I have chosen to stand in solidarity with the educational psychology workforce to save local authority (LA) services so that I and other EPs can be easily accessible to children, young people and their families.
EPs offer an essential service as a highly skilled workforce to enable children and young people to overcome mental health issues and barriers to learning, with support to meet their neurodiverse and complex medical difficulties.
There is a national shortage of EPs, which makes it incredibly difficult to meet high demands.
Within private practice, I often work with children and young people whom schools have not prioritised for reasons such as the demands exceeding the capacity of an LA EP. Not all families can afford to seek independent EP services, which means some children and young people’s needs will not be met.
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