Educational Psychology Service (EPS)

• For schools and education settings
• Helpful resources SENDCos, Management and Teaching Staff
• For Parents and Carers
• Contact

We provide high-quality psychological support to children, young people, and their families to improve their educational and well-being outcomes. We work in partnership with families, children’s centres, early years settings, schools, further education settings and other agencies to improve their understanding of a child or young person’s educational, developmental, and psychological needs and how to meet them.

We provide support to children and young people through:

• Consultations with staff and parents/carers about children who have emerging or ongoing special educational needs in schools or educational settings. We will help your child’s school or educational settings to put together a programme of support for your child.
• Individual assessment and advice on appropriate intervention programmes for children and young people with complex or more severe educational needs.
• Group-based programmes with children in small groups or with the whole class.
• Staff training and development in schools.
• We also offer workshops to parents and carers to help develop their skills and confidence.
• All educational psychologists in our team have had specialist postgraduate training in educational psychology and are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (external link).

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For schools and education settings

• The EPS is a part-traded service. Our practice incorporates consultation, assessment, intervention, research and evaluation, training, and systemic work with settings.
• Each school in Haringey has access to a Link Education Psychologist (EP), with most settings having more than one. This helps support our service delivery and allows our team to work with schools often. 
• There is no charge for settings to access our core, statutory and trailblazer work.
  • Please note, our Service Delivery Overview will be added here once it's finalised which will provide information on core, statutory, and trailblazer work.

Traded Services

• Haringey EPS Traded Service Booklet 2022-2023 (PDF, 564KB)
• Learn about and purchase our EPS Traded Services on our Haringey Traded Services webpage.

For SENDCos, Management and Teaching Staff

• Traumatic Incidence Guidance for Schools (PDF, 306KB)
• The Journey of Transition and Recovery - Reflections on the transition back to educational settings in the aftermath of COVID-19 (PDF, 323KB)
• Webster-Stratton Referral Form (Word, 31KB)
  • All referrals must be discussed and agreed upon with parents/carers to ensure commitment to the entire programme. Please send the completed form to beh-tr.camhsreferral@nhs.net.
• Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia: Educational Psychology Service Guidance for Schools in Haringey

Emotionally School Based Avoidance (EBSA) Staff Training - 17 January 2023

• Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) - School Staff Training Slides (PDF, 1MB)

Supporting Staff Wellbeing presented at the Virtual Emotional Wellbeing Forum - 24 March 2021

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For Parents and Carers 

Free Consultations with an Educational Psychologist 

We offer free 40-minute consultations with Educational Psychologists if you're worried about your child's development, learning, emotional well-being, or behaviour.

• Email familyadmin@markfield.org.uk to book a consultation and choose between an in-person meeting or a telephone consultation.

Parenting Groups

• Our 12-14 weekly Webster-Stratton Parenting Groups aim to support parents/carers in building positive relationships and effective behaviour management strategies.
• Led by professionals from the Educational Psychology Service (EPS) and Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), the sessions use group discussion, DVD clips, and role play to provide a supportive environment for parents/carers to reflect and share their concerns and successes.
• Referrals can be made by school SENCos, children's centre managers, CAMHS practitioners, educational psychologists, GPs and social care professionals.
• All referrals must be discussed and agreed upon with parents/carers to ensure commitment to the 14-week programme. Please email referrals to: beh-tr.camhsreferral@nhs.net

Resources for mental health, sleep, exam anxiety, and more

Anxiety, Autism, Dyslexia, and Literacy Difficulties:

• Supporting your child with anxiety - webinar slides (PDF, 3MB)
• Supporting your child with anxiety - Q&A (PDF, 254KB)
• Tips for calming anxiety using mindfulness (PDF, 111KB)
• Thinking about exam anxiety (PDF, 103KB)
• Tips for children with ASD (PDF, 100KB)
• Dyslexia and literacy difficulties - Information for Parents
• Importance of Play and interaction leaflet (PDF, 716KB)

Teenagers:

• Tips on understanding teenagers (PDF, 111KB)
• Tips for helping teens with sleep (PDF, 71KB)

Bereavement and Emotion Coaching

• Bereavement guide for families (PDF, 328KB)
• Emotion Coaching (PDF, 128KB)

Supporting your child's emotional regulation and mental health

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Contact 

Telephone
020 8489 3004 or 07971 964238

Email
educationalpsychology@haringey.gov.uk

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