Category: Lighthouse Psychology

What Children Say About ELSA

alicja@creativepsych.co.uk June 10, 2026 No Comments

“It helps me feel calm.” For many children, Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) sessions are more than just an intervention in school. They are a space where children feel listened…

Early Years ELSA

alicja@creativepsych.co.uk March 12, 2026 No Comments

The Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) programme has been widely implemented in primary and secondary schools to support children’s social and emotional development. More recently, educational psychologists have begun adapting…

Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) – Developing Understanding

lp_admin September 14, 2023 No Comments

Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) is a complex and challenging issue that affects many students, causing them to resist attending school due to emotional distress. As school staff, it’s crucial…

Why Invest in Supervision for School Staff?

lp_admin September 9, 2022 No Comments

What is Supervision? “Supervision is a joint endeavour in which a practitioner, with the help of a supervisor, attends to their clients, themselves as part of their client-practitioner relationship and…

Why invest in supporting the students’ SEMH using the ELSA programme?

lp_admin March 11, 2019 No Comments

Why invest in training of Learning Support Assistants/Teaching Assistants? TAs are indispensable in our schools. Schools in England employ 380,000+ TAs with the average school spend on TAs being about…

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