<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Applied Psychologies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Experienced and passionate team of 30 educational psychologists, therapists and specialist teachers across Yorkshire, Humberside and the North West. ]]></description><link>https://www.appliedpsychologies.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 09:09:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.appliedpsychologies.co.uk/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Applied Psychologies welcomes a new Principal Educational Psychologist ]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 13 years at the helm, Co-founder and Director Dr David Lamb will be stepping down as Principal Educational Psychologist (PEP) at...]]></description><link>https://www.appliedpsychologies.com/post/applied-psychologies-welcomes-a-new-principal-educational-psychologist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6875189b247973b9252549b8</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:24:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7ade4_4aac6988cfdf4dd3a0282f1d45c5a7d3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_400,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Applied Psychologies</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[ Intensive Interaction: human connection and social inclusion]]></title><description><![CDATA[What is it? Intensive interaction is a social communication approach developed by Dr Dave Hewett OBE and Professor Melanie Nind. It was...]]></description><link>https://www.appliedpsychologies.com/post/intensive-interaction-human-connection-and-social-inclusion</link><guid isPermaLink="false">687520fde7aaf23c10348e6b</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:36:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_fb3fd15f0a244b7da7ed8beded99055f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Applied Psychologies</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Humber SEND Conference: here's what you missed!]]></title><description><![CDATA[What a day! The Humber SEND Conference was our first full day, in person event and we couldn't have asked for a better day. 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Flexible working, full and part time,...]]></description><link>https://www.appliedpsychologies.com/post/maingrade-or-assistant-ep-needed-lancashire</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6666e22892099497f9f21f30</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:45:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7ade4_765f8bd182654ffcb513fdf75d469f51~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_636,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Applied Psychologies</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why we love ELSA… ]]></title><description><![CDATA[At Applied Psychologies, it’s our job to support the whole school system as well as individual children and young people. 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​ The ELSA (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) intervention was originally developed by Sheila Burton, Educational...]]></description><link>https://www.appliedpsychologies.com/post/new-for-2023-24-elsa-training</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64b8418540cba4ec23712c64</guid><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 20:05:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7ade4_b0b02972c4314172b97cd1694eaeb71f~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Applied Psychologies</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Building connection to aid communication]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Kathy Cook, Assistant Educational Psychologist As an Assistant Educational Psychologist, working across a wide range of settings, I...]]></description><link>https://www.appliedpsychologies.com/post/building-connection-to-aid-communication</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63fc6822d410942126649b97</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:26:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7ade4_9b1a7a3bdffe4ebd8ddf25799b9b7bd0~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_235,h_215,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Applied Psychologies</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supporting Pre - Verbal Children]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Alex Marris, Advisory Teacher for Communication and Interaction We are now into the second year of children being back in school fully...]]></description><link>https://www.appliedpsychologies.com/post/supporting-pre-verbal-children</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f4bc8f9d920c683c19ac5f</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b7ade4_1749d7db16bd49f68e8e9c61f0b99f54~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_768,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Applied Psychologies</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half term appreciation - December is for all of you!]]></title><description><![CDATA[This half term we wanted to focus on you - our schools and teaching staff. 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