EP Reach-Out free webinar series: Various Dates

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.

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bz8E7d_8SnSrjLfDsxeqkw 

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/ 

Register here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hbTJhT7oSYS9RbpVCcJLVw 

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/ 

Register here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iO3X9acJQLGfAV6WohgTkA 

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.

Registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_A2dCxaJQTCG9sbA5DWNheg