When does the Educational Psychologist (EP) usually get involved?
If school have any worries about your child’s progress, the head teacher/special educational needs co-ordinator (SENco)/teacher will inform you of their concerns and will involve you fully in the decision to ask the EP for help. The EP is consulted at the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Planning meeting held in primary schools once per term and involvement negotiated. Bury Children’s Services can be asked to carry out a more formal assessment of your child’s special educational needs which is called a statutory assessment. This usually only occurs when the child has received intervention through the SEN procedures set out in the Code of Practice. If this statutory assessment is carried out, the EP will be one of the people who advise about the child’s needs. You have a right to be involved during the assessment of your child. Sometimes parents, carers want the EP to see their child before the teachers have decided that this is necessary. If this happens, we ask parents to discuss their
