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Principal Educational Psychologist in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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📢 2 new EP roles

Cardiff Council EPS are currently recruiting for two EP roles.

🗓️ Current closing date: 14th October

More information here: edpsy.org.uk/job/cardiff-...

#epjobs #educationalpsychology #edpsychs
Educational Psychologist x2 - Cardiff Council
Cardiff EPS are looking for two new EPs and would welcome applications from both qualified EPs and those currently on the training course
edpsy.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
It’s good to be back up and running for the year with an interesting insight into the EP role working with MA teams in children’s services / social care 🎙️
📢 NEW EPISODE. In Ep.28, we’re joined by the brilliant Dr Rhiannon Warwick. We chat to Rhiannon about how Educational Psychologists and Social Workers in Wales view the role of the EP within multi-agency teams supporting care experienced children. Let us know what you think! 🧡

#edpsychs
October 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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📢 New special episode out this Friday! In this episode, we catch up about our day attending the brilliant #epfest @edpsy.bsky.social 🎪🙌

#edpsychs
September 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Today is the day all! Looking forward to being a part of the festival with the @psychbites.bsky.social team 🎤
We are looking forward to attending and presenting at #epfest25! Great way to start the new academic year 🎙🙌
🌟150 people registered so far...!

...This is just amazing and we can't wait for the buzz on the day.

Festival programme and tickets are here: festival.edpsy.org.uk

#epfest2025 #edpsychs
September 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
A good recording and planning session with @psychbites.bsky.social yesterday in readiness for this!
💥Have you seen this line up....!?

Programme and tickets here: festival.edpsy.org.uk

#epfest2025 #edpsychs
August 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Registration is LIVE! 🎟️🎪🎉

Let's go! Delighted to open registration for our Festival of Educational Psychology on 19th September.

From now until we launch our programme you get a 10% Early Bird discount! Use code EARLYBIRD10

Book here: festival.edpsy.org.uk

#edpsychs #education - please reshare
June 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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📣 NEW EPISODE! 📣

In Part 2 of our conversation with Dr Mary Stanley-Duke, we continue to chat about the key features of the Mediating Learning Support Approach @MeLSA_EP , and what the research shows so far.

Listen now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!
🎧

#edpsychs
May 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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📣NEW EPISODE📣

We were joined by the fantastic Dr Mary Stanley-Duke who chats to us about what mediating learning is, the Mediating Learning Support Approach and training @MeLSA_EP

Listen on Spotify & Apple 🎧

Part 2 coming soon!

#edpsychs
May 7, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Here’s the new cover design for the mass market paperback edition of Unlocked, coming out 8th May!
March 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Great to hear of those being offered interviews for DEdPsy programmes. Good luck to all. If you were looking for some lived experience of the process of becoming a Trainee EP you might be interested in this PsychBites episode!
📣Attention all EP doctorate applicants!

We want to re-share Episode 7 where we discuss our journeys into educational psychology and applying for the #doctorate!

Listen on Spotify and Apple

Share with anyone interested in the course 🩵

#edpsychs
February 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Really enjoyed recording this episode with Dan. A lot of food for thought around what types of evidence we might be using in practice and what biases might exist…

I’ll ignore the confusion Star Wars and Star Trek @psychbites.bsky.social, but I will prepare some essential reading / watching for you!
📣NEW EPISODE!📣

This week we welcome the brilliant Dr Dan O’Hare, one of the founders of @edpsy.bsky.social, who tells us about his thesis research looking at what we mean by #evidencebasedpractice in our profession.

Listen on Spotify and Apple now!

@edpsydan.bsky.social
#edpsychs
January 22, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Calling all families impacted by parental imprisonment!

I am recruiting children and young people to discuss their experiences of parental imprisonment as part of my doctoral thesis.

Please see the attached poster for more information and feel free to share.
#edpsych #parentalimprisonment #Edusky
December 7, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Whoever thought of putting a copper coloured set of poppers on a baby grow, my baby thanks you!
December 6, 2024 at 12:25 PM
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Preparation for Adulthood underpins everything I do, hence creating a transition tool to identify which areas may need a more targeted approach to support young people into a post 16 setting

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/YPPZU...
Preparing for adulthood: educational psychologists’ reflections on using the personal skills profile
This study sought to establish educational psychologists’ (EPs) views on their experiences of using a personal skills profile (PSP), created to support post-16 transition. Two focus groups were hel...
www.tandfonline.com
November 16, 2024 at 7:56 AM
Been a good day on Bluesky to see some of my favourite posters about rugby transferring over here! Just need some of my favourite sports teams here now and I can fully defect…
November 13, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Spent some time unpacking some of the ‘house of reading’ evidence from @theeef.bsky.social this morning.

educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/news/eef-blo...
EEF blog: The House of Reading: An Interactive Tool
The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement.
educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk
November 13, 2024 at 9:19 AM
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📨Our first service leads and PEPs mail goes out on Thursday

Sign up to not miss it: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2024/ca...

#edpsychs
Calling all PEPs and service leads - subscribe to our dedicated mailing list - edpsy.org.uk
Although edpsy has a large mailing list, we recognise that there’s a need to communicate directly with PEPs and service...
edpsy.org.uk
November 12, 2024 at 12:21 PM
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Phonological-only reading instruction works, but not as well as print-based approaches, is—unsurprisingly—more effective for phonological awareness than word reading and, again perhaps unsurprisingly, works less well in preschool: bit.ly/4ffN4AJ ($)
Is Phonological-Only Instruction Helpful for Reading?: A Meta-Analysis
Phonological awareness (PA), the awareness of sounds in spoken words, is strongly linked to reading outcomes. However, there is an ongoing debate regarding the effectiveness of PA instruction witho...
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October 28, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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Fab morning being hosted by the @psychbites.bsky.social team!

We talked all things "evidence based practice"

#edpsychs
October 19, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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Have long loved this - we talk about 'visuals' with schools & families alllll the time, but what do we mean, & why? #EdPsychs
September 15, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Happy to share that PsychBites podcast is now on Bluesky! Give them a follow if interested in educational psychology and looking for relaxed, bite size listening you can get into on your commute.
Hello #edpsychs of Bluesky 👋 excited to be here!

We are currently getting ready for our next season which will be starting early in September!

If you haven’t already, have a listen to our podcast at psychbites.buzzsprout.com

Also available on Apple / Spotify 🎙️
PsychBites
PsychBites is the podcast for education professionals that aims to bridge the gap between educational psychology research and day-to-day practice with children and young people.Hosted by trainee educa...
psychbites.buzzsprout.com
August 27, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Thanks @edpsy.bsky.social for leading on this, going to be hard to switch and break a longtime habit!
August 15, 2024 at 4:03 PM