We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the ‘ELSA Network Quality Mark 2021’ for our ELSA/EY ELSA Training and Supervision. This recognises the high standard we provide in the delivery and evaluation of our ELSA training and supervision. This is an annual award and we will continue to ensure that we maintain[…]
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Supporting children and young people to have a positive transition back to their educational setting following the Covid-19 pandemic
Uncategorised Jun 01, 2020
Dear Schools, ELSAs and EY ELSAs, We hope you are keeping safe and well and that you had a restful half term? At the end of last half term, we sent you all a document that we put together following our conversations during ELSA supervision sessions, regarding practical strategies to support pupils with the transition back[…]
Dear all, We hope you are keeping safe and well during these unprecedented times? Here at Psychology First, we have been working hard behind the scenes to support all of our schools and practising ELSAs through the sharing of relevant resources, as well as the continuation of supervision sessions through video conferencing, where appropriate. Lots[…]
Dear all, In light of the Prime Minister’s announcement today (as part of the Government’s response to the Coronavirus) stating that everyone should now avoid ‘non-essential’ social gatherings and crowded places, and to work from home where possible, Psychology First has taken the difficult decision to postpone all of our work within educational settings at[…]
Happy New Year everyone and welcome to the spring term. We are really looking forward to engaging in lots more creative and forward-thinking psychology as we work together with you all in your schools in 2020! We want to say a huge congratulations to our most recently qualified ELSAs who completed their training with us[…]
A long over-due welcome to our Associate Educational Psychologists from the Psychology First team – Ciara and Sarah! We are delighted to also welcome our newest Associate Educational Psychologist, Emily. Their wealth of knowledge and experience is a huge asset to our service – you can find out more about each of them on our[…]
We are delighted to announce that due to her longstanding involvement with and passion for the ELSA Project, Laura has recently become a member of the ELSA Network Steering Group. The role of the steering group is to provide accountability; support good practice in training and supervision; and to help to ensure the continued development[…]
Our most recent cohort of Early Years ELSAs (October 2019) creatively depicted their feelings about their training experience in Play-Doh on the final day of their course (see photo). We are so pleased that they valued their training with us, this is what they had to say in words: ‘I really enjoyed how this course[…]
Hello all, We hope you had a great October half term? We have just completed our second Early Years (EY) ELSA training course and are delighted that there are now another 17 trained EY ELSAs supporting children in settings across Surrey. Well done and thank you to them all for their enthusiasm and participation in[…]
Hello everyone, Welcome back to school. We hope you had a good half term break? We are looking forward to lots of creative and exciting work coming up over the next few weeks from Dynamic Assessment, Action Research, Staff Supervision and ELSA! We’ll see you all very soon, Laura and Chantelle