Contact the Educational Psychology Service
The Educational Psychology Service can be contacted for advice and information specific to children and young people who have, or may have, special educational needs.
Support available from Educational Psychology
Find out about the support available for your child or young person.
The Educational Psychology Service supports children and young people from pre-school age to post-primary education.
The support required by each pupil will be tailored to each child’s individual needs and may include some or all of the following:
- Providing consultations and advice to schools.
- Working with others, including health professionals to identify and understand the child’s needs ensuring they can reach their full potential.
- Assisting parents and schools to make informed choices in meeting children and young people’s needs.
- Carrying out assessments to monitor and review progress.
- Delivering a range of interventions to promote wellbeing, social, emotional and behavioural development and to improve learning outcomes.
- Providing training and development work for educational setting staff.
- Carrying out research and evaluations to help share best practice.