Educational Psychology

Each school has a nominated Educational Psychologist who may be contacted through the area Children & Young Peoples Service (CYPS) base. Work focuses around assessment and intervention with children and young people aged 0-19. This could be by working with individual children with groups of children or/and by working with school/provision staff, parents and families and other agencies involved with the child or young person.

Educational Psychologists will offer support where there are concerns of a psychological nature or about learning difficulties. These could be in the following areas of development: cognitive, linguistic, sensory, physical and/or social and emotional development.

Purpose of Service
To promote child development and learning through the application of psychology by working with individual and groups of children, teachers and other adults in schools, families, other LEA officers, health and social services and other agencies (DfEE July 2000)

The core areas of work are:

• In early years (both statutory and non-statutory school age pupils)
• With mainstream schools
• With special schools
• With out-of-county day and residential schools with Northamptonshire pupils who have a Statement of Special Educational Needs.
• With other agencies, including health, social services and the Learning Skills Council
• At the Local Authority level
  
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