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Information and registration for upcoming webinars
Thursday 26th September 2024 4.30pm - 5pm *new time*
Empowering Educational Journeys: Academic Self-Concept, Hope, and Tertiary Education Engagement Among Emerging Adults Exposed to Varied Childhood Experiences with Dr Keith Houghton
Overview
This doctoral thesis explores the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs) on Academic Self-Concept (ASC) and Hope, particularly focusing on their influence on tertiary education engagement among emerging adults. Through a two-phase, sequential explanatory mixed-method study, The research examines both the quantitative relationships between childhood experiences and levels of ASC and Hope and the qualitative mechanisms that allow individuals to maintain Higher ASC and Hope levels despite varied childhoods. The research contributes valuable insights into how educational psychologists can better support young people with diverse backgrounds, fostering more effective engagement and personal growth in tertiary education.
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Thursday 17th October 2023: 4.30pm - 5.15pm
*new time / longer session*
*Book Launch*
Psychology for Teaching Assistants (3rd edition) with the authors
The roles for teaching assistants have developed over the last 20 years. Whilst TAs are still widely used in supporting children with additional needs there is specific training in, say emotional learning support assistants (ELSAs). Often TAs are asked to support some of the most difficult and challenging children and young people, but with little or no training and quite variable amounts of support.
Psychology for teaching assistants is a book which is intended to fill a gap for TAs and SENCos. It focuses on the knowledge that TAs may need in their roles. It was first published 20 years ago and a second edition appeared in 2011. This new edition goes further than the previous 2 volumes and includes information about ELSAs and working with neurodiverse students, in particular those with diagnoses of some kinds of Autism Spectrum Condition. This is in addition to the information about attachment theory, language development, disaffected teenagers, group processes and the effects of abuse on children. There is also a section on how institutions can unconsciously convey messages to undermine the status of TAs.
The original book was well reviewed by EPs and TAs alike. There was also a comment that it helped in the initial training of teachers.
The launch, kindly hosted by Educational Psychology Reach-Out will include the contributors talking about their own experiences. We hope that all schools that use TAs will place a copy of this on their staffroom shelves.
https://www.teachingtimes.com/bookshop/product/psychology-for-teaching-assistants/
Thursday 14th November: 4.30pm - 5.15pm
*new time / longer session*
*Book Launch*
Excluded from School: Complex Discourses and Psychological Perspectives with the authors
Children are still being excluded from school and the use of separation from school has been an intervention adopted over centuries in many different contexts. Excluded from School is a book describing the incredibly complex lives of the students and their families who have been through the exclusion process. It sets out the accounts from the children, their families, the teachers who excluded and the staff who received these students. It first appeared in 2009 and this new edition goes further in including perspectives from critical race theory, working in Pupil Referral Units and information on the lives of those excluded after the exclusion.
The original volume was a collaboration between two educational psychologists and two clinical psychologists. This new edition adds to this with three educational psychologists.
A recent BBC Radio 4 programme featured a detailed interview with a man who had been excluded from school. He said that the original book was one that he valued and one of the few that he allowed on his limited bookshelf space.
We hope that this book will be read by teachers and parents of children at risk of exclusion and will be found on the shelves of all secondary school staff rooms as well as those in PRUs. Educational Psychology and behaviour support services are likely to find this of interest and of use in professional development.
The launch is kindly being hosted by the Educational Psychology Reach-Out team and will include the contributors talking about their experiences working in this field.
https://www.teachingtimes.com/bookshop/product/excluded-from-school/
Thursday 5th December 2024: 4.30pm - 5.00pm *new time*
Exploring the use of narrative approaches and music-mentoring for wellbeing with Dr Jake Jackson
Overview: This webinar will present doctoral thesis research focusing on the ‘wellbeing journeys’ of two young people engaging in a music-mentoring programme. This will include reflections on the potential therapeutic effects of narrative/music-mentoring approaches, particularly in light of relevant themes around emotionally-based school avoidance, trauma and disengagement in education.
Please get in touch with us if you would like to present your work. We love providing the space for people to share and celebrate the work they are doing to support children and young people.
Email us using the link below and we can arrange a short meeting to discuss details.
We look forward to hearing from you.
We are very excited to host an ongoing series of webinars focused on the environment - including wellbeing in nature, climate change and what we can do as EPs, educators and parents / carers... Visit the EP Reach-Out YouTube channel to watch the webinars already presented.
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to the EP Reach-Out webinar series
‘An idea needs a containing presence and EP Reach-Out provides a space to share, explore and think about ideas together’
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Email us for more information, to discuss presenting a webinar with us or tell us what you would like to see presented in the future
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EP Reach-Out hosts weekly webinars via Zoom and live streamed on YouTube on a Thursday afternoon 4pm - 4.30pm.
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We have 160+ webinars available which you can watch on our YouTube channel. Please click on the button below.
You can also browse the themed Flipbooks to find a webinar of interest. Please click on the links below. We are currently in the process of updating the flipbooks so watch this space...
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Educational Psychology (EP) Reach-Out was created by Dr Nicole Schnackenberg and Dr Sarah Sivers in April 2020 in their role as Educational Psychologists working for Southend-on-Sea Educational Psychology Service (EPS). EP Reach-Out was developed in response to the changes in working brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, with the hope of building online connections in a time of physical distance. EP Reach-Out is still going strong 3 years later and we have recently welcomed a group of volunteers, who will help us keep EP Reach-Out innovative and exciting.
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EP Reach-Out is aimed at young people, families, education settings, trainee Educational Psychologists, Educational Psychologists, aspiring Educational Psychologists and other professionals including social care, occupational therapy and child and adolescent mental health services.
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The aim of EP Reach-Out is to ‘reach out’, share and learn from psychological theory, research and insights on a range of topics. EP Reach-Out is a community of practice welcoming friends from across the world to present and view the webinars. We are so grateful for the connections and friendships we have made through hosting EP Reach-Out.
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EP Reach-Out collaborates with the wonderful Dan O'Hare and team at edpsy.org.uk This involves linking webinars and blog posts to give a wider audience to the innovative research, projects and ideas being created by education professionals. Read more about our collaboration in this edpsy & EP Reach-Out blog
We would also like to thank the Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP) for their support in promoting the webinars.
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EP Reach-Out continues to have a close connection with Southend EPS and the Southend-on-Sea City community; we appreciate their support, which has been provided from the very start of this project. We are also very proud to have written a journal article (Sivers and Schnackenberg, 2021) and a book chapter (Schnackenberg, Sivers & Powell-Davies, 2022) which provides an overview and evaluation of EP Reach-Out.
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EP Reach-Out invites you to join us and Share-Connect-Learn
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Recommended webinar
This is a beautifully presented webinar providing ideas to gently support children to ask for help. Dr Mary Stanley-Duke, with the support of her rabbits, gives an overview of 3 skills (ANT) that parents (and teachers) can use. There is an emphasis on listening, scaffolding and working together. Really useful and useable ideas.
Reviewed by Sarah - September 2022
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