Psychological services, Specialist Teaching and Therapeutic Services for Special Educational needs
School & Education
We provide the full range of psychological services needed by schools in order to meet their responsibilities and obligations arising from the new Code of Practice of Special Educational needs.
Rated 5/5 by 12,000 Students
Acorn Psychology, Specialist Teachers and Therapists
Headed up by owner and founder Julie Glynn, the team at Acorn Psychology and Support Services Ltd provide a wide range of educational psychology, specialist teacher support and therapeutic services to schools throughout Lancashire, Cumbria and the North West of England. We also offer parental support through our specialist teaching team.
Our philosophy is based on the belief that every child and young person can achieve given the appropriate support, guidance, intervention and learning opportunity. Our approach is based on developing an understanding of a child or young person’s strengths and difficulties in order to provide support or training for positive outcomes. We are a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Educational Psychologists, Assistant Educational Psychologists, Specialist Teachers, Counsellors and Psychotherapists. Our expertise includes all areas of Educational Psychology, Child Development, Teaching and Learning including Specific Learning Difficulties as well as Trauma and Attachment.
VIG
Video Interaction Guidance
VIG
Video Interaction Guidance
Several of our psychologists are trained in using VIG. VIG is a strengths-based, effective, brief intervention which enhances relationships between two people. It has been used effectively to enhance adult child relationships and also to help adults to support relationships between children. Adults will be supported by our VIG Practitioner to view and reflect together on strengths-based micro-moments of video. Through this process of active engagement and reflection, adults become aware of, and build on, their skills in attunement and relationship. VIG is client-centred –moving at the clients’ pace, with their goals in mind.
VIG has a strong theoretical base: attachment theory, co-operative intersubjectivity, mediated learning, mentalization, and positive psychology. The evidence base for Video Interaction Guidance is an international one. VIG is recommended in the NICE guidelines.