Services

Psychology for Educational purposes:

Support and services for schools, children and young people

Access arrangements for exams in Secondary Education

Assessment of children’s and young people’s learning needs
Completion of Form 8 and full report, stating special examination arrangements required

Access arrangements for exams in Further and Higher Education

Assessment of students’ needs, such as specific learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia, and autistic spectrum disorders
Report writing to inform examination arrangements
Report writing to inform application for Disabled Students Allowance

Psychology support and services for organisations and people at work.

Recruitment and Personnel Selection

Task and KSA (i.e. Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes) analysis
Cognitive Ability and Personality Assessment
Integration of data from the interview and assessment process for final selection

Training and Leadership Development

Performance Appraisal to improve individual and organisation's outcomes by:

Career Counselling and Personal Development

Organisational Behaviour, Change and Development

To improve the performance of employees and their organisations
Implementation of organisational development interventions
To increase the effectiveness of both employees and organisations after the intervention

Assessment and Management of special needs and disabilities in the workplace

Assessment of children and young people for legal purposes

Evaluation of the cognitive abilities of children and young people to help the Courts in making the right decisions on their behalf

Assessment to inform medical decision-making for patients

Cognitive evaluations of patients requested by their medical practitioners to facilitate the right decisions to be made regarding their needs, for example, assessment before and after a treatment programme

Assessment for medico legal decision making

Carry out the assessments that help the decision making process such as for compensations after accidents and personal injury, and assessment of capacity in adults in court cases

Assessment for immigration and migration purposes

Psychological assessment to inform the process of immigration. For example, carrying out the assessments for children with special educational needs, or children/young people who are moving abroad with their families and who may have special requirements for which psychological assessment is needed to support the application process.
Psychological assessment of children to support their application to a new school in the UK or abroad

Assessment for SEMH in children and young people

Evaluations of children's behaviour and their social and emotional needs to inform appropriate intervention and support

Consultations regarding educational needs

Problem solving meetings in which parents/carers or teachers discuss difficulties with which children/young people present, to explore what can be done to address the issues, for example, through assessment and intervention

Consultations regarding occupational needs

Problem solving meetings in which employees/employers discuss with psychologists issues within the workplace that need to be addressed and to discuss possible interventions

Full-scale IQ testing for educational and occupational purposes

Cognitive ability testing to inform educational or occupational processes such as applications for school or work