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Services
A Full Range of Educational Psychology Services is available:
Assessment work; report writing for a range of purposes; consultation;
advice, training and CPD activities for educators, parents and carers;
training needs analyses, intervention; involvement in planning meetings;
construction of programmes of behaviour management... and much more.
Consultation and collaborative problem solving.
This approach uses a process of collaborative problem solving that
recognises that the people who know a situation best are also those
who are best placed to bring about positive change. Collaborative
problem solving is a powerful and effective technique of bringing
together those people and using a process of looking at not only
the issue of concern, but focusing upon what is already working
and developing practical strategies that can be used at home and
in other settings. This approach is based upon ‘Solution focused’
techniques that are increasingly recognised and used, both in Education
and business.
Telephone and on-line support
On-going support is available via telephone and Email following any intervention or consultation.
Assessment
For Assessment to be meaningful it should be purposeful, contextual
and appropriate to the situation.
SB Psychology offers assessment via consultation, observation, consideration
of existing information, collaborative problem solving and via traditional
psychometric tools, in response to the individual needs of each
client and situation.
Intervention
Once again, this can take a range of forms – including such
things as direct work with children and young people on anger and
behaviour management, person centred planning, assertiveness techniques,
and anxiety management. Indirect work with those who are caring
for or educating a young person might take the form of advice regarding
the management of challenging behaviour and the construction and
use of a structured programme of behaviour management.
Research and project work
SB Psychology can provide direct or indirect advice or involvement
in research and project work, ranging from small scale, action research
such as piloting and evaluating a new pre-reading scheme…to
larger scale research and project work such as introducing a whole
school behaviour policy and the associated issues of how to gather
and use the views of parents, carers and children…and the
evaluation of impact. Whether you are looking for a piece of work
with the aim of developing practice within an establishment, or
a piece of work that could be published in a national journal, SB
Psychology can help.
Staff training and Continuing Professional Development
(CPD)
The approach to training and CPD that SB Psychology takes is based
upon current research and thinking regarding staff training. A
range of training and continuing professional development
activities is available for staff who work with children and young
people. SB Psychology carries out needs analyses of CPD/training
needs as required. All training and CPD work is fully evaluated
and responses are shared with the organisations or individuals who
commission the work. Evaluations are also used to ensure the continuing
high standard of work carried out and the services offered.
Details of training courses that are currently available, as well
as the range of activities that SB Psychology can offer can be found
on the ‘Training’ page.
A sample of comments made by those who have attended previous SB
Psychology CPD events can be found on the ‘Feedback’
page
Rates
Rates are fixed until 29th June 2010 at £310 for a full psychometric
assessment including a comprehensive written report with recommendations.
Training and CPD work – price by negotiation.
All other work - including telephone and on-line support, is charged at £75 per hour.
Payment by instalments is available on request.
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