Group for Black Male Aspiring psychologists! Pls share widely “We are a group of Black aspiring psychologists who identify as men. Our space is focused on reflecting on our specific experiences within psychology, decompress and nurturing a safe and non judgmental environment.

Shocking figures from earlier this year. The need for more early mental health support is clear and urgent.

📢 Today, many EPs in England & Wales start a period of industrial action short of strike in a campaign to #SaveOurServices. 🗣️ “They’re taking action to ensure our children and young people see an educational psychologist if they need to & when they need to.” #TwitterEPs

Love this so much 😍👏🏼❤️

As I'm not eligible to take industrial action (not Soulbury paid), I am aiming to support the action by raising awareness and showing solidarity. I created this infographic to highlight some of the key issues in our profession currently. #SaveOurServices #TwitterEPs

⬇️ A timely reminder of why EPs are making the difficult decision to take industrial action: to reverse the vicious circle destroying EP services and protect them for children, young people & communities in the future. #SaveOurServices #TwitterEPs #EduTwitter

Today marks the first of 2 days of planned Strike Action in many local authorities in England & Wales. 🪧Please join our rallies in both London & Cardiff: 📍London, 10:30am LGA, 18 Smith Square, SW1P 3HZ 📍Cardiff, 3:00pm Welsh Parliament, CF99 1SN #TwitterEPs #SaveOurServices

A wonderful turnout at this morning's rally in London 🙌🙌 #SaveOurServices #TwitterEPs

#SaveOurServices no one wants to strike, but EPs are burning out. Recruitment and retention is a massive issue and it impacts our ability to support children and young people in need. We need change, urgently!

The rally organised by the ⁦Association of Educational Psychologists⁩ brought together education psychologists with representatives from the TUC, General Federation of Trade Unions & NEU all calling for decent pay for these dedicated professionals.

To this day, some children in care settings are arrested and charged with theft when they take food from their fridge after hours. Yes, you heard that right. Imagine being prosecuted for taking food from the kitchen in a children's home because you're starving, and then you get a

The crisis in school attendance is rightly being talked about in public discourse. However, laying the blame at the door of parents really is letting this government off the hook. The reasons children are absent can be complex - poverty, SEND, mental health distress, etc.

Statement from UK national charity SMiRA on the use of "situational mutism" Vs "selective mutism". Please RT and share. #selectivemutism #situationalmutism

What should we do about attendance? Here’s a pathway I hear way too often. Child manages primary school fine, is happy there and excited to go to secondary school. They start, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and like many eleven-year-olds they find the transition hard. It’s a big

The message remains the same, good luck to all prospective TEPs waiting to hear back today. The profession needs EPs, if it isn't this year for you, it doesn't mean never. Whatever the outcome, take care of yourself. #TwitterEPs

Government: “Investing over £2m to train 400 more educational psychologists from this year” 🤦🏾‍♀️This represents a continuation of what each new tender has delivered in recent years and will not provide any additional educational psychologists above what has always been planned for

📢 bps.org.uk/news/decp-resp… Although undoubtedly “welcome relief for many families awaiting a school place…the DECP is concerned that reasons why MS schools are finding it so difficult to provide inclusive edu for an increasing proportion of CYP remain unexamined & unaddressed”

When your half-day visit runs over so you get rewarded with a school dinner, including pudding 🍮 and custard 😍 small perks eh 😀

“Still love the role - hate the systems I work in. So much change is needed” 👀Take a look at the results of the British Psychological Society DECP survey about Educational Psychology work here: cms.bps.org.uk/sites/default/… #twittereps

Assistant EP jobs in Essex now live, closing 23rd February workingforessex.com/apply/assistan… #TwitterEPs #EduTwitter