Avon Psychology Service is able to provide

Assessment

  • Cognitive Assessments

Avon Psychology Service is able to provide a structured cognitive assessment. This may be appropriate in situations where there are concerns about school performance, behaviour, relationships with other, or following an acquired brain injury.

These assessments employ standardised measures such as:

  • Weschler Scale of Child Development
  • Children’s Memory Scale
  • Weschler Individual Attainment Test

 

  • Observations

Observations can be helpful where concerns are raised about a particular child’s development, emotional coping, or socialization. With parents consent the child can be observed and assessed in the nursery setting and advice and guidance implemented to support them. It is often important to involve parents in this process so that they can also use the same strategies at home, providing the child with important consistency.

Assessment and Intervention

The above assessment package will result in the production of a comprehensive report and recommendations. It is possible for Avon Psychology Service to provide the recommendations it outlines if this is required. This may involve input such as individual therapy or guidance and training for services the child is involved with i.e., foster carers or teachers.

Staff Training

We can provide informal discussions, workshops or more formal training on a range of topics including:

  • Child development
  • Attachment
  • Behaviour management
  • Promoting well-being

This is not a complete list and other topics can be discussed as to what you feel would benefit you.

 

Consultation

This can be a short piece of work focused around a theme that may be affecting the staff group or as a more regular slot. These can then be used for whatever seems most pressing at the time:

  • Social and behavioural issues
  • Nursery policy and procedures in relation to well-being
  • Child development
  • Behaviour management
  • Children you are concerned about and their management plans

Avon Psychology Service can assist you in thinking about the implementation of EYFS personal, social, and emotional development objectives.

Working with parents

Attendance at parents evening with talks about topics such as managing behavior, toilet training, or helping with feelings.

Having a Clinical Psychologist connected to the nursery can be seen to highlight the importance the nursery is placing on the emotional well-being of their children and can be evidence to Ofsted of this. It can also be advertised to parents.

Costing

As detailed about the work with you can take a variety of formats and as such costs will varying depending on the type of work, regularity and length of involvement.

If you would like to discuss our working together further please do not hesitate to do so. An initial meeting to discuss the options can be arranged at no charge to yourselves.