Services

Educational and occupational psychology services 
across Reading, Berkshire and Greater London

About us

Psychology for
Educational purposes:

Support and services for schools, children and young people
  • Assessment of needs
  • Reporting for a range of purposes for:
  • Special educational needs
  • Statutory assessment
  • Child protection
  • Grammar school appeals process
  • SENCo (Special Educational Needs Coordinator) support
  • Community Psychology
  • Capacity Assessments (Support with Housing decisions)
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
Dyslexia specialist teacher assessments and private tuition

Psychology for
Occupational purposes:

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 for Job Fit
  • Integration of data from the interview and assessment process for the final selection
Training and Leadership Development
  • Needs Analysis
  • Design and development of Training Programme
  • Implementation of Training Programme
  • Evaluation of effectiveness of Training Programme
Performance Appraisal to improve individual and organisation's outcomes by:
  • Making reward decisions
  • Improving performance through facilitation learning
  • Motivation of employees
  • Succession Planning
  • Identifying potential
Career Counselling and Personal Development
  • Finding appropriate work opportunities
  • Identifying career goals
  • Improving employment prospects
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 Needs
  • Design and development of Support Programme
  • Implementation of Support Programme
  • Evaluation of Support Programme

Psychology for
Assessment/Cognitive Profiling:

Assessment/cognitive profiling 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/cognitive profiling for medical purposes to inform 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/cognitive profiling for medico legal purposes to inform decisions in legal procedures
  • 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/cognitive profiling 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/cognitive profiling of social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties in children

  • 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
IQ testing for educational and occupational purposes

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

Psychology for
Therapeutic Services for Children and Young People:

  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Anxiety and depression
  • School refusal
  • Selective mutism
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

To discuss psychology for educational and occupational purposes, please call us on 0118 947 0707

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