Professional Resources

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.

Support for schools

Educational Psychology Helpline

The helpline runs every Wednesday from 9am to 11.30am. It is for all education providers, professionals and parents/carers in Leicestershire who wish to speak to an Educational Psychologist. Phone 0116 305 5100.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) helpful resources

Resources for families and professionals

Children's guide to Coronavirus (Children's Commissioner)

Teacher resilience during Coronavirus school closures (BPS)

Talking to children about illness (BPS)

Supporting children and young people with bereavement and loss (LEPS)

Supporting the primary to secondary transition during school closures (LEPS)

Wellbeing guide for school staff during COVID-19 (LEPS)

Resilience and well-being for school leaders  PDF, 752.23 KB Opens new window
 

Traded Services

See: Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service on the Traded Services website

Training - 2021/22

ELSA Training

 

Due to demand, ELSA bookings for 2021/22 are now closed. If you would like to express an interest for ELSA training in 2022/23, please email LEPSTradedServices@leics.gov.uk

ELSA Supervision

See our Leicestershire Educational Psychology Service page on the Traded Services website to book ELSA Supervision for 2022/23 (bookings open in the summer term 2022).

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)  PDF, 213.79 KB 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.