Karen TEP

Hey all,

This is a totally DIY event. We’re putting it on in our own time with no funding or institutional support.

Anyone who can afford to pay, please do so that those who can’t afford to pay can attend for free, and so we can pay our speakers!

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We are back again running our reflective spaces for Black and Global majority applicants. Eventbrite links will be up next week if you check back in soon. Drop us a line on our TEPICC socials if you have any questions #edpsychs please share!

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If you want to present at the DECP conference on ‘Applying Psychology to Challenge Inequity’ it would cost £243 to attend, £119 for accommodation and, £61.50 for the gala dinner (plus travel costs!)

That’s at least £423…to *speak at a conference* on *inequality*

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🌟New blog - supporting schools to support nature connection

Nicole and Bee challenge us to recognise the power of nature connection for young people and suggest how we can support this work

Read here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/su...

#nature #climate #edpsychs @bpsofficial.bsky.social

THERE'S NOTHING ROYAL ABOUT THE PLACE WE'RE GOING TO CW: Detailed descriptions of death and dying. This blog was supposed to be focused on Marxism and psychology, and I promise my future writing will be more directly related to those themes, yet it see...

CW: death.

A blog post about the sudden death of my father earlier this year.

I wrote it as an attempt to understand why we struggle so much to psychologically process experiences of death, dying and loss under late capitalism.

Enjoy(?)

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Under neoliberalism, only what is measured and (made) measurable is valued.

If there has to be a regulator (still think Ofsted should be abolished), educators need to push them towards measuring factors important for the holistic development and wellbeing of CYP, not just memory tests!

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A quote spelled out in white letter beads on a soft pink background reads: “Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.” – Bob Kerrey

“How beautiful a day can be when kindness touches it.” George Elliston

It doesn’t need to be loud or planned.
Just real.

A kind glance. A thoughtful word. A pause to care.

And suddenly the day feels different – for us and for someone else.

🧡

#kindness #positivity

Picture by littlewordsproject

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What a lovely phrase to encourage independent thinking skills and a growth mindset!

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YouTube video by The British Psychological Society Children's Mental Health week 2025 #childrensmentalhealthweek

Wonderful to collab with so many colleagues on another #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek video

Thanks to all who contributed about why it's so important for children to develop self-awareness and understanding.

@bpsofficial.bsky.social @place2becharity.bsky.social #edpsychs

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A post that may be of interest to those who work with children in EYFS and those in the SEND sector, of course the two aren’t mutually exclusive.

Today ALDI released a sensory range.

I’m looking forward to taking resources to school tomorrow.

#EYFS #SEND #Sensory

Nearly half of schools give families financial help, teachers say A survey of teachers in England suggests lots of schools are having to provide extra help for families.

Great insight into everything beyond the classroom this CofE school in Lincolnshire does to enable their pupils and families to flourish profiled on BBC News today. Repeated across the country.
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'We don't just teach - we clothe the kids, feed them and brush their teeth' www.bbc.com/news/article...

#TwilightTraining is Live!

My vision... to create an accessible, cost-effective space for ALL educational professionals to learn, grow & be the best version of themselves!

If you would like to be part of the journey, please reach out, I would love to hear from you

#Edpsychs #Vision #CPD #Edusky

Damage to young people caused by corporate schooling and behaviour policies which lack trauma informed, relational approaches is the bulk of my work… something has to give in order for the next generation to succeed

Love this ❤️

EPMC Trans Inclusionary Motion A proposal to be discussed at the next AEP general meeting.

Newly uploaded!

This is the motion EPMC members wrote and proposed for the Association of Educational Psychologists 2024 AGM.

We call on the NEC to adopt this motion in full and stand in solidarity with the trans community 🏳️‍⚧️

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Reflective practice groups for black and global majority Trainee EP applicants - edpsy.org.uk Trainee Educational Psychologist’s Initiative for Cultural Change (TEPICC) are a working and knowledge exchange group of trainee educational psychologists (TEPs)....

📢New blog from @tepicc1.bsky.social

We're delighted to help highlight TEPICC's reflective practice groups for black and global majority Trainee EP applicants who have a course interview.

More information here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/re...

#edpsychs #TEPs #TraineeEPs @viola-jane.bsky.social

A screenshot from the TEPICC Reflexive Practice Group session hosted on Microsoft Teams. There are 6 squares each with a different feminine presenting person from a Global Majority background; each person is smiling.

First TEPICC Reflective Practice Group ✅ what a wonderful evening with such reflexive, open and honest applicants. We can’t wait to meet the rest of you in our other groups - remember there are spaces still available for our last reflective practice session!

Excited to finish the week by joining the Relational Practice: Approaches to Mental Health and Well-being in Schools book launch hosted by University of Sheffield and all the amazing workshops being delivered today, plus listening to some of my colleagues speak about their amazing work #edpsychs

If you create a system in which schools are judged on exam results, academic subjects are prioritised, curriculum is narrowed and zero tolerance approaches are promoted, you're basically creating a system that becomes less inclusive by design.

💡 Thought-provoking ideas on how to talk about neurodiversity without relying on medical/deficit language - a model for us from Sonny Jane Wise in the form of the Neurodiversity Smorgasbord 🤩

How do you speak of difference?

#EdPsychs #edusky

Absolutely delighted that Leeya and I have had our paper published

"We had nowhere to go" - children's experiences of homelessness

It's in the latest special edition of ECP, wonderfully edited by Marc, Leeya and Charmian.

If you'd like a copy of the paper let me know 🙏

#twitterEPs #homelessness

Great video shared by @dancumber.bsky.social explaining the emotions and experiences behind children and young people's seeming 'rude behaviour'

A reminder to us all of the importance of being aware and relationship building!

#Edpsychs #Edusky #SEND