Becoming an educational psychologist
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- Becoming an educational psychologist
- An educational psychologist could work in the UK for: The local authority responsible for state schools in the area, An independent (fee-paying) school or Themselves - self employed
- Alternatively, they could work abroad, for example - as a school psychologist in Australia or the USA.
- Communication is the main skill required. You need to be able to listen carefully and also speak with people comfortably.
- The Ed Psych training covers communication skills such as empathic listening. (a way of listening to another person so that there is a real understanding. It also involves responding in a way that shows that you have listened.
- Training would also include role play to practise communication skills. You have to be able to talk to a range of different people too because you communicate with children from a very young age right up to shy 17-year-olds & also parents, teachers and other professionals.
- First, you need a degree in Psychology - one that is recognised by the British Psychological Society (BPS), which most psychology degrees are.
- You need some experience that involves education, though you don't need to teach e.g. previously trained as a teacher.
- Then you have to do a three-year doctorate in educational psychology .
- You need some experience that involves education, though you don't need to teach e.g. previously trained as a teacher.
- If an Ed Psych is a chartered psychologist they have to prove their Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in the course of their work.
- 'Chartered' means you have satisfied the requirements of the BPS and have sufficient qualifications and experience to be called a psychologist.
- An educational psychologist could work in the UK for: The local authority responsible for state schools in the area, An independent (fee-paying) school or Themselves - self employed
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