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Educational Psychology Service - Parent Advice Sessions

Address:
Hackney Education,
1 Reading Lane,
Hackney,
London,
E8 1GQ
E-mail: eps.admin@hackney.gov.uk
Telephone: 020 8820 7519
020 8820 7519

Description

Who we are...

Educational Psychologists (also called EPs or Ed Psychs) have professional qualifications in psychology and educational psychology – the study of how children develop, learn and behave.

What we do...

Educational Psychologists work collaboratively with school staff, parents and children themselves to help ensure that young people with additional educational needs who are having difficulties at school receive the right sort of help.

Each of the maintained schools in Hackney has an allocated Educational Psychologists or EP who visits regularly to help with strategic planning.

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

Parent Advice Sessions...

The Parent Advice Sessions are run independently of the Educational Psycology Service work in schools. They are open to:

  • all children and families living in Hackney including those children not yet in school
  • children who are out of school
  • children who live in Hackney and attend school in other boroughs

What happens during the session? 

This is an opportunity for parents and carers to have a discussion about concerns that they may have about their children or young person. 

If you would like support and advice, we are offering an opportunity for you to talk about your child/children with an educational psychologist for up to 30 minutes on our phone line. This service runs on Wednesdays between 1:00 and 3:00 pm and during term time.

We can help by talking through your concerns about your child, their development, any special educational needs that you may be aware of or any concerns you may have about their home or school experience.

We can give you advice about:

  • behaviour at home or school
  • learning at home or school
  • your child’s special educational needs
  • anxiety, wellbeing and mental health

Record Last Updated on: 27/01/2021

Time / Date Details

When is it on

Wednesday afternoons 1pm - 3pm during term time

Time of day

Afternoon

Session Information

Wednesday afternoons - 1pm - 3pm term time only

Other Details

Costs

Free to parents
Schools can contact the service the discuss how EPS can work with them

Referral required?

Yes

Referral Details

Any Hackney parent can access the advice service or self-refer.

Please do contact the EPS Parent Advice Service on: 020 8820 7519

If we are unable to answer your call please leave a message and someone from the service will call you back. 

What to do if you have a complaint

How you feel about having used or experienced a service is important. Services often ask for feedback to help them understand how to make sure people they work with have a good experience.

If you have feedback about this service, something you liked or were not happy with, you can talk to the person who worked with you or, if you feel more comfortable, a service manager. They will try to help sort out any problems.

If you are still not happy with the service you can raise your concerns formally. This means someone who is not part of the service will look at your feedback or concern and see if anything can or needs to be done to help make things better.

If you need to make a formal complaint you can use the London Borough of Hackney complaints procedure.

How to Get Here

Buses: 30, 38, 388, 55, 106, 236, 242, 253, 276, 277, D6

Train: London Fields, Hackney Central, Hackney Downs

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