Conference 2024

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Seminar 1: The participation of young people in decision-making at meetings
Presenter: Dr Jenny Fraser-Smith, Area Principal Educational Psychologist - Highland Council

Seminar 2: Exploring Dynamic Assessment to Promote Inclusion
Presenter: Molly Carl
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Seminar 4: “I don’t care about being normal, as long as I have friends” : An exploration of autistic adolescents experiences of masking
Presenters: Dr Dan Sellwood (Wandsworth) & Dr Jessica Dewey (Surrey County Council) - Child & Educational Psychologists

Seminar 5: Let's Get Political:  Exploring the Role of the Educational Psychologist as a Human Rights Defender
Presenters: Carrie Yavuz - Educational Psychologist: Highland Council & Hannah Sissons - Educational Psychologist in Training: Perth and Kinross Council

Seminar 7: To what extent can 'Imagined Contact' be used to improve children's responses to their disabled peers?
Presenter: Soraya Khanna, Educational Psychologist - Wokingham EPS

Seminar 8: Supporting Educational Resilience and Inclusion in Post-16: Introducing an Evidence Based Intervention
Presenter: Dr Esther Borrett, Brimstone Psychology

Seminar 9: Reducing exclusions from school: An exploration of educational professionals’ experiences 
Presenter: Gabi Bousfield-Parks

Seminar 10: Developing Inclusive Practice in ELSAs
Presenter: Dr Josie Bainton

Seminar 11: The role of EPs to support Collaboration and Coproduction in Relationships, Sex and Health education (RSHE) for learners identified with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Presenter: Dr Natalie Carpenter 

Seminar 13: Supporting CYP struggling to attend school
Presenter: Dr Adele Tobias, Brighton & Hove EPS

Seminar 16: Enhanced Language & Communication initiative (ELCi): An inclusive multi-disciplinary approach to supporting children with additional needs in reception classes.
Presenter: Fiona Hewin, Area Senior Educational Psychologist at Surrey Educational Psychology Service

Seminar 17: Barriers to Education & the WARMTH Framework
Presenters: Andy Smith (Creative Director, Spectrum Gaming), Rachel Lyons (Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist) & Shannon Hatton-Corcoran (Educational Psychologist)

Seminar 18: Using the Resilience Ball to bridge the gap between education and health: measuring and promoting resilience at individual, group and whole-school level.
Presenter: Dr Anna Doedens-Plant, Specialist Educational Psychologist at Surrey County Council & Mindworks Surrey

Seminar 19: The Science of Fun: How playful learning can support inclusion and belonging for neurodivergent children in schools
Presenters: Dr Elinor Brett - Director and Educational Psychologist & Dr Margaret Laurie - Research and Evaluation Lead Academic Psychologist, Play Included