Sarah Ward,

Assistant educational psychologist

I am passionate about helping students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) achieve their true potential through working with education settings, parents and carers.

My experience covers the 0-25 age range, including early years. Working closely with parents and carers allows me to take a holistic approach to the family’s needs as a whole in order to provide a supportive, consistent and responsive service. I have experience designing and delivering interventions in both education and home settings.

Through working abroad and with students who have English as an additional language (EAL), I fully understand how language and culture can influence learning.

Integrating my specialist knowledge and experience enables me to help children and young people to be happy, safe and ready for life’s challenges alongside their families and education settings.

I want to say thank you to Bridie and Sarah W for listening. It was a really informative session and thank you so much for getting the letter and recommendations over to me as quickly as you have done

Katie, Parent

Sarah Ward providing psychology services in school

My education

• 2013
  Cognitive neuroscience and specific educational needs - M.Sc. University of Valencia, Spain
• 2011
  Spanish studies and psychology - B.A. (Hons) Lancaster University

My work history

• 2016
  Assistant educational psychologist HSR Psychology
• 2014
  Special educational needs teaching assistant and learning mentor School-based (mainstream)
• 2013
  Special educational needs teaching assistant School-based (SEND and mainstream)
• 2009
  Private tutor (English, Maths, 11+) Home-based

My experience

I have been working in education throughout my career and I have integrated my psychology knowledge into practice. SEND is one of my passions and I have experience in the following areas:

• Early years, foundation stage (EYFS)
• Looked after status
• Autistic spectrum condition (ASC)
• Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder (ADD/ADHD)
• Social language and communication needs
• Assessments
• Literacy
• Dyslexia
• Numeracy
• Classroom based interventions
• Home based interventions
• Parent support
• Anger management
• 1:1 tuition
• English as an additional language (EAL)

Supporting children, young people, education settings, parents and carers around SEND is very important to me. In my experience I have learnt the importance of an individualised and holistic approach to successful interventions.

My professional memberships

British psychological society (BPS)

Division of educational and child psychology (DECP