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Teachers, parents and researchers have repeatedly reported the benefits of a mindful practice including increased mental wellbeing, focus and concentration, self-esteem and self-regulation. Golden Thread Psychology has created a Mindful Moments resource to support you in bringing mindfulness into your classroom.

With children due into school imminently, your next tasks are likely to be around supporting their transition back into school, helping them to become acclimatised to their new classroom/teacher/timetable and meeting with your Educational Psychologist (EP) to plan how best to use their time over the coming months. So what are our top tips for utilising your planning meeting time as best as possible?

Knowing what to say and how to help during a moment of unexpected trauma can be really tricky. We can often feel de-skilled and unable to meet the needs of our school community as a result. But it's important to remember that the skills and characteristics that you use every day in your job working with children are the exact same skills and characteristics that the children will be calling on during these moments.

A critical incident is an event that occurs suddenly and causes trauma within the school community, beyond the point of normal coping...

We recognise that there is a national shortage of EPs and we feel responsible for ensuring our offer of employment is such that we can secure the best staff and, as a result, provide the highest quality of service to our schools.

As a parent/carer of a child or young person who's going through a tricky time at school, having external professionals involved can feel...

Commissioning a new service can be a process filed with questions... These FAQs should address some fo the thoughts you might be having.