Consultation and advice

Our team of educational and child psychologists use consultations as a method of problem solving or setting up new provisions. Our psychologists apply their knowledge of educational and child psychology to support your early years setting.

What are the benefits of consultation?

There are many benefits to our flexible consultation services with our specialist psychologists, including:

• Expert advice
• Guidance
• Independent support
• Comprehensive audit or review
• Assistance for applications
• Setting up new services or provisions
• Solutions
• Innovative and proactive suggestions

Consultations are available to provide a solution to a need, crisis or improvement.

What happens during a consultation?

The process of a consultation varies according to its purpose which allows it to be an extremely flexible and effective tool. Consultations provide an opportunity to integrate educational and child psychology into everyday practice within your early years setting. Our psychologist provides an external opinion and insight.

Consultations in response to a crisis situation, such as a challenging individual or cohort, or an unexpected circumstance, involve our psychologists gaining a thorough understanding of the situation. When an understanding of the situation is obtained then it is essential that an objective or plan is agreed upon.

Consultations used to support the planning or implementation of new provision could be achieved in a single session or multiple depending on the level of our involvement.

What happens after a consultation?

After a consultation with a member of our specialist team of psychologists, actions agreed upon during the consultation will be put into place. Follow up consultations are an option if you would like us to review the outcome of our input.

Our psychological consultations are adaptable and flexible to your needs. The above refers to examples of common usages of consultations within an early years setting. If you would like to use our consultation services for a purpose which has not been mentioned then please contact us to find out how we can help you.