When I tell people I work as an educational psychologist (EP) they generally – nervously and with a small laugh – respond with ‘I had better be careful what I say to you then!’ More seriously, they ask ‘What do you do?’ This is a good question.
EPs work with children, young people and their families across the age range from birth to 19 years. We undertake a wide range of activities in schools, colleges and early years settings. Children and young people with learning difficulties and/or social, emotional or behavioural problems experience barriers to learning, and our job is to try to remove these. EPs also work in a multi-professional way with other agencies, such as social care, child and adolescent mental health services, paediatricians, speech and language therapists and health visitors.
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