackney Downs

 Send Email 020 8820 7000  Option 4 then option 1

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