So, I’m entering my last semester of Ed Psy as a masters student and I saved my elective programs for my last semester. Do any of you all recommend any course I should take?

Hey everyone,

I’m a senior in college currently applying to developmental psychology graduate programs. My research interests lie in how technology, particularly social media, impacts our minds—looking at aspects like mental health outcomes and cognitive functions, such as attention span.

I am quite stressed due to the fact that I have had a hard time finding researchers who are: 1) doing this kind of research, 2) part of developmental psychology programs, and 3) actually accepting students this application cycle. So far, I've only found two schools that meet those requirements, which is making me quite nervous.

Does anyone know of researchers or programs that fit this description? Or any advice on how to navigate this? I’d really appreciate any help!

Thanks in advance!

Hello! I’m currently studying an Education BA, and have absolutely loved it so far. I definitely want to work in education. Educational psychology has been something I am really considering, the job itself seems really interesting and fulfilling, and the salary is something I’m satisfied with too.

My undergraduate degree is not accredited by the BPS, so I would have to do a conversion course. And then I would also have to do the three year funded training course.

The thing is, a masters conversion degree would obviously put me in further debt, and I’d probably have to work during it (the three year training course requires at least 1 year of working with children - so I’d probably apply to be a TA or something like that during my conversion degree).

This is something I think I would really enjoy, and of course my heart is telling me to pursue it. But the time and money it would take to do so is quite daunting.. My parents can’t afford to keep me living with them for too long after my undergraduate degree is over and I live in London and the whole housing crisis issue is very stressful.

I could do with some advice.

Hi! What are your recommendations for writing and what to include in a letter of intent for a Master program? Feeling very nervous as the competition in my area is high.

Should I focus more on mental health in education or special needs in education?

I am a teacher applying to do my graduate program in edpsych. I am wondering what/if they're are any major differences between edpsych and clinical psych aside from the setting?

Hi,

I am a Year 1 teacher doing research for my masters degree through Brunel University. I'm looking for teachers with Year 1 experience who would be willing to be interviewed about their experiences of the EYFS to Year 1 transition. It would be a one-off interview of about 30 mins and would focus on how you support children in developing emotional and social skills in this time.

If anyone would be interested in contributing to this, please message me and I can send some further details.

Kind Regards,

Tamsin

Hi everyone,

I recently learned that Headsprout Early Reading, which my son and daughter have been using and benefiting from, will be discontinuing its services in about six months. I'm now on the lookout for an alternative Computer-Aided Instruction (CAI) service that offers a similar data-driven, evidence-based program with years of research backing its efficacy.

I want to ensure that whatever program I choose next will continue to support my kids' learning and development. If you have any recommendations or suggestions for CAI services that fit this criteria, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you in advance for your help!

If you are a UK primary school teacher with any current or previous experience in Year 1 please read on ...

I am looking for teachers to participate in an interview about their experiences of supporting children in the transition from Early Years to Year 1 for a masters final project.

I have attached the participant advertisement further information if you are interested in getting involved.

If you have time to contribute to this research or can share this post with anyone you know who may be interested it would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi all!

I am a primary school teacher looking for participants for my master's dissertation with Northumbria University. The only criteria is that you must be a teacher in a primary school in the UK.

The research aims to understand how teachers respond to the needs of children in the classroom. Any help is much appreciated!

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Hi everyone,

I'm seeking some advice and ideas for an upcoming class workshop I'll be leading on the topic of AI in education, particularly focusing on the limitations of Language Model-based Learning (LLMs) such as ChatGPT.

My goal is to engage students in comparative pedagogy by demonstrating the challenges and drawbacks associated with relying solely on LLMs for educational purposes. For my workshop, I'm planning to design a short activity where students prompt ChatGPT to analyze a research paper, to showcase its limitations and biases.

I'm looking for suggestions on what prompts students should use when engaging with ChatGPT to analyze the research paper. These prompts should aim to highlight the challenges LLMs face in understanding nuanced academic texts and discussing the sources of their information.

Additionally, I'm interested in ideas on how to demonstrate the biases inherent in LLMs, especially in educational contexts. This could involve exploring how LLMs might misinterpret or misrepresent certain concepts within the research paper.

Since this activity is meant to be a part of a larger class session, it should be concise and not take longer than 30 minutes. Therefore, any suggestions or ideas should be feasible within this time frame.

