Upcoming AP Interventions
Table of Contents
EPIC – Calm | |
6-sessions group work to recognise unhealthy behaviours and the impact they have on our mental wellbeing
Calm is a chance for us to take a break from the busy week, to learn about how breathing, diet, exercise and sleep are all essential to our wellbeing. We’ll look at our mobile phone use and how to create a healthy balance. We’ll learn some techniques and exercises to take away which will help us to balance ourselves in our hectic and demanding lives. It’s important for our young people to recognise unhealthy behaviours and the impact they can have on our mental wellbeing. Sharing strategies to help with anxieties, stress and worries, this programme will help Calm our young learners. Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected– individual reports provided. Cost: PS: £500 / NPS £550
|
EPIC – Comic Strip Conversations |
Comic Strip Conversations is a technique that was first developed by Carol Gray as a follow on from her work developing Social Stories. Comic Strips help develop a student’s understanding of a social interaction and helps the student to know how to behave/react in different social interactions. It’s a natural follow on from Social Stories and tends to work best with older children and young people from the ages of 10 upwards – depending on their level of maturity. Each comic strip is created individually to the student in mind. Cost: PS: £25 / NPS £20 |
EPIC – Cool Minds |
NOW LIVE! The intervention aims to provide children with a level of psychoeducation to help them to understand their anxiety and provide them with strategies to cope with excessive worry. For children with anxiety, it is thought that negative thinking styles can exacerbate the negative emotions of anxiety and fear. Cognitive Behavioural Theory (CBT) for anxiety aims to identify and manage these negative thoughts. Using this model, psychologists suggest that if you can change the way you think, you can change the way you feel and behave. The ‘Cool Minds’ programme is underpinned by CBT principles and whilst the intervention is not CBT, it uses the theoretical principles behind it to scaffold the children’s learning through managing their thoughts, feelings, and behaviour.
Cost- PS £550/ NPS £600 |
EPIC – Sunbites |
8-session group intervention to support young people to manage anxiety, build self-esteem and confidence This is an intervention programme based on the EPIC Sunflowers curriculum (see below). Based on the Resilience Framework (adapted from Daniel & Wassell, 2002) the aim is to develop resilience skills to enable young people to better manage feelings of anxiety, build self-esteem and confidence. The intervention focused on the key skills of: · Using body clues to identify feelings · Expected and unexpected behaviours · Recognising and managing feelings of overwhelm in self and others · Self-regulation skills Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected– individual reports provided. This group can be delivered by either an assistant psychologist or jointly with a member of school staff supporting. If delivered jointly then materials and coaching is provided to school staff to enable them to deliver subsequent groups. Group size: up to 8 children Cost: PS: £500 / NPS: £550 |
EPIC – Sunflowers |
A one-year curriculum delivered once a week The programme was written based on the Resilience Framework (adapted from Daniel & Wassell, 2002) with the aim of providing a whole-school response to developing resilience. The aim of the programme is to develop staff, children and families’ protective factors. Sunflowers is an academic year-long programme where children, staff and family activities run in parallel with each other. The programme also aims to develop Discovery’s core values which are woven throughout the programme. The programme is designed to support the development of resilience and mental wellbeing of primary school children and build teacher confidence in exploring these issues with children. It aims to: · Support children to develop compassion, empathy and tolerance in their relationships with others · Provide children with strategies and skills to help them cope with challenge and develop resilience · Provide opportunity for children to practise social communication and pro-social skills · Support children to understand that experiencing adversity and trauma can happen to anyone · Recognise the importance of positive, nurturing relationships in developing child resilience and providing a buffer against adversity · Support children to understand that they have the right to be protected and supported by the adults in their lives Cost to purchase Sunflowers curriculum: PS: £500 / NPS: £550 Cost for assistant to run the first 8 weeks of Sunflowers curriculum and a supervision session: PS: £500 / NPS: £550 |
EPIC – Viewpoints | |
8-session group work teaching social processing skills. This is a programme utilises much of the work of Michelle Garcia Winner and Social Thinking. The programme teaches attention & awareness, perspective taking & empathy, expected behaviours and solving problems. It teaches young people the skills needed to be effective social processors. To read others’ emotions and to understand their own. To recognise how our bodies react to emotions and that some contrasting emotions can feel similar to each other. It also teaches that people can feel and act differently in situation and that sometimes people act/react in ways we don’t expect. It introduces flexible thinking and practices how we can look at situations differently. It develops problem solving skills, explaining that there is usually more than one option available and it’s okay to ask for help. Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected– individual reports provided. This group can be delivered by either an assistant psychologist or jointly with a member of school staff supporting. If delivered jointly then materials and coaching is provided to school staff to enable them to deliver subsequent groups.
