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

"Books bring us together" 🩵 We're proud to share our new short film Stories That Connect Us, based on real conversations with children in adoption, foster care or kinship care. Thank you so much to all the children and families who took part, and to the wonderful Lemn Sissay for the voiceover!

#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?

We still have spaces available for February and March sessions if you want to come and prep for interview with us! #edpsychs please share

Trainee EPs' Initiative for Cultural Change@tepicc1.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🎉 TEPICC Reflective Practice Groups are back 🎉 These groups are for Black and Global Majority applicants who have an interview for an Educational Psychology Doctorate course (2026 entry). The Eventbrite link in our bio will be updated w/c 29 December for registration. Remember spaces are limited!

Great work @maxpurpose.bsky.social and @fionacoley.bsky.social for another super @positivitea-eps.bsky.social conference today. I always meet someone new in the breakout rooms and come away with lots of thoughts about how to take positive psychology into my work #edpsychs

Final university observation completed today! So grateful for a team of supportive supervisors at uni and on practice. As the deadlines are ticked off this whole being a qualified EP in September malarkey Is starting to feel very imminent! #edpsychs

We are back again running our reflective spaces for Black and Global majority applicants. Eventbrite links will be up next week if you check back in soon. Drop us a line on our TEPICC socials if you have any questions #edpsychs please share!

Trainee EPs' Initiative for Cultural Change@tepicc1.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🎉 TEPICC Reflective Practice Groups are back 🎉 These groups are for Black and Global Majority applicants who have an interview for an Educational Psychology Doctorate course (2026 entry). The Eventbrite link in our bio will be updated w/c 29 December for registration. Remember spaces are limited!

Turning your placement out of office on < turning your placement out of office on with a call to say you’ve been offered a job for Sept 2026 🥳❤️ Now on to analyse my thesis data… #edpsychs

📢 Calling ALL Trainee EPs Give us your views about edpsy, and win one of 10 pairs of buddy tickets to the 2026 PositiviTEA Conference We want to enhance and build on what we do for TEPs and your views can help! More info here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/tr... #PositiviTEA #edpsychs

I’ve just finished this book and I loved it! Recommend to all educators as a powerful reminder of the significant adversity many of the children we teach face and how we can show up to be an ‘every day hero’ Check out Jaz’s ted talk too! youtu.be/q3xoZXSW5yc?... #edpsychs

🌟 New blog post It can mean different things to different people - but what skills might underpin effective Consultation? A team from Manchester have created the ECHOES framework for developing consultation skills. Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/ec... #edpsychs #consultation

We’re very excited to share that the Barriers to Education website has officially launched: lnkd.in/e5vmcDaQ The website has been created to bring parents, carers and professionals together with practical, compassionate approaches that make a real difference.

Past me: what if I don’t have enough data that’s codable present me: yep no that definitely didn’t happen (See meme for my current state of being) #edpsychs

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So lovely to have such an great group of TEPs AEPs and aspiring EPs attending our @tepicc1.bsky.social session today at the @edpsy.bsky.social festival. I've left with a very full cup and feeling privileged to have co-facilitated the session with such a reflective and hopeful group #edpsych

Searching for participants! If you could please share with your schools I’d be very grateful!

We’re presenting at the Edpsy festival next week facilitating a reflective session using the tree of life franework. We hope to support current and aspiring TEPs to think about personal and professional identity and how we can support collective action within the profession. #edpsychs

edpsy@edpsy.bsky.social · 12mo ago

🌟TEPICC at the festival Delighted that Karimah, Bethanie, Rafia and Pippa will join us in the 'TEP & Aspiring EP' tent. They'll facilitate an exploration of how bringing our authentic selves to our work can aid our collective liberatory action as future (T)EPs. Tickets: festival.edpsy.org.uk

Great research from Becky here about physical activity interventions for young people‘s mental health :) #twittereps

Cathy Atkinson@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social · 12mo ago

New research just published, led by Rebecca Bennett, exploring how physical physical activity interventions support young people’s mental health. Open access at tinyurl.com/55a4x56x #educationalpsychology #sportandmentalhealth @educationuom.bsky.social

