We have added some links to resources and websites for supporting children and young people who have experienced a bereavement. To view the page click here.

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The parent workshops will be running again this year at Eastwood High School. In the past parents said it was “good to hear from other parents who are in the same position as yourself” and the athmosphere was “relaxed and friendly”.

Other comments included:

“superb insight with simple, yet effective techniques and strategies to improve our parenting skills”

“Very enjoyable course, would recommend it to friends. Look forward to doing the next course in a few years!”

“I found the information in the course really helpful and our home is a calmer place since I started the course”

The workshops will run from 7-9pm at Eastwood High School on:
Tuesday 29th April
Tuesday 6th May
Tuesday 13th May
Tuesday 20st May

If you are interested in coming along please call the Psychological Service on 0141 577 8510.

We have been running  Resilience to Stess workshops for emloyees of East Renfrewshire Council for the last 2 years. They focus on the different causes of stress and explore different ways of managing stress both in the work place and in our personal lives. We look at how we can build resilience by making small changes. In the past people who have attended have said:

• “Really enjoyed these sessions, helpful for both work and personal life. Should be rolled out across all people working in ERC to help them manage better their stress levels”

• “A very enjoyable and thought provoking course.”

We have just finalised the dates  for 2014 which is Friday 29th August with a half day follow up session on the 28th Novbember 2014. Employees can sign up via the My Insider website. For more infiormation please feel free to contact the service.

Derrick Bruce from the Rights, Support and Wellbeing Team at Education Scotland, presentated to all the psychologists on Restorative and Relational Approaches. Derrick has been carrying out a number of highly successful training sessions with staff from all the schools in East Renfrewshire and we were delighted to welcome him along to our staff meeting. We found the presentation very interesting and it was helpful to start thinking of ways we can support schools in taking forward this initiative. Thank you Derrick!

Suzanne Zeedyk has launched a new website with lots of useful resources (see link below). Dr. Suzanne Zeedyk is a research scientist who specialised in the field of developmental psychology. She is on the of leading figures for attachment and development in the early years and best known for the film “The Connected Baby” which demonstrates babies’ innate emotional connectedness to other people.

http://suzannezeedyk.com/

Scotland’s anti-bulling service, Respect Me, has launched their new video campaign. The new campaign tag line is ‘Before you give some advice, about bullying get some” which is designed to get parents to think before giving advice such as ‘man up’ or ’hit back’.
Click on the link below to view the new campaign…

We are delighted to share with you our new  improvement plan for 2013-2016 and our standards and quality report for 2012-2013.

To view them please click here.

Click Here to view the latest  newsletter. As always we welcome your views/ feedback on any of the information provided in the newsletter. The contact details are on the right hand side of the website or the last page of the newsletter.

We are delighted to welcome back Jennifer Howitt to our team! Jennifer was as Assistant Psychologist with us and is now returning as a Trainee whilst on the MSc Educational Psychology course at Dundee University.

We would like to offer a warm welcome to Christine McGovern who has joined our team as the new Educational Psychologist (Probationer). Christine has just completed her studies at Strathclyde University. She will be working alongside Yvonne Coyle in the Mearns Castle cluster and will be the school psychologist for Hazeldene Nursery, Eaglesham Primary and Nursery, Mearns Primary and Mearns Castle (Joint with Yvonne). We are delighted to have Christine join our team!

To view a list of the schools and their allocated psychologist please click here.

We are having to say farewell to Mark Brotherton who has been a Trainee with us for 2 years while he studied on the MSc course at Strathclyde. Mark has been successful in securing a job in East Ayrshire for his probationary year. He will still be working with us while he completes his research which was carried out in the area of looked after children in East Renfrewshire and has already gathered really useful information for the authority. We wish Mark well in his career as a psychologist.

To see an up to date  list of schools and their allocated psychologist please click here

The Psychological Service have been running workshops for parents in the authority for a number of years with great success. Some parents that attended last year commented that it was “good to hear from other parents who are in the same position as yourself” and the athmosphere was “relaxed and friendly”.

Other comments included:

“superb insight with simple, yet effective techniques and strategies to improve our parenting skills”

“Very enjoyable course, would recommend it to friends.  Look forward to doing the next course in a few years!”

“I found the information in the course really helpful and our home is a calmer place since I started the course”

This year the evenings will be held from 7-9pm in Caroleside Primary School on the following 5 dates:
Tuesday 23rd April
Tuesday 30th April
Tuesday 7th May
Tuesday 14th May
Tuesday 21st May

Click Here to view the leaflet and if you are interested in coming along please complete the form or call the Psychological Service on 0141 577 8510 for more information.

Click Here to view our Therapeutic Intervention leaflet.

Information about interventions used to support pupils with social, emotional and behavioural needs has been added under ‘Service Information’. Click Here to go to this page.

This service, based at Daldorch House School in Catrine, aims to support families of children with a diagnosis (or awaiting diagnosis) of Autism up to the age of 19 years. This service runs a 3 step support programme including a telephone hotline, seminars and 1:1 support for families. For more information please Click Here to view the flyer.

The Scottish Government has launched a new Child Protection website. It has a range of information regarding child welfare issues and links to other useful websites.

Click Here to see the new website.

As you will maybe be aware we have had to say a very sad farewell to Sarah Jamieson who was one of our Educational Psychologists. We wish her all the best in her new job in Shetland!

We are pleased to announce that Chris Atherton has been promoted from a Maingrade to a Senior Psychologist, and Jennifer Hunter is now with us as a Maingrade Psychologist! We also will be giving a warm welcome back to Eilidh Lanzani and Ainsley McGoldrick from maternity leave!

We will have all the school allocation information on here shortly.

The Psychological Service produced a booklet on Building Resilience to Stress. The booklet contains information on stress, resilience and a range of different management techniques e.g relaxation strategies.

Click Here to see the booklet.

Please contact the Psychological Service if you would like any further information.