Group size: up to 8 children Cost: PS: £500 / NPS: £550 |
Creative Play with a pinch of SALT | ||
6-sessions for parents and their children to attend after school. Co-written by EPIC Psychology and Discovery SALT. This group is for parents and their children (EYFS & KS1 mainly) to attend after school. Based on Solihull Approach principles and some of the work of Margot Sunderland, this intervention aims to facilitate creative play and nurture relationships between parents and their children and increase wellbeing through creative and fun play activities. EPIC have designed the programme to achieve the following: · Opportunities for self-expression · Variety of sensory experiences for the children · Variety of skills can be demonstrated and learnt · Opportunities for adults to model behaviour · Activities that require joint attention and teamwork · Opportunities for quality time between parent and child · Ideas for parents on how to play with their child · Mutual interest and shared enjoyment between parent and child Group size: up to 8 children and 8 parents Available as a FREE resource downloaded from www.epicleics.com
|
Growing Talents for Learning | ||
6-sessions for group or whole class developing positive learning skills (talents) culminating in a class enterprise project Based on the work of Northamptonshire Educational Psychology Service, this psycho-education programme is a structured, creative and fun way to teach children about positive learning skills. The programme contains session plans and resources that facilitate a way to understand and explore key skills in working together. The programme covers the key skills (talents) of: · Positive attitude · Knowing own feelings · Caring for others · Working together · Problem solving · Listening Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected. This group can be delivered by either an assistant psychologist or jointly with a member of school staff supporting. If delivered jointly then materials and coaching is provided to school staff to enable them to deliver subsequent groups. Group size: group or whole class Cost: PS: £400 / NPS: £450
|
JEDI |
8-session group work teaching social inferencing and perspective taking skills. Co-written by EPIC Psychology and Discovery SALT. The EPIC JEDI intervention is designed to encourage social inferencing and perspective taking to better predict the consequences of one’s own actions. It aims to encourage 4 skills: · Judging · Emotion regulation · Decision making · Inferencing. These 4 skills will help support pupils to understand the events around them and to predict what the best response could be. Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected. Group size: up to 8 children or delivered 1:1 for a more bespoke approach Cost: TBC |
My EPIC Brain | ||
8-sessions group or whole class work teaching children how to take control of their emotional regulation. This psycho-education programme is a structured, creative and fun way to teach children how to take control of their emotional regulation. The programme contains session plans and resources that facilitate a way to understand and explore what happens in children’s brains and bodies when managing feelings as a foundation to learn coping strategies and calm their nervous systems. These sessions also aim to develop children’s empathy and understanding for those that are dysregulated. EPIC have designed the programme to cover the key components of: · Secure base & Resilience Framework · Emotional Literacy & Self-awareness · Zones of Regulation · Cognitive Behavioural Therapy principles · Modelling & Empathy Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected. Group size: group or whole class This group can be delivered by either an assistant psychologist or jointly with a member of school staff supporting. If delivered jointly then materials and coaching is provided to school staff to enable them to deliver subsequent groups. Cost: PS: £500 / NPS: £550 | ||
Secure Base Intervention | ||
6-sessions group work building the child’s trust, self-esteem and sense of belonging. The Secure Base Model (Gillian & Beek, 2010) is widely used in social work and with looked after children. Utilising the latest research this intervention develops skills in each area of the Secure Base: · Availability · Sensitivity · Acceptance · Co-operative · Belonging Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected. This group is led by an assistant psychologist with a member of school staff supporting. At the end of the intervention all materials are provided to school to enable you to run it yourselves. Up to 8 children: the group work collaboratively over the course of 6 weeks in 1 hour sessions. Cost: PS: £400 / NPS: £450
| ||
Therapeutic Story Writing | ||