Hope this makes sense, any input would be super appreciated <3

Lf Developmental Psychology reviewer for board exam. Thank you!

I am currently researching teachers' experiences of the transition from Early Years to Year 1, focussing on how they support children's social and emotional skills during this time. I am looking for Year 1 teachers to participate in a Zoom interview on this topic. I have attached the participant advertisement with contact details if you would like to share your experiences.

If you have time to contribute to this research it would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi there, does anyone know where I can find a website/software to administer executive function (EF) tasks/tests for large classrooms of children? The goal is for each child to visit a website, do those tests, and have each score submitted into a database for the schools to review. It's to measure EF components like inhibition, working memory, shifting, etc.

We found some websites like PsyToolbox and Pavlovia, but we fear the accuray of the measured reaction time, and the depth of the tasks conducted there. I recommended CANTAB to my team but they felt it would not be easy to massively adminster across all classrooms in various schools. Any help or guidance is greatly appreciated!

I‘d be interested to hear if anyone’s noticed if you or the students you work with have been sick more often in the past few years (since covid)? Those that have been working pre-2020 is there a noticeable difference?
As an extra question, have any of the schools you work in installed HEPA filters?

thanks!

Hi! My friend and I are currently University students studying education and computer science. Our community has a lot of K-12 schools that are struggling to meet our state education standards and we want to do something about it! We hope to build a tech tool driving student engagement and content retention.

Fill out here: https://forms.gle/RGw1gxp8ExMBWqz46

TLDR ~ If you are an educator (in any manner) and could answer ANY or ALL questions on this form, it would really help out a couple college kids trying to impact their community :)

Hello,

I am interested in applying for my doctorate in the next couple of years.

I trained as a primary school teacher in England over 10 years ago, worked a couple of years, moved to Scotland (for the landscape, after visiting for years) and practised as a primary teacher for 5ish years. Lost my mum (down in England) and moved back down to sort out probate etc. I completed a masters conversion to psych (to keep mind busy during a difficult time and because I've always been interested in psychology) and I've got a lovely full time teaching position down here in a fantastic school. But now looking at the next step.

One option is an Educational Psychologist role.

I am fortunate that funding is not really an issue as I can buy property in either Southampton (also where I studied my undergrad) where they have a fantastic funded course, or Dundee, which is nearby friends and has an equally fantastic course that is funded.

If I go to Southampton, I get a 15k bursary but must study full time, if I go to Scotland, the fees are paid but the course is part time so I can teach as well (plenty of experience with Scottish supply system).

Either funding suits me.

The question is, do I get a Scottish qualification or an English one?

I have no other ties to any area really. No kids no commitments.

The role attracts a higher rate of pay in Scotland (it would be a marginal pay cut initially in England) but I don't know if the Scottish qualification is as useful outside of Scotland whereas I have heard (perhaps incorrectly?) That the English qualification is recognised in places like Canada. Which of course opens opportunities as I am still only early 30s.

Eventually I'd like to return to Scotland. I prefer the pace of life. But I worked there in my twenties when career wasn't top of my mind and I never thought to 'network'. To return so soon would lose the current working network I have nurtured in a decent full time role near London.

If I get an English qualification, is it transferable? What about the other way around?

Looking for any advice from people who have qualified in one country and moved to the other, or who are currently practising and can give me any insight/opinions.

Our daughter is 5y 10m old and the school has asked her to have an educational psychology assessment. We’ve had feedback from some teachers at other schools saying that it’s too early for the results to be accurate. Is this the case?

1. They say things like "envy" doesn't feel good and show absolutely 0 distress tolerance dealing with envy and think they just don't have to take it on, sinking the overall environment for everyone to the point they became a public health crisis.
2. Social responsibility "doesn't feel good". (Clearly doesn't get pleasure from helping like an empath, which may be fair, but still needs to be figured out if they're trying to normalize their lack of pleasure-making mechanism for empaths that do get "warm glow" such as warm glow donors).
3. They don't seem able to determine the difference between these things feeling good in the short and long term and only answer to short term feeling good with no emotional memory for when things didn't initially feel good but felt much better in the long term.
4. I also think it may be true that we have to force things that don't feel good (getting a root canal), but sometimes we're told we have to do that and we don't (rape).

Thoughts?

