Coming soon: a cathartic space for #edpsychs to rant, rage and release all their Negativi-TEA. We’ll meet online & use breakout rooms to have a collective complain.

This is a space to really stew on what irks you and spread your negative vibes with each other ☕️🖤

Fans of #PositiviTEA stay away!

50,000 views 🤯

Educated Guess has been such a fun ride and we’re properly chuffed to hit this milestone.

Thanks to everyone who’s watched, listened, and supported us 💙

Listen here 👇

edpsy.org.uk/educated-gue...

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An amazing day on Lundy training with @youthfocusnw.bsky.social today!
Perfectly complimented by an offer from @manchester.ac.uk to join their #edpsychs training course this September!! What a day!

Feeling all the feels as TEP applicants get their offers today and realising I’m coming to the end of my TEP journey. Reflecting on how much I have learnt and grown in this role and how much more learning there is to do! Congratulations to all those accepting a place today #edpsychs

A simpler way to advertise EP jobs:

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That’s it.

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New role - Dorset Council - Principal Educational Psychologist Dorset is looking for a new PEP to lead a team of friendly, creative colleagues that passionate about improving outcomes for children & YP

📢 New Principal EP vacancy

Dorset Council is looking for a Principal Educational Psychologist to lead their EP team.

🗓️ Closing 12th April

More info here: edpsy.org.uk/job/dorset-c...

#edpsychs #EPjobs

New maingrade EP roles - South Gloucestershire Council South Gloucestershire Council have two maingrade EP roles on offer - one permanent position working 29.6 hours per week. One limited-term full-time contract for 12 months.

📢 New EP vacancies

South Gloucestershire EPS currently have two positions available in their team (permanent and limited term contract)

🗓️ Closing 10th April
💡 Interviews 21st / 22nd April

More information here: edpsy.org.uk/job/south-gl...

#edpsychs #EPjobs

Wellesley Centers for Women ON THE BLOG One Practitioner's Path to Leadership: Joining the Massachusetts Early Childhood Policy & Research Collaborative by Shavon Drayton

New WCW Blog Post 📝 | Shavon Drayton, an early education advocate, writes about her experience working with Senior Research Scientist Wendy Robeson to organize the 2026 Massachusetts Early Childhood Research Summit. [1/2]
#EduSky #ECEC #EducationalResearch #devpsy #PAsky #edpsychs 👩🏽‍🔬

❇️New episode - War and Children

Content warning - this episode talks in depth about the effects of war on children

It's an exceptionally tough listen, but we think it's important to bear witness to this, and think about how we can respond

Listen links here: edpsy.org.uk/educated-gue...

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🌟 New blog!

In our latest blog, Katie and Jane discuss the development and use of the 'Ideal Education' tool for pupils who experience situational mutism and Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance.

Lots of practical tips too: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/th...

#edpsychs #EBSNA

Project: What counts as evidence? EPs' evaluation of Gestalt Language Processing and Neurodiversity-Affirmative Practice - edpsy.org.uk Please consider taking part in a short study being carried out in part fulfilment of the Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology (QUB) exploring Educational Psychologists’ Evaluation...

UK Educational Psychologists: Please consider participating in my short survey (10mins) as part of my doctoral research, exploring EPs' evaluations of Gestalt Language Processing (GLP) and neuroaffirmative practice.

Read below!

edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/pr...

#edpsychs #educationalpsychology #GLP

A scoping review of students’ changing room experiences in the context of physical education The changing room for physical education (PE) is a distinctive space, markedly different from all other spaces within a school. While students are required to use the changing room during PE, previ...

In our scoping review of students' changing room experiences in the context of PE, we found that they are embedded within social and emotional processes that shape students’ sense of safety, belonging, identity, and learning about social norms. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1080/1357...

📺Media skills for psychologist training

On 8th May I'm leading a skills-focused workshop designed for psychologists who want to build confidence, credibility and impact when working with the media.

The day is limited to 8 people, so book early!

More here: edpsy.org.uk/event/media-...

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🌟 5 things you missed

Inside:

- Understanding harmful sexual behaviour by children
- Neurodivergence Task and Finish Group report
- Language resources
- The Educated Guess Q&A episode
- Rejecting the Use of Gen AI for Reflexive Qual Research

Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/5-...

#edpsychs

Charity mugs: Fill your cup with PositiviTEA “The mission of Action for Happiness is to help people create a happier world, with a culture that prioritises happiness and kindness."

Have you got your PositiviTEA charity mug yet? ☕️
We are delighted to be donating £2 from every mug to Action for Happiness

Fill your cup with #PositiviTEA

Available with pink or blue font 💖💙

Why not make this your 'office mug' or gift one to an
EP friend/colleague?