10-sessions group work developing emotional awareness and regulation through the power of story writing. Therapeutic Story writing targets the development of emotional awareness and regulation. It addresses the ‘emotional’ and the ‘behavioural’ aspects of social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, whilst developing children’s literacy skills. Story-writing allows a child to have the ability to feel, create and think, resulting in a positive change that affects decision-making and self-esteem. This group benefits children that may have anxiety, worries and/or difficulties with expressing themselves. Using the magic of stories to covey concepts that they may otherwise find difficult. Up to 8 children: the group work collaboratively over the course of 10 weeks in sessions 1 hour. Pre & Post Evaluation to be collected– individual reports provided. Cost: PS: £600 / NPS: £650
| ||
1:1 Therapy Cognitive Behavioural Session | ||
Up to 6-sessions working 1:1 with a child on a bespoke therapy intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy Cognitive behavioural sessions focus on helping children to understand that their thoughts, feelings and actions are all linked. If we change our unhelpful thinking to helpful thinking, then we can have more positive feelings and actions. The sessions will teach the children to recognise thought patterns and unhelpful thinking. They will then have the opportunity to practice techniques to adjust their thinking, which in time becomes easier to implement in day-to-day life. This will see positive changes in the way the children then express themselves. Cost: PS: £300 / NPS £350 | ||
1:1 Therapy Solution Focused Session | ||
Up to 6-sessions working 1:1 with a child on a bespoke therapy intervention based on solution focused therapy These sessions aid a child to explore their thoughts and find their own solutions and ways of achieving them. Solution Focused Therapy sessions target the desired outcome of sessions as a solution, rather than focusing on the symptoms or issues that brought someone to the sessions. This technique only gives attention to the present and the future desires of the client, rather than focusing on past experiences. The child is encouraged to imagine their future as they want it to be and then with the assistant psychologist, collaborate on a series of steps to achieve that goal. The sessions involve exploring and reviewing the child’s vision, and determining what skills, resources, and abilities the child will develop and use to attain their desired outcome. Cost: PS: £300 / NPS £350 | ||
Understanding your Neurodiversity | ||
COMING SOON! The intervention aims to provide children with a level of psychoeducation to help them to understand their neurodiversity such as autism, ADHD or dyslexia diagnosis. For children with neurodiversity it can be difficult for them to understand what their diagnosis means for them. This intervention will help them to understand what their diagnosis means and also how it impacts of them – both the difficulties it can cause but also the unique talents. More details to follow on completion of the evaluation project in Autumn 2023… |
Specialist Assessments
Emotional Wellbeing Survey | |
An online emotional wellbeing survey written by EPIC for children in Y2-Y6. A level of analysis will be completed depending on your line of enquiry; e.g. which year groups worry most and what do they worry about? Cost: PS: £250 / NPS £300 |
Sociogram | |
Based on the work of Robin Banerjee, aims are to aid staff understanding of the peer relationships in their classroom and identify individual that may need additional support. Strategies to develop positive peer relationships in the classroom will be provided in the report. Cost: PS: £250 / NPS £300 |
Sensory Profile Assessment | |
This assessment will provide an overview of a child’s sensory needs in relation to each of their senses. The outcome of this assessment will be a better understanding of the child’s sensory profile in order to help them function more successfully in the classroom. This assessment does not provide an identification of sensory processing difficulties which would usually be provided by an appropriately trained Sensory Integration Practitioner. The assessment is supervised by an educational psychologist and includes a meeting with the school, a meeting with the parent and an observation of the child in school. Cost: PS: £250 / NPS £300 |
Sensory Environmental Audit | |
This assessment will provide an overview of the classroom and school environment from a sensory-friendly perspective. The assessment is supervised by an educational psychologist and includes a learning journey around the school and a meeting with the SENCo. Cost: PS: £250 / NPS £300 |
Workshops & Webinars
Biofeedback Workshop | |
2.5-hour group training session followed by 2x 1.5-hour group supervisions Group size: up to 10 delegates