Are you a qualified or trainee educational psychologist who sometimes feels like a fraud, doubts your abilities, or attributes success to luck rather than skill? I would love to hear from you! southampton.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Can fully recommend adding all your placement days and team meetings into your 25/26 calendar and looking at it feeling like for a brief moment in time, everything is in order. Just me psyching myself up for year 3 with colour coordinated outlook 😅 #twittereps

Year 2 placement ✅ With a lovely surprise today that I was also nominated for our company ‘outstanding feedback from customers award’ at our end of year celebration event 🥰 Feeling grateful for being part of such a lovely team today ❤️ Now to rest and write some thesis… #edpsychs

I'd love to upskill in my EY work in relation to mark making and also help my little nephew with his along the way!

Sue Cowley@suecowley.bsky.social · last yr.

Since the DfE's new writing framework seriously downplays the importance of emergent writing, I'm giving away a free copy of my book on mark making because it 100% *does* matter! ☺️ Like and repost to enter. Winner announced next Thursday. #EduSky #giveaway #freebie

Calling all Newly-Qualified EPs It's that time of year - lots of viva's have been had and many passed 🙏 If this is you - please add your thesis to our community-led, open access thesis directory. This is about opening up and sharing the amazing work we do #edpsychs edpsy.org.uk/thesis-direc...

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Strange seeing little old me on a presenting line up 🥳 Excited to be delivering a session with TEPICC at the Edpsy festival this year #edpsychs

edpsy@edpsy.bsky.social · last yr.

💥Have you seen this line up....!? Programme and tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk #epfest2025 #edpsychs

Toileting and neurodivergent littlies has been on my learning agenda this week and I’ve stumbled across this which is great! autisticrealms.com/toileting-a-... #edpsychs

Toileting: A Neuroaffirming Approach to Support your Autistic Child | Autistic Realms

Toileting is not a race. For many Autistic children, the journey may look different. Respecting a child's pace, sensory needs, and body signals can mak ...

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EP services can you help Hannah out with her review of different EP referral forms with a social justice lens? #edpsychs please share!

Hannah Whiteley TEP@hannahawhiteley.bsky.social · last yr.

Seeking participants! ✨ I am exploring what indices of social justice are collected through referral forms. I am looking to recruit EPS willing to send across their referral/consent form, to find out more please email hannah.whiteley-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social

Is there a better feeling than a teenager who doesn’t easily talk to new adults trusting you with their story and telling you they wished you were coming back because you were kind and actually listened to them 🥰 Gotta hold on to these moments in the sea of reports and imposter syndrome #edpsychs

New #SEND stats 2025 out: Over 1.7m with SEND ⬆️ by 5.6% 5.3% of pupils with EHCPs ⬆️ by 0.5% 14.2% of pupils on SEN Support ⬆️ by 0.6% Autism most common need for EHCP pupils. SLCN most common need for SEN support pupils. Our analysis is on Monday. explore-education-statistics...

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Cathy Atkinson@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social · last yr.

Just published open access in Pastoral Care in Education. New review led by Nicole Alemoru looking at how #motivationalinterviewing is used in schools. Available at tinyurl.com/5n7y6s2x. #edpsychs

Aspiring Assistant EPs! Come and find out about the mentorship scheme on offer through Bury/Salford/Tameside EPS on the 18th June 6-7pm to give aspiring Assistant EPs the chance to: Learn more about the scheme ask Qs and Meet Assistants, TEPs, and EPs #edpsychs forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Sorry for the 8 month gap (blame the doctorate!) but after realising I've had over 2000 readers (wow!), I've written another blog post! These are some of the non text-book books I've been reading that all my TEP friends keep wanting to borrow! #edpsychs edpsychsharespace.com/2025/05/17/w...

What I’ve been reading: Part 1

In 2024, I set myself a mission to read more books that I felt could help my knowledge, skills and understanding in my role as a trainee EP. I tried to do this from different angles and alongside m…

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