Educational Psychology
Your school can hire the services of an educational psychologist to apply effective techniques to support young people’s learning.
Educational psychology is one of the role-specific services you can book through MAST in addition to our core subscription offer. Dedicated professionals can be booked for your school on day-rate basis.
You may wish to refer a pupil to one of our educational psychologists (EPs) when they are facing particular difficulties in their learning. An EP will work on behavioural and emotional techniques that help to overcome the barriers to achievement.
Jon Couch
Senior Educational Psychologist
Owayne Ovenstone
Senior Educational Practitioner
Sarah Aldrich
Senior Educational Psychologist
Sue Thompson
Senior Educational Psychologist
Will Roberts
Senior Educational Psychologist
Anna Sutton
Educational Psychologist
Lloyd Chilcott
Educational Psychologist
Lexi Dawes
Educational Psychologist Assistant
Tom Andrew
Trainee Educational Psychologist
Tom Shipp
Senior Educational Psychology Assistant / Family Learning Mentor
Your questions around our services
How do I access support from a MAST Educational Psychologist (EP)?
MAST EPs meet regularly with school SENCos to discuss the needs of children, families and staff and plan needs led responses to concerns.
What might involvement with an EP look like?
When a MAST EP is involved supporting your child, they will often meet with parents/carers to discuss your concerns to learn more about your child’s needs before next steps of support are agreed.
How quickly would a EP become involved with a child?
MAST EPs liaise closely with school staff to assess the needs of children and families and they will plan a timely response to meet the needs of the children/young people in the school.
How do I access your support?
You will need to talk with your child's school to consider if a MAST request would be possible and helpful.
What might involvement with a member of your multi-agency support team, MAST, look like?
Your first meeting with a professional from MAST might be to discuss your concerns, possibly with school staff present. You might also meet a MAST professional in a meeting with others involved, where your child's needs are being discussed and a plan of support is being put together.
How quickly would a member of MAST become involved with a child?
Following a request for MAST to be involved (made by the school SENCo in collaboration with parents/carers), a quick response to school within a week will be sent and soon after this a key worker from MAST will be allocated and make contact with you and school to assess needs and plan an appropriate multi-agency response as required.
What PLP's values mean for schools
Our MAST team are always ready to answer the call and step up when schools and their pupils need us.
Providing appropriate, non-judgemental support for pupils, families and school staff is at the heart of what we do.
We always reflect on our performance and are prepared to explore new ideas and approaches to help people.
Our success lies in the positive collaborations we nurture between diverse specialists and school professionals.
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