{"id":312,"date":"2023-05-22T13:06:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T12:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=312"},"modified":"2025-07-09T16:42:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T15:42:44","slug":"education-psychology-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=312","title":{"rendered":"Educational Psychology Service (EPS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Educational Psychology Service (EPS)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Dumfries and Galloway Educational Psychology Service (DGEPS) is a statutory educational service for children and young people normally residing in, or looked after by, Dumfries and Galloway Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The role of an Educational Psychologist can vary depending on the situation and a young person&#8217;s needs.&nbsp; In Dumfries and Galloway the team are usually involved at primary and secondary school ages but can be involved from the early years to the transition into adulthood. Services are normally requested by the child&#8217;s school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sway.cloud.microsoft\/ZH9TqEXxvmmSyccI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">More information about the Educational Psychology Service can be found on this Sway<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Linda Biggar <\/em><\/strong><br><strong>Principal Educational Psychologist<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related<strong> <\/strong>Content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=2047\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2047\"><strong>Wellbeing Homepage<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Meet the team<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Get to know the Educational Psychology Service (EPS) and to find out what they have been up to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sway.cloud.microsoft\/RIfHn8bvUFlr1BMN?ref=Link&amp;loc=play\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>View the Sway to meet the team<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"364\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2023\/05\/23150741\/eps-dg-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2023\/05\/23150741\/eps-dg-3.png 364w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/public\/healthandwelbeing\/uploads\/sites\/8792\/2023\/05\/23150741\/eps-dg-3-134x300.png 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational Psychology Service (EPS) Dumfries and Galloway Educational Psychology Service (DGEPS) is a statutory educational service for children and young people normally residing in, or looked after by, Dumfries and Galloway Council. The role of an Educational Psychologist can vary depending on the situation and a young person&#8217;s needs.&nbsp; In Dumfries and Galloway the team are usually involved at primary and secondary school ages but can be involved from the<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/?page_id=312\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20564,"featured_media":0,"parent":2047,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-312","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=312"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3330,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/312\/revisions\/3330"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/healthandwelbeing\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}