Services for Schools and Academies

Partners in psychology offer opportunities for organisational development, staff training, casework supervision, parent work, group work and individual assessment to support children and young people in their development in order to maximise future potential. We can support your development goals, offering learning, support and advice to parents and in working directly with the children and young people. Partners in Psychology work universally with all pupils applying psychology to learning and development in areas such as individualised learning programmes, motivation, exam stress and emotional resilience. Additionally they work with pupils with a range of special educational needs.

Assessment We might typically offer the following types of assessment :

Observation and consultation
Emotional and Behavioural assessment
Cognitive assessment
Language and communication assessment
Social communication and interaction assessment in consultation with other professionals where required
Literacy and numeracy assessments including dyslexia and specific learning difficulties
Memory and processing assessment
Mental health and emotional well-being assessment
Attachment and relationships

Advice and intervention

We can make recommendations for intervention following assessment and consultation.
We can offer support for children with a range of special educational needs including :

Autism
Attachment and relationship difficulties
Medical conditions such as Down’s syndrome
We can deliver group interventions for children presenting with a similar issue e.g anxiety, emotional resilience, development of selfhood and identity, thinking styles

Work with school/academy staff

Attendance, support and advice at review meetings and/or review meetings for individual children and young people
Drop-in consultation sessions for staff to discuss issues causing concern
Liaison between home and school to support the learning and development of children and young people
Support and advice in relation to exam access arrangements for children and young people.
Consultation on topics of interest, e.g. adolescence/teenage development, motivation, Autism/Asperger’s Syndrome, specific learning difficulties, anxiety etcConsultation in relation to behavioural concerns, e.g. making sense of children’s behaviour, observation of social peer dynamics, advice regarding teaching approaches and strategies

Training and organisational development

Training packages designed and delivered to suit the needs of your staff, school and parents – examples include:

Needs led training e.g. for all staff who are working with a child with a specific need
Whole staff training around particular topics e.g. ADHD, Autism, mental health, domestic abuse, dyslexia
Staff well-being workshops
Establishing staff supervision structures.
Team-building
Support and casework supervision for pastoral teams and staff working with children with special educational needs
Supportive consultation for Senior management teams such as applying psychology to organisational systems.
Facilitating problem solving e.g. PATH, solution circles, activity theory.
Training around staff management and school- parent relationships e.g. solution focused techniques
Organisational research and evaluation such as measuring the effectiveness of your curriculum or specific strategies
Whole school audit on a variety of topics such as mental health provision, gifted and talented, SEN provision.