A consultation with an educational psychologist involves an adult talking through current strengths and concerns and what they would like to be better. The educational psychologist will listen, ask questions and assess the information provided. They will then work together with the person they are talking to and work out next steps or ways forward to make things better. An example might be a consultation with a P3 class teacher who then uses different strategies or supports in the classroom to support a child. The child would not see the educational psychologist in this instance.

Virtual Consultation is our highly recommended early intervention service open to all education staff. It can be used to discuss school issues or individual children and young people where consent has been given. Our evaluation shows that virtual consultation is particularly useful when seeking help to understand needs, looking for strategies or interventions to implement or looking for support to inform planning and know what to try next.

Virtual consultation can be booked with any EP in your local team through our online booking calendar.

For further information please see the virtual consultation leaflet.