I'm a Psychology Honours student at Southern Cross University in Australia and for my Thesis project I'm investigating how parents' conflict behaviours impact children later in life.

If you are over 18 and can recall how your parents handled disagreements between them when you were growing up (whether they were together or not), please participate in this anonymous survey.

More information here: https://scuau.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5gLqVDDBiw2Ypng

Hello,

I have a dyslexic diagnosis with significant weakness in the areas of short term memory and information processing. I am 27 and although I have been to university and have a degree the effects of these weaknesses are now greater than ever. I am aware it can cause problems with decision making, executive function and following instruction. I struggle with all three of these and don't really know where or how to start with improving them. Whenever I was studying in academia, if felt like solutions were thrown at me and not filtered, tailored or shown how to apply it to the real world.

Also I have exceedingly good visual perception and verbal reasoning & long term memory but I don't know how to use this to my benefit.

Any direction, ideas etc would be greatly appreciated

Signed, A little bit lost 🪧

I am an aspiring Ed Psych (although it’s a long while before I get there!) currently in my last year of teacher training before I get QTS.

My mum was a SENDCo and I have had an interest in the psychology, neurobiology, neuroscience, and neuropsychology, since my early teens. Over the years, i’ve consumed books, articles, journals, etc etc (probably in excess lol).

Currently having a dry spell - Just finished a 3 month placement with lesson planning & assessments and my brain wants to finally concentrate on getting stuck back in.

But I need some inspiration. What research has piqued your interest recently? (doesn’t have to be recent research!). Pls save my poor brain, which currently contains nothing but MacBeth quotes.

Reader’s digest version of anything that’s caught your attention this year! Help me get stuck in!

tia

Hi. I have used the Coventry grid which describes the differences in behaviour between ASD and Attachment Disorders. Is there a similar tool for ASD and ADHD?

I’m interested in going back to school.

My executive functions are far below average.

Would pursing any specific degree/subject build the Executive Function “muscle” more than others subjects?

My guess is that Music, Math, Language, Art, etc.. all have some unique contributions to various parts of our brain functions.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

I'm a teaching assistant in a mainstream UK school. A child in my class has finally been to CYPS for assessment about their additional needs. The child has significant learning difficulties across all areas of development. It is extremely likely that there is a specific diagnosis for the child but it is not something common that we (the adults working with them) are able to recognise. We heard today that CYPS could not diagnose anything specific so he is considered to have moderate learning difficulty by default and no further assessment will take place. Is this right? It seems shocking to me that professionals would say we don't know what their diagnosis is so we will give a vague answer and leave it at that, which is about as much as we knew ourselves to start with. Without additional support based on a diagnosis with possible extra funding, this child's future looks grim. Is there no hope for children who have conditions that are uncommon? PS there are (I think) 5 other children in the class who are also registered as "moderate learning difficulty" for lack of a confirmed assessment. This can't be normal! (Age 9)

I have a masters in educational psychology and I am not thinking to pursue a PhD at this time due to how hard of a time I had in grad school. I had a hard time adjusting and quickly became severely depressed and anxious to where I was feeling physically sick, so I didn't really get to make any meaningful connections with anyone as much as I wanted to, and it's left me really mad at myself for getting to this low point. I worry that this has sidetracked my job prospects. Though I have been a research assistant for two research teams, I feel as though my experience is not enough, and I have looked into working for schools which is what I'm leaning towards career-wise, but schools are looking for board/state-certifications which I don't have since ed psych doesn't have board/state testing. I have experience with SPSS and being a teaching assistant in my undergrad years as well as data entry/management and audio transcription and coding, but that's pretty much it. I've applied to a lot of jobs and don't know if it's possibly because I'm applying to the wrong ones, but it's left me kind of hopeless and I don't know what to do. If there are any other fellow Ed Psych people in here, I'd appreciate your insight. Thank you. :-)

I live in the UK and been considering applying for Educational psychology training for quite a while but feel like I don't know loads about the role. I'm currently an EMHP (low intensity CBT practitioner working in schools).

I did speak with a trainee Ed psych recently who did a placement in my team and discussed that some bits of what we do crosses over.

Are there any Ed psychs working in the UK who would be able to share a rough idea what their days/weeks might normally consist of?

I think one of my main worries is that it will be a lot of admin and report writing and not so much contact with young people and their families which is what I love. Also how much travel might be involved.