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Division of Educational and Child Psychology. We promote the professional interests of educational and child psychologists. RTs and ❤️ not endorsements.
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💰 Private agencies making millions from England’s SEND system, charging up to £1,400/EHCP assessment.📉Councils face rising costs & staffing shortages while remote, generic assessments risk failing children.🧠 The problem isn’t locum EPs, it’s the system that profits from crisis
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Check out the latest edition of Educational & Child Psychology. The 2nd part of this special edition on EBSA is packed with timely articles relevant for EPs & professionals involved in supporting CYP experiencing barriers to education . Download it here:
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"Everyone agrees on the need for wholescale reform, but…not…at the expense of the very children it aims to support. Working w/profs, parent groups & SEND groups to improve & create a robust & enduring SEND system would be a more effective way of tackling the challenges at play”.
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DECP chair Dr Helena Bunn on the importance of working jointly and collaboratively with professional and parent groups to improve the SEND system, rather than focusing on reducing EHCPs for those children and young people who need them.
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Requests for children to be assessed for EHCPs rose by 11.8% to 154,489 in 2024.
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Psychology Matters: Professional Renewal and Inspiring Hope. Please join us and fellow EPs for a fantastic 1-day event on 19th September to reflect, reconnect and reenergise as a profession. Register early to guarantee a place!. @BPSOfficial #twittereps.
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Hosted by the DECP at the BPS London Offices, this one-day event will bring together Educational Psychologists from across the UK to reflect, reconnect, and re-energise.
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RT @AEPsychologists: ⏰ Today is the final day to submit your views and evidence to the @educationgovuk Inclusion Panel. We encourage EPs t….
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📆Not to be missed! . Join Dr Denise Miller & Dr Melernie Meheux on 03.09.25 for this crucial webinar on adultification bias & its impacts on CYP development & rights, as well as on education, policing & social care services . @BPSOfficial #twittereps
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DECP Chair, Dr Helena Bunn, responds to LGA report on LA £ crisis:. "We echo the LGA's calls for the Government to address this in the next Spending Review. A new costed plan for the SEND system is needed as a matter of urgency before it is too late." .
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📣Call for papers for a special issue of Educational and Child Psychology on.Education in times of war and conflict. 📆Please send all submissions to ECPsubmissions@bps.org.uk by 31st July 2025. @BPSOfficial .#twittereps
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“It's all kind of an imperfect storm…Because schools weren't getting the advice early enough…because we weren't able to find the early intervention, these problems became entrenched & really tough for schools to manage”. @BPSOfficial #psychologymatters.
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The workforce crisis in educational psychology is exacerbating a "postcode lottery" of services for vulnerable children and young people, according to Dr Gavin Morgan from the British Psychological...
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The papers provide an insight about how children and young people experience homelessness, the challenges homelessness can bring, including in education, and point to opportunities and possibilities for Educational Psychology practice.
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This special issue of ECJ brings together research on child and youth homelessness, an area that has received relatively little academic attention, particularly in the UK. Take a look at some of the fantastic articles. @BPSOfficial .#twittereps .
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RT @DECPOfficial: A big thank you to @JoannaStanbrid1 and @drjawadshah for leading an energising and inspiring session at #DECP2025 givin….
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