Swithenbank Psychology is an educational psychology service for families and schools, led by Aimee Swithenbank.

Aimee comes highly recommended, with over ten years’ experience working with children who have special educational needs, in both the local authority and private sector.

As a response to the pandemic, Aimee has fast-tracked the opening of her new assessment room in Lexden, Colchester, where she is currently welcoming children and young people for face-to-face assessments (under social distancing guidelines).

Aimee specialises in educational psychologist assessments for people aged 3 to 25 years.

• Issues she can support with include:
• Literacy (dyslexia) and maths (dyscalculia)
• Learning and slow progress at school
• Attention and regulation
• Language, communication, and social skills
• Managing emotions

Aimee takes referrals from schools and parents. As well as reasonably priced assessment packages as standard, she offers reduced rates for schools in the local area under her Colchester Community scheme.

For more information, please visit her website at: www.swithenbankpsychology.co.uk

Find your Spark have been working with parents one to one this year to help them with any issues they had.

The final session had with this particular parent showed that his scores have improved significantly, as shown in the image. 

He reports feeling better in himself, less stressed and less reactive and more understanding of his children/partner. 

The family is more united as a result! 

Find Your Spark have come to the end of helping first set of parents and are now looking to recruit next set of one to one parents to start end of October. 

Thanks to @essex_cf this is all fully funded and free for parents and you can self refer.

If interested or know someone who might be, please check this page for further information and to download a referral form

 email michelle@findyourspark.koala-digital.co.uk to express your interest and get the referral form.

Thank you! 

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Thursday 29th October from 7pm to start at 7.15pm

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Find Your Spark has partnered with Triple P as one of their providers.

Triple P is a parenting programme, but it doesn’t tell you how to be a parent. It’s more like a toolbox of ideas. You choose the strategies you need. You choose the way you want to use them. It’s all about making Triple P work for you.

They have put together a great resource on Parenting during COVID-19.

Have a read below.

You can find out more about Triple P here.

Welcome Dr Aimee Swithenbank, Educational Psychologist (BSc Hons, DECPsy) to our team!

Aimee has worked in education for ten years, supporting children, young people and adults across the broad spectrum of need, including autism, speech and language, mental health, and learning difficulties.

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I have had the pleasure of reading Rachel Kelly’s newest book – ‘Singing in the Rain: 52 practical steps to happiness’ and would definitely recommend it as one to read. Below is a blog post from Rachel where we can get to learn more about the inspiring author.

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