#edpsychs

<em>British Educational Research Journal</em> | BERA Journal | Wiley Online Library The current study aimed to investigate whether negative student–teacher relationships and within-class perceptions of the class climate at the individual level, and positive class climates at the cla....

A positive class climate among peers predicts less #bullying and #cyberbullying, even when controlling for negative student-teacher relationships, gender, immigrant background, and within-class perceptions of class climate. #edpsychs doi.org/10.1002/berj...

One week to go! Join us for a cup of PositiviTEA on Fri 13.03.26 at 1-2pm. Our theme will be relationships and finding your tribe… 🥰

Join our friendly community: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-cup-of-p...

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Dr Kraemer shares insights from decades of clinical and teaching practice, reflecting on the complexities of learning about ourselves in groups. If this conversation sparks your interest, we highly recommend his excellent website. Coming soon, and let us know what you think! #edpsychs

💻️ CPD Webinar tomorrow! Still time to book

Dr David Lamb will be introducing us to 'substitution tables' - a strategy to help children with language and literacy difficulties get their ideas down on paper

Perfect CPD for EPs, SENCOs, teachers and TAs.

Info here: bit.ly/edpsy-hosts-...

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🌟 New edpsy blog

In this personal and reflective piece Minoushe connects the personal to the professional and political.

She explores biculturalism, identity and a call to recognise that we cannot claim to be neutral in our practice.

Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/me...

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Call to aep members to respond to the SEND White Paper. Look out on the aep website for webinars.
#edpsychs

New role - Educational Psychologist - Hackney Hackney are looking for Educational Psychologists are able to operate with confidence, flexibility, and professionalism in all contexts

📢 New EP vacancies with Hackney EPS

Hackney is looking for Educational Psychologists to join their team!

🗓️ Closing 15th March
💡 Interviews 25th March

All information here: edpsy.org.uk/job/hackney-...

#EPjobs #edpsychs

What Factors do Year 9 Students Prioritise When Talking About School Behaviour Policies? The increasing use of zero tolerance approaches in schools may offer some explanation for rising exclusion statistics in England. Policies that are strict...

Congratulations to Adam and Simon @vamos89.bsky.social on their article for EPRaP:
Henderson, A., & Ungar, S. (2025). What factors do Year 9 students prioritise when talking about school behaviour policies? Educational Psychology Research and Practice, 11(2), 1-18.
doi.org/10.15123/89f...

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Enacting Social Justice in Educational Psychology Leadership This study builds on existing exploration of social justice in UK educational psychology practice to report on Participatory Action Research (PAR) with a g...

Congratulations to Jenny @jennydclay.bsky.social and Catherine on their article for EPRaP:

Clay, J., & Kelly, C. (2025). Enacting social justice in educational psychology leadership. Educational Psychology Research and Practice, 11(2), 1-10. doi.org/10.15123/6nb...

#edpsychs #BlueSkyEPs

Educational Psychology Research And Practice (EPRaP): Volume 11, Issue 2 Educational Psychology Research and Practice is an open access periodical published twice a year by the School of Psychology, University of East London. It...

Hello everyone,

Here is the updated link for Issue 11(2) the 10th Year Anniversary of EPRaP:
doi.org/10.15123/zaa...

We hope you enjoy reading this Special Edition!

#edpsychs #BlueSkyEPs

#edpsychs I am interested in broadening my curriculum based dynamic assessment frameworks - How do you assess the specifics in maths, reading and writing (maybe also do you spend time doing this and why?) what are your go to resources if you do? Are you using something existing or making your own?

A very interesting read. "Reading comprehension is not a single, detachable skill. It is the visible outcome of many interacting components: decoding fluency, vocabulary, background knowledge, inference, working memory, " #edpsychs

Understanding anxiety in autistic adolescents: The predictive role of interoceptive beliefs and insight (2026) | University of Southampton Educational Psychology research blog

Great to see more ex Southampton trainee work published. Lauren Craik, Lisa Quadt, Matt Garner and Gaby Pfeifer 👏 blog.soton.ac.uk/edpsych/2026... #edpsychs

The Emps: emotion characters to support emotional literacy development. - edpsy.org.uk A repeating pattern keeps emerging when I work with teachers, SENDCos, parents and pupils: Children can often tell me what arousal state they are in (e.g. which zone or dysregulated ... The Emps:…

🌟 Introducing The Emps

Nathalie has written a blog to introduce a fantastic range of free resources to support children to develop a richer understanding of their emotional experiences

Read more and links to resources here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2026/th...

#Emotions #EmotionaLiteracy #edpsychs

SEND reform: putting children and young people first Proposed changes to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND, including early, fair support, with shared accountabilities across local partners.

🚨 SEND Reforms information published

The Department for Education have also published their proposed SEND Reforms.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

#edpsychs #SEND #SpecialEducationalNeeds #schools #education