Half day workshop for school staff who wish to train in the use of biofeedback in their schools as a tool for emotional awareness and regulation. A FREE Biofeedback starter tool will be provided and the full programme for working with children. Cost: PS: £300 / NPS £350 |
DI/PT – Direct Instruction Precision Training (Literacy) | ||
2-hour training session followed by 1.5-hour group supervision Group size: up to 10 delegates (usually a whole school TA delivery) Direct Instruction and Precision Teaching strategies target the ‘fluency’ stage in children’s learning; whereby a pupil has learned the skill well enough to retain it, performing with both accuracy and fluency. As an intervention for reading, Direct Instruction and Precision Teaching strategies focus on teaching high frequency sight vocabulary (common exception words) by explicit, guided instruction in order to improve reading fluency. This was very positively evaluated within EPIC 2017-18. Cost: PS: £250 / NPS £300
|
DI/PT – Direct Instruction Precision Training (Maths) | ||
2-hour training session followed by 1.5-hour group supervision Group size: up to 10 delegates (usually a whole school TA delivery) Following on from the success of our reading and spelling DIPT packages EPIC have developed an intervention in a similar vein to Maths. Direct Instruction and Precision Teaching strategies target the ‘fluency’ stage in children’s learning; whereby a pupil has learned the skill well enough to retain it, performing with both accuracy and fluency. As an intervention for maths, Direct Instruction and Precision Teaching strategies focus on explicit, guided instruction in order to improve mathematical fluency and mastery. The intervention aims to be: · Effective · Easily applied · Consistent with school goals · Used alongside the NCETM’s ‘Ready to Progress’ statements Cost: PS: £250 / NPS £300
|
EPIC Viewpoints – Social Processing Workshop | |
1-day training session followed by 2 x 1.5-hour group supervisions Group size: up to 10 delegates A full day workshop that trains school staff to be able to run the EPIC Viewpoints group work programme. Delegates will be given the full intervention pack to be able to work directly with children following the training. Cost: PS: £300 / NPS £350 |
EPIC School Workshops | |
2.5 hour workshops Group size: whole school Workshops available on different themes or bespoke. Current workshops include: · ACES, attachment and developmental trauma · Anxiety · Anxiety and Depression · Emotional Regulation · Emotional Regulation Coaching for LSAs · Executive Functioning · Inclusion & Assistive Technology · Neurodiversity · Language in the classroom – what does this convey? · Narrative – the use of story and metaphors in learning · Relationships and the Power of Language · Resilience · Self-efficacy: the impact on children’s learning and staff resilience and wellbeing · Sensory Processing – Introduction · Sensory Processing – Our ‘sense’ of wellbeing · Sensory Processing – SEND & sensory needs in the classroom · Separation anxiety and Emotional Based School Refusal · Sociograms – their use in schools with a report and feedback to your school if requested · Supporting Literacy Difficulties and Dyslexia · Working Memory · Working Memory in Maths Cost: PS: £150 / NPS £175 |
EPIC Pocket-sized Psychology Webinar | |
2-hour online workshops (4 in total) Group size: n/a This is a series of workshops aimed at teaching and support staff and covers the four areas of psychology (Developmental, Social, Cognitive and Behavioural) and how we can apply these key theories in the classroom. Cost: £25 per workshop or £75 for all 4 workshops |
EPIC Parent Workshops | |
1.5 hour workshops Group size: up to 25 parents Workshops available on different themes or bespoke. Current workshops include: · Anxiety · Resilience · Self-esteem Cost: PS: £125 / NPS £150 |
EPIC Parent Webinars | |
Recorded Parents Webinars and Animated Videos Group size: these can be circulated to as many parents as you wish for that academic year Webinars available on different themes or bespoke. Current webinars include: · Emotional Regulation (25-minutes) · Emotional Wellbeing (15-minutes) · Resilience (25-minutes) Animated videos available on different themes or bespoke. Current videos include: · Working Memory · School drop-off and pick-up · Sensory Regulation · Maths Anxiety Cost: 25 minute webinar: PS: £50 / NPS £75 Cost: 15 minute webinar/animated video: PS: £30 / NPS £50 |
EPIC Comic Strip Conversation Webinar | |
2-hour online workshops followed by 1 hour follow-up support session Group size: n/a This workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills for creating your own comic strip conversations with the chance for in-depth personal feedback, at the follow-up session, when creating your own. Cost: £25 per person |