CouncilEducational psychology
The council works with parents, teachers and schools to provide an educational psychology service to children and young people in Tower Hamlets. The council’s team of educational psychologists identifies, assesses and aims to meet the needs of young people or children experiencing difficulties to make sure that they are as successful at school as possible.
Each educational psychologist works with a group of schools and most work carried out is centred on these schools. Parents who are worried about their children's progress should always talk to school staff first. Other professionals such as speech and language therapists or doctors may refer very young children, who are not yet in schools, to a council educational psychologist. Children are never seen individually without their parents' permission.
Range of services
The council’s team of educational psychologists offers the following range of services:
- Consultation with children, families and school staff to help clarify the nature of the problem and plan appropriate action
- Advice on individual children, groups of children, schools, the Local Authority (LA) or other bodies
- Assessment to help identify the child's needs
- Collaborative work with teachers, parents and others to plan and implement a programme to support individuals or groups of individuals
- Monitoring, reviewing and evaluating programmes established for children
- Training for teachers, other professionals and parents
- Therapeutic intervention which aims to help a child, family or others to help themselves, particularly in areas where they are experiencing difficulties
- Helping to develop school strategies in partnership with schools and other support services to help all children to be as successful at school as possible
- Working with schools to develop more inclusive education strategies
- Project work and research for the LA
- Policy and development work for the LA.
Leaflets
The following leaflets on educational psychology issues are available to be downloaded:
How can an educational psychologist help my child?
The following leaflets on educational psychology issues are available to be downloaded:
Ed Psych English leaflet.(pdf 164k)
Ed Psych Somali leaflet.(pdf 1.6mb)
Ed Psych Bengali leaflet (pdf 1.6mb)
Advice on how to manage your child’s anger
Part 1 (pdf 1.25mb)
Part 2 (pdf 1.07mb)
Further information
The council’s educational psychologists can be contacted through Tower Hamlets schools. Parents who are worried about their child will need to talk to school staff first.
To contact your local school, please refer to the list of Tower Hamlets schools for contact details.
The council’s educational psychologist team also offers monthly surgeries in partnership with the parents advice centre. Please contact the parents advice centre for more information on:
Tel: 020 7364 6460
For any other information about the service, please contact:
David Carroll
Principal Educational Psychologist
Tel: 020 7364 4323
Henryk Holowenko
Deputy Principal Educational Psychologist
Tel: 020 7364 4323
