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Eliciting and Integrating Views of Children and Families within the Work of Youth Justice Services: What Can Educational Psychologists Contribute?
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Howarth-Lees, Danielle; Woods, Kevin – Educational & Child Psychology, 2022
This study aims to explore why and how the views of others are elicited and integrated within youth justice work, and how educational psychologists (EPs) may support this. Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) (United Nations, 1989) highlights the right for all children and young people to express their…
Descriptors: Childrens Attitudes, Youth, Justice, Educational Psychology
Educational Psychology Service Contribution to Community Cohesion: An Appreciative Inquiry
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Jackson Taft, Leanne; Woods, Kevin; Ford, Anne – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2020
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child (UNCRC) calls for education to prepare children for ' … responsible life in a free society, in the spirit of understanding, peace, tolerance, equality of sexes, and friendship among all peoples, ethnic, national and religious groups and persons of indigenous origin'. The current study examines…
Descriptors: Children, Childrens Rights, Foreign Countries, International Law
The Representation of the Management of Behavioural Difficulties in EP Practice
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Law, C. Eleanor; Woods, Kevin – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
Behavioural difficulties, whether externalising or internalising, concern educational policy makers, practitioners and educational psychologists (EPs). The present configurative systematic literature review (SLR) aims to explore EPs' representations of their behaviour management practices and application of psychology within behaviour work, in…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, Databases
Linking Regulation of Practitioner School Psychology and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Need to Build a Bridge
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Woods, Kevin; Bond, Caroline – School Psychology International, 2014
In 2014, the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child presents an opportunity for school psychology to evaluate its achievements relevant to the Convention, as well as its current and future strategic adherence to the Convention's principles. With analysis of key school psychology documentation from the UK, it…
Descriptors: School Psychology, School Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Governance
The Role of School Psychologists in Child Protection and Safeguarding
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Woods, Kevin; Bond, Caroline; Tyldesley, Kath; Farrell, Peter; Humphrey, Neil – School Psychology International, 2011
Child protection and safeguarding are important aspects of work for all professionals working with children. The current article outlines the international context of school psychologists' work in relation to child protection and safeguarding and describes the United Kingdom context in more detail. Given the relatively recent broadening of the UK…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, School Psychologists, Focus Groups, Foreign Countries
A Discussion of the Developing Role of Educational Psychologists within Children's Services
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Fallon, Kate; Woods, Kevin; Rooney, Steve – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2010
This paper reflects upon the developing role of educational psychologists (EPs) within the local authority Children's Services, from the starting point that the EP role has, through numerous reviews, been clearly conceptualised. Detailing the philosophy and framework for the inception of Children's Services in England, the authors propose two…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Counselor Role