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.
Category: Psychology
Information on educational psychology
NEST Hub – NDD Website
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.
NAIT Autism Training
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 Information
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.
Relationships and Behaviour
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.
Launch of New Approach Video
Please see the video of our New Approach Launch session.
The session itself starts at 30 minutes into the video. We will edit this as soon as we get a chance.
Thanks everyone for coming along!
Training from Educational Psychology 2025-26
Falkirk Educational Psychology Service is offering the following fantastic training events in 205-26. We are prioritising Relationships and Behaviour and Neurodivergence.
You can only see the descriptions with a Falkirk CPD Manager login.
We are working an a modern and digital solution for training by request.
| ID | Ref | Start Date | Sector(s) | Title | |
| 92263 | EPS030925 | 03/09/2025 | Primary Secondary Nursery Special Other |
Educational Psychology Service – New Approach Launch event | |
| 92370 | EPS110925 | 11/09/2025 | Primary Nursery Special |
Online reconnector for Supporting our Autistic Learners in Early Years May 2025 course | |
| 92245 | EPS160925 | 16/09/2025 | Primary Secondary Special |
Relationships & Behaviour 3 session course | |
| 92264 | EPS300925 | 30/09/2025 | Primary Secondary Nursery Special |
Neuro-diversity and Autistic Spectrum Disorder – Pedagogy and Practice: Level 3 2025 to 2026 | |
| 92479 | EPSSLT511 | 05/11/2025 | Primary | Session 1 “We were expecting you! Autism Professional Learning for Primary Schools”. This training was developed by the National Autism Implementation Team (NAIT) in partnership with neurodivergent people, their families and a multi-disciplinary professional group. | |
| 92242 | EPS211125 | 12/11/2025 | Secondary | Resilience for Life | |
| 92243 | EPS140126 | 14/01/2026 | Primary | Resilient Kids | |
| 92480 | EPSSLT502 | 05/02/2026 | Primary | Session 2 “We were expecting you! Autism Professional Learning for Primary Schools” | |
| 92212 | EPS190226 | 19/02/2026 | Primary Nursery Special |
Supporting our autistic learners in early years | |
| 92213 | EPS310326 | 31/03/2026 | Primary Nursery Special |
Supporting our autistic girls in the early years | |
| 92481 | EPSSLT3004 | 30/04/2026 | Primary | Session 3 “We were expecting you! Autism Professional Learning for Primary Schools” | |
| 92482 | EPSSLT1905 | 19/05/2026 | Primary | Session 4 “We were expecting you! Autism Professional Learning for Primary Schools” |
New Approach for Falkirk EPS
Falkirk Educational Psychology Service has launched a new approach. The launch event is on the 3rd of September. See our letter
We have new way of requesting a service. As of the 8th of August 2025, all requests will need to go through the online request for assistance form.
There will no longer be a named psychologist for each school or nursery. There is more information on this Blog:
You will need the parent, guardian or child over 16’s email address in order for them to consent.
Modernising the Service 2025
Falkirk is changing how a request for assistance can be made.
Please have a look at our general information. We want to ensure we can respond to the demands and requests from within the resource we have.
The consultation and Survey have closed.
The Website has been updated
Educational Psychology Video
The East Renfrewshire Educational Psychology Service have a couple of useful videos explaining how educational psychology works.
