{"id":30,"date":"2017-02-21T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T16:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2023-08-21T10:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:49:41","slug":"thinking-of-becoming-an-educational-psychologist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/about-our-service\/contact-us\/thinking-of-becoming-an-educational-psychologist\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming an Educational Psychologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with the trainee Educational Psychologists (EPs) who are placed in Glasgow we have created a summary of some of the key information to consider when applying to be on the training course.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the role of an Educational Psychology Service, the 5 core functions remain as defined in the SEED Review of Provision of Educational Psychology Services in Scotland (Currie Report, 2002) as: <strong>consultation<\/strong>, <strong>assessment<\/strong>, <strong>intervention<\/strong>, <strong>training<\/strong> and <strong>research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Currie-Report-2002.pdf\">Review of provision of educational psychology services in Scotland (Currie Report 2002)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More information on the role of an educational psychologist in Scotland can be found on the BPS website.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bps.org.uk\/member-networks\/scottish-division-educational-psychology\">Scottish Division of Educational Psychologists<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/careers.bps.org.uk\/area\/educational\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BPS Web Link<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It will be useful to be aware of current legislation and developments in Education that are relevant to the EP role.<\/p>\n<p>Key documents include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/schools\/national-improvement-framework\/\">The National Improvement Framework<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/schools\/additional-support-for-learning\/\">The Additional Support for Learning (ASL) Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/girfec\/\">Getting It Right For Every Child<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/guidance-presumption-provide-education-mainstream-setting\/\">Presumption to provide education in a mainstream setting: guidance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspep.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Assessment-Position-Paper.pdf\">ASPEP Assessment Position Paper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Scottish Government report from April 2019 on the future of Educational Psychology services is also be a really helpful resource:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/education.gov.scot\/Documents\/EPSReportApril2019.pdf\">Making a difference to excellence and equity for all: The future of educational psychology services in Scotland for all. (April 2019)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best source for information around the course itself, and the processes involved in becoming an EP, is on the Dundee University website:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dundee.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/educational-psychology\">Educational Psychology MSc<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/public\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/uploads\/sites\/4587\/2017\/02\/Dundee-University-Educational-Psychology-Course.pdf\">PDF &#8211; Information on Dundee University Educational Psychology Course<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/edpsy.org.uk\/ep-training\/in-scotland\/\">EP training in Scotland <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are still looking for further information or have a specific question that has not been answered here, please get in touch with one of our offices and either an EP or a trainee EP will endeavour to get back to you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In collaboration with the trainee Educational Psychologists (EPs) who are placed in Glasgow we have created a summary of some of the key information to consider when applying to be on the training course. In terms of the role of an Educational Psychology Service, the 5 core functions remain as defined in the SEED Review &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/about-our-service\/contact-us\/thinking-of-becoming-an-educational-psychologist\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Becoming an Educational Psychologist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51909,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51909"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2767,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/2767"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/glasgowpsychologicalservice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}