Resilience for Life (R4L) – Educational Psychology Service Training Opportunity.
Designed for S1 and S2 staff delivering PSE.
This is a universal programme designed to enhance social problem-solving, emotional competence, and resilience in young people.
Further programme information can be found here.
Taking place at the Foundry on 17/11/26 and 24/11/26 – twilight sessions.
To sign up and for further information go to the CPD calendar reference EPS171126.
A new video guide created by Falkirk Educational Psychology Service can be accessed here. The new resource provides a walk through video focusing on our recently developed Promoting Relationships and Behaviour in Falkirk Schools Guide.
NEST (NEurodivergent peer Support Toolkit) is a suite of materials to facilitate peer support for neurodivergent young people in mainstream secondary schools. The toolkit has been co-created by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, neurodivergent young people and a neurodiverse group of adults who work with neurodivergent young people.
A wide range of useful resources and helpful videos can be found on the nest website. NEST is a Neurodevelopment Empowering and Strategy Team funded by NHS Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership. The website provides practical information to help neurodivergent people with daily challenges.
There are still places on our NAIT Autism training for primary school practitioners. The training will be delivered both online and in-person. There are four sessions between November-May 2026. Sign up through CPD Manager. More details can be found on the flyer.
Parents Plus programmes support parents/carers of children aged 2-6. The 8-week practical programme draws on parents’ strengths. There is lots of great opportunities to share tips and learn new strategies. You can find information about this year’s Early Level Parents Plus programmes here.
Education Scotland has produced a range of materials which are designed to provide research, guidance, support, professional learning, exemplification and advice to practitioners in education for improving relationships and behaviour within their context – Improving relationships and behaviour.
Scottish Government (2022). Ukraine Psychological Wellbeing Advice Pack – Guidance for Services.
Beacon House (2022). Information for families seeking refuge from war or conflict in their home country. (Available in English, Russian Ukrainian)
Children who have parents in the Armed Forces – Forces Children’s Education website; Forces Children’s Education (November 2021). Supporting Armed forces families in Scotland: Teacher Toolkit.
Supporting transgender young people in Scottish schools guidance (Scottish Government, August 2021)
The Educational Psychology Services of Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council produced guidance with health partners that we recommend for school based practitioners who work with children who have or may have selective mutism.
CALL Scotland (Communication, Access, Literacy & Learning) based at the University of Edinburgh have a range of materials to help children and young people across Scotland to overcome disability and barriers to learning including assisting with:
Communication Matters has access to resources, research and a support forum for practitioners who support learners with significant communication needs, including those who use alternative and augmentative communication approaches.
Symbols for all (part of CALL Scotland) have a wealth of Boardmaker visuals organised over curricular and environmental categories to assist learners understanding and communication.
Children and Young People’s Centre for Justice website including updates on age of criminal responsibility
Education Scotland (2022). Cyber First Aid Box (Digilearn). The site will ask a series of questions to help families determine the best response to a harmful online incident, including how to approach the subject with children & young people, possible solutions, and the first steps to recovering from it.
The UK Home Office (2021) developed Support for parents and carers to keep children safe online
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is a condition that is commonly seen in up to 50% of children and young people with ADHD. Management includes a behavioural approach by parents/carers who can learn additional strategies by attending group-based parenting programmes. NHS Essex Partnership Universty created an information leaflet for parents.
Falkirk has been using an outcomes based approach in Children’s Services since 2012 which has now been introduced for all looked after children and young people. The outcomes are centred on the individual child and young person’s own lived experiences. They should be what’s important to them and what matters in their life. These
outcomes can be measured. They are also things that we can influence and we can work towards making positive changes. This guidance has been written to assist practitioners to understand and use a tool to identify outcomes and keep track of progress. It measures ‘distance travelled’.
