Committed to providing leading edge psychological services and consultancy for children, young people, families and organisations
Albert Bandura
“Psychology cannot tell people how they ought to live their lives. It can, however, provide them with the means for effecting personal and social change”
Frequently asked questions
What is an Educational Psychologist?
Educational Psychologists, EPs or Ed Psychs are a trained professional with specialist knowledge and expertise in multiple areas associated with the process of learning and development.
What clients do you work with?
At Ark ED, we believe the world is our oyster! Therefore no client is considered too big or too small. At the very least, if we cannot help then we'll try to find somebody that can.
Typically, Educational Psychologists focus their involvement with children and young people within the range of 0-25 years.
Additionally, Educational Psychologists regularly work alongside the range of educational settings, educators, professionals and other key adults around children and young people to facilitate robust psychological understandings of their lived experiences.
Do you complete diagnostic assessments?
Educational Psychologists are not diagnosticians. At Ark Ed we adopt an ethos of immersing ourselves with those that know the child/ young person best whilst offering our unique perspective as a psychologist.
Additionally, we are able to offer Educational Psychology input to support processes associated with SEND identification and providing psychological advices as part of multi-disciplinary care, health and educational assessment processes.
What are your areas of specialism?
Identifying and supporting children and young people experiencing special educational needs as outlined within the SEND Code of Practice (2014)
Trauma-sensitive and trauma informed approaches to support children and young people in education.
Organisational developmental work
Realist approaches to social interventions
Relational approaches
Psychosocial interventions to support young people at risk of exploitation (E.g. county lines, CSE and gang grooming)
What are ARK ED's core values?
- Anti-oppressive practice with the client at the heart of the process
- Passion to facilitate positive change for our people
- Ethical practice - being consistent in our values of ethical behaviour and strong moral code.
- Upholding our core drivers of inclusivity and equality of opportunity