We are updating our resources to make them accessible, and new accessible versions will be available soon. To request guides, please contact the service.
We are updating our resources to make them accessible, and new accessible versions will be available soon. To request guides, please contact the service
Guidance
Emotionally Based School Avoidance
The Educational Psychology Service offers a range of resources for Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA).
Educational psychology video resources
Social and emotional wellbeing
- Measuring and monitoring children and young people's mental wellbeing
- Emotional well-being audit
- Books to support emotions in children and young people
- Mental health apps for children and young people
- Supporting Emotional Regulation in Children and Young People: Ideas for Parents
- City Mental Health Alliance - Mental Health difficulties in children and young people - a toolkit
Language and learning
The Language Intervention Programme and assessment materials are aimed at Foundation 2 (Reception) classes. They have been developed and evaluated by Milton Keynes Educational Psychology in conjunction with fourteen schools during 2017-18.
LIPs aims to enhance children’s verbal skills through a targeted group intervention based on the principles of scaffolding language. It is designed to build children’s vocabulary by providing structured practice in speaking and listening. LIPs is straight forward to run and fits into a busy timetable. It is ideal for children in their early days in the reception year and includes an easy to administer screener for group selection and baselining.
In the evaluation, most children who participated showed significant improvements in their expressive vocabulary (on average over 12 months’ progress over an 8-week period). Groups included shy children and those with English as an additional language, as well as those with language delay. Feedback from teachers and teaching assistants running the intervention indicated they appreciated having a simple structured intervention to boost children’s language attainments. They found the approach fitted in well with other learning activities in the classroom and was easy to organise.
Language Intervention Programme‘Each week the children were eager to participate and share what they remembered from previous sessions. Most of the children who were involved in the group had limited English but now have a much bigger vocabulary that they are using daily. I am really pleased with the results and watching those children grow in confidence has helped my team to see how valuable this programme has been.’ |
Cost: £30 per set (which includes a manual and assessment materials)
To order: please complete an order form and email to education.psychology@milton-keynes.gov.uk
A training PowerPoint is available free to organisations purchasing 10 or more copies
Staff Wellbeing
- Extra resources, websites and links focusing of staff wellbeing support PDF Staff wellbeing extra resources
- Headrest – a free daily wellbeing telephone support service for headteachers and CEOs ran by former headteachers. The service is available Monday-Thursday 7pm-8pm. For more information, visit the Headrest website