Early years (pre-school)

Parents and carers can request support from our Early Years Educational Psychologists.

Our team of community psychologists can support early years children in their:

We take a holistic approach to supporting each child with their family.

Eligibility

Support is available to parents and carers of children who:

Each of our psychologists supports a different area.

The areas depend on school catchment areas and where your child is likely to go to nursery.

We work with the adults who know the child best and who are most important to them.

First, we focus on what the child can do. We can then provide advice on the level of support they'll need.

The types of advice and support we offer are:

We cannot discuss matters about your child's health or medical needs. You should seek advice from your health visitor.

Our support usually starts with an initial consultation.

This can help solve problems and decide if more advice or support is needed.

We can also find out about a child's development by:

You can request support online.

We will need:

If you need help to complete the online form, you can contact:

When we receive the completed form, we will:

The consultation will be Monday to Friday between 9.00am - 5.00pm

We will first contact you to discuss how you'd like the consultation to take place.

The consultation can be done by:

At the consultation, the psychologist will ask you about:

If you have a concern about a child's safety or wellbeing, you should immediately contact:

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