Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) for those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) is a complex and historically overlooked area, affected by socio-cultural factors, attitudes and beliefs. Research calls for professionals to work collaboratively, in a participatory, person-centred way, with scarce guidance to inform ways of…

This paper aims to articulate the multi-regulatory and complex territory that programme developers of professional doctorates are required to navigate, and, using examples from Health Psychology and Sport and Exercise Psychology, discusses the impact of this territory on programme development. 'Practitioner Psychologist' is a legally protected…

Aim: To give an overview of why and how Educational Psychology (EP) Reach-Out, an online webinar series, was set up to reach out to children, young people, families and professionals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and to enable and inspire others to consider innovative ways of working. An evaluation of both the experience of watching and…

Problem-based learning (PBL) is widely recognized as a pedagogical approach across disciplines. However, the relevance and application of PBL in psychology has received limited attention. Therefore, this article presents a PBL-based master degree programme for psychologists. The article is divided into three sections. First, we present the…

To understand how tensions caused by the multidisciplinary nature of executive coaching are perceived and overcome, this modified ethnographic study was conducted at an executive coaching program and leadership center at a prestigious European business school. This study is built on prolonged discussions on the role of psychology in executive…

This article intends to help school psychologists understand the nature of high stakes tests, methods for analyzing and reporting high stakes test data, standards for tests and program evaluation, and application of appropriate practices to program planning and evaluation. Although it is readily acknowledged that high stakes test data are not…

Current critical problems in education, especially in urban education as well as societal problems, create the need for re-thinking, re-direction, and re-definition of how psychologists can most effectively contribute to meet the changing needs. This paper presents a plan that is being initiated in Minneapolis. The plan is based on the premise…

This article is an initial evaluation of a motor skills assessment for primary aged children. The Manchester Motor Skills Assessment (MMSA) is designed to be quick and easy for teaching assistants to complete, with the dual purposes of informing group programme planning and demonstrating an individual child's progress following a period of…

Drawing primarily on three case studies, this article proposes a framework that those concerned about the welfare of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth can consider when developing, evaluating, or arguing for more effective programming: a relational assets approach. The relational assets approach merges the…

School psychologists constitute a major available resource to administrators and school boards as they develop comprehensive plans to increase educational effectiveness and student achievement. This publication shows how school administrators and board members can obtain the greatest return on their investment in school psychological services.…

The authors attack the medical model of treating psychological problems and propose an educational model of the teaching of new skills. (Editor)

The purpose of this paper is to present a clinical research and development (R and D) model along with the rationale for its implementation and a sample training program for clinical psychologists. Although it may be possible to correct some problems by a clearer restatement of the scientist-professional model, a new model of clinical R and D has…

Professionals' support for the concept of continuing education is contaminated by a strong opposition to any legislative mandate. Predicting that the relicensure pattern and a continuing education requirement will soon become fixtures of all professional statutes, the author recommends a task force to develop standards, programs, and evaluation…

Discusses the ways to utilize existing continuing education resources for psychologists and ways to develop cooperative programs for resource development. (GB)