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Educational Psychology Service for schools
We offer statutory and commissioned services for Leicestershire educational settings, schools, academies and professionals working with children and young people aged 0 – 25 years.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) helpful resources
Resources for families and professionals Opens new window
Children's guide to Coronavirus (Children's Commissioner) Opens new window
Teacher resilience during Coronavirus school closures (BPS) Opens new window
Talking to children about illness (BPS) Opens new window
Supporting children and young people with bereavement and loss (LEPS) Opens new window
Supporting the primary to secondary transition during school closures (LEPS) Opens new window
Wellbeing guide for school staff during COVID-19 (LEPS) Opens new window
Resilience and well-being for school leaders Opens new window
Traded Services
See: Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service on the Traded Services website
Training - 2021/22
ELSA Training
Due to demand, new bookings will now be allocated a place on the ELSA cohort which will start in January. Once this is full, bookings will be added to a waiting list.
Staff can book ELSA training for 2021/22:
ELSA Training booking form 2021-22 Opens new window
ELSA Supervision
Staff can book ELSA supervision for 2021/22 via our Traded Services website
What we offer - commissioned
We aim to build capacity and promote inclusion in schools, colleges and other educational settings. This means we seek to support settings when situations are in the early stages of becoming ‘stuck’ and new ideas are needed, but before crisis.
We work in a variety of creative ways as part of a graduated response to support the development, learning, and wellbeing of children and young people. As Educational Psychologists, we work at a range of different levels to maximise our impact.
To find out more about the range of preventative and creative services that we are able to offer, and to purchase our Service Level Agreement (SLA), please visit our Traded Services website.
Working at different levels with your EP (LEPS) Opens new window
What we offer - statutory
Statutory work is funded by Leicestershire County Council, and includes:
- Psychological advice for Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) assessments.
- Psychological contributions to support with requests for changes to school placements.
- Support and/or attendance at tribunals.
- Critical incident support for Leicestershire settings and professionals. Please call 0116 305 5100 and ask to speak to the Senior or Principal Educational Psychologist.
- Advice and guidance through the telephone helpline. Please see the top of this page for further details.
- Early years assessment and intervention work.
- Attendance at inclusion forums for secondary and primary aged pupils.