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The Educational Psychology Service is a specialist team working for Falkirk Council Children\u2019s Services. Our aim is to provide a high quality psychology service through consultation for the children and families who require this most, using a knowledgeable and supportive, team approach.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe passionately believe in making the children of Falkirk\u2019s lives better. We promote positive educational journeys using the power of psychology and work with parents and others as partners.\u201d<\/em> Falkirk Educational Psychology Service works within the wider council context and those of education. These organisations have values driven approaches to improving the outcomes for its citizens.<\/p>\n Falkirk Council: Responsive, Innovative, Trusted and Ambitious (RITA)<\/strong><\/p>\n Falkirk Education: Learning to Achieve<\/strong><\/p>\n The Educational Psychology embraces the values of the council. Educational psychology is a specialist discipline and department within the council. We feel that the values that drive our work\u00a0 and help us achieve our vision are:<\/p>\n February 2024<\/p>\n Our aim remains to provide a high quality psychology service through consultation for the\u00a0children and families who require this most, using a knowledgeable and supportive, team\u00a0approach.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We can be involved in supporting children and young people from birth to 25 years old. An Educational Psychologist will work with a child and family if there are concerns about the development, learning or behaviour of the child. The service is also focused on improving outcomes for children through training, development work and general advice. For more details see How We Work<\/a> section.<\/p>\n We have published a privacy notice<\/a> on the Falkirk Council website and there is some additional information about the Educational Psychology Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n This blog provides an overview of the work of the educational psychology service and updates as we develop our innovative, responsive, ambitious and trusted service. We are currently working through a re-design of service delivery.<\/p>\n We have published resources<\/a> on a range of topics. This includes learning modules<\/a> as well as specific guidance for barriers to learning and our ground breaking Anxiety Toolkit<\/a>.<\/p>\n We\u00a0have published advice on this Blog for parents and practitioners<\/a> to encourage learning and wellbeing at home.<\/p>\n If you have discovered great advice or materials you would like us to know about please send these to our email address in the contact details section.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We can be contacted by staff, parents or young people themselves through our Online Form in MyFalkirk<\/a> .<\/p>\n You will need to register with MyFalkirk which uses the mygovscot platform.<\/p>\n If the above link does not work please find us by typing in Educational Psychology<\/em> in here: MyServices – MyFalkirk<\/a><\/p>\n You will need to provide:<\/p>\n It is good practice for you to have already discussed the request for assistance with the parent or young person over 16 as they will be sent an email and need to check the details.<\/p>\n For more details see How We Work<\/a> section.<\/p>\n If there is a problem using the system or the person proving consent is not able to please can you download our consent form<\/a>, complete it in ink and send it to us. We will\u00a0 phone the parent or young person (over 16) to check the consent is valid so you will need to provide these details.<\/p>\n
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