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Meet Claire Colclough
Find out more about Claire in her pen portrait below. Contact us if you have any questions about our team and/or the services we provide.
Claire Colclough
Position:
Senior Assistant Educational Psychologist and Specialist Teacher
Prior to working at Acorn Psychology Services, Claire was a primary school teacher and SENCo and has significant experience teaching across the primary age range including children with a range of special educational needs. She has completed her National SENCo award.
Claire completed an undergraduate psychology degree and worked at the University of Paisley undertaking research into Precision Teaching and its application. Claire has counselling and therapeutic qualifications and regularly carries out therapeutic work with children in schools, specialist teacher work and work as an assistant educational psychologist.
Claire has a special interest in the inclusion of children with social, emotional and mental health difficulties and in the development of language and communication.
What is important to me?
My Family
Reading
Helping people
Walking and being outside
What I would like to get better at
Drawing
Writing
What people like about me
I am kind
I am friendly
I am calm
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 Specialist School Psychologist, but you can just call me Claire.
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.