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Meet Laura Barlow
Find out more about Laura in her pen portrait below. Contact us if you have any questions about our team and/or the services we provide.
Laura is an Assistant Educational Psychologist. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Newcastle University. During this time, she completed a professional placement year where she worked on a project developing a new speech and language intervention for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).
Following her placement, Laura completed a Summer Research Scholarship, investigating the reliability and acceptability of tools used to support communication within the classroom. Since graduating from Newcastle University,
Laura has completed a Master’s degree in Childhood Development and Wellbeing in Practice at Manchester Metropolitan University. Throughout her Master’s degree and since graduating, Laura worked as a teaching assistant in a Special Educational Needs (SEN) School. She supported children with a variety of needs including; Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC), Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Global Developmental Delay and Downs Syndrome. Laura worked closely with children who presented as non-verbal and with children who have individual behaviour plans. Laura’s specialist interests are ASC, sensory processing needs and children who are non-verbal.
What is important to me?
My family
My friends
My dog
Helping others
My dog
What I would like to get better at
Running
Speaking in front of others
What people like about me
I am kind
I am friendly
I am a good listener
I am funny
My Job
I work with children and young people to find out what they are good at and what they find hard.
I use this information to work with all of the adults in their lives to think of ways to help them get even better at things they are good at and to make things they find hard easier.
My job is called Assistant Educational Psychologist, but you can just call me Laura.
What we might do together
When I come to meet you, I will introduce myself and tell you what we might do together.
This might be a chat about you, what is important to you, what you like and don’t like. We might also play some games, do some drawing, questionnaires or tests together.
What happens if you don’t want to work with me
If you don’t want to meet me or do any work, you don’t have to. We will only meet if you want to and do as much as you are happy to.
If you have any questions, you can ask me or an adult in school.