Last year Gillian Thorburn helped to run the Let’s Play project in the local community of Neilston. The project was set up to provide parents with information on the benefits of interactive play with their children and development of nurturing approaches.
Click here to learn more about the project and its outcomes.
The Scottish Government has launched a website dedicated to supporting everyone worried about child sexual exploitation. The website contains information for children, young people, friends and families. Please see the link below.
We would like to wish you all a relaxing break over the holidays and wish you all the best for 2016!
Yvonne Coyle and Siobhan Wilson attended the S4 curricular evening for parents at Mearns Castle High School on Wednesday. This was to introduce the mindfulness project that is going to be carried out in the school. Mindfulness has been defined as “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experiences moment by moment” (Kabat-Zinn, 2003, pg 145).The growing body of evidence suggests that mindfulness interventions can ‘improve the mental, emotional, social and physical health of young people’ by reducing stress, anxiety and improving sleep and self-esteem, bringing about increased calmness, relaxation and emotional regulation (Weare, 2012).
Staff from Mearn Castle also displayed a sand mandala (shown in the pictures below) which is an Tibetian tradition involving the creation and destruction of a mandala made from colored sand.
Click here to view the Educational Psychology Service 3 year improvement plan.
The Sydenham’s Chorea Association are a small charitable organisation linked to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill) in Glasgow. They have prepared an information leaflet which can be acessed below. They aim to educate people about this condition, and to support the young people and families living with the condition.
We had some exciting news over the summer as one of our Educational Psycholgists got married in Florida! Vicky Murray is now Vicky Flores! Congratuations Vicky!
Welcome back to all East Renfrewshire pupils today!
The 2015- 2016 school allocation is now available. To find out who the Educational Psychologist is for your school please click here.
Please note this allocation will be subject to change in October due to staffing changes. Information will be distributed through schools and updated here.
We have recently appointed a new Assistant Educational Psychologist, Kristina Azubalyte. Kristina will support Psychologists in interventions, research, training and assessment as well as a specific role in early intervetion work within the early years establishments.
The Psychological Service March newsletter is now available. Please click the following link which will take you to all the newsletters.
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/PsychologicalService/service-information/information-2/
It was great to see the Duchess of Cambridge supporting the first ever Children’s Mental Health Week…
An interesting article looking at the potential benefits of mindfulness practice with children.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/can-mindfulness-help-students-do-better-in-school-1424145647
Huge congratulations to Christine McGovern and her husband Paul on the arrival of their beautiful baby boy Joseph Kevin who was born Wednesday 11th February 2015. We are looking forward to his first visit to the office!
Due to some changes in remits and staff going on maternity leave it has been necessary to make some changes to school allocations. The overview of psychologists by establishment has been updated, click here to view the new allocation.
If you have any queries or concerns please do not hesitate to get in touch at ps@eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk or call 0141 577 8510
We would like to extend a warm welcome back to all schools. We wish you all a fantastic 2015!
The service has produced a rich picture to demonstrate Psychologists wide ranging role in supporting the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence. Please Click here to view the image.
Nick Smiley has been appointed as our new Principal Psychologist. Nick is already a well established member of the team as he was previously a Depute and before that a Senior Psychologist in East Renfrewshire. He has also worked in schools across the authority and currently the Psychologist for Isobel Mair School and the Eastwood Cluster. A further introduction will be included in the next newsletter.
Congratulations Nick!
Ainsley McGoldrick gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Issac Alexander James, on the 9th September. We look forward to Ainsley’s next visit to the service so we can all meet him!
Joyce Fullarton retired from her post as Principal Psychologist after 40 years service in September. Joyce had been the Principal Psychologist for 10 years! We wish her all the best in her adventures in London!
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