School Psychology
School Psychology is a broad psychological field applied both inside and outside of schools, through individual or group sessions. School psychologists apply their professional expertise in the promotion and protection of mental health, learning and behavior. Through their practices they help children and youth succeed academically, socially, behaviorally and emotionally.
School psychologists work with children and youth either in individual sessions or group workshops, to help them tackle specific weaknesses or enhance their school learning skills, their mental health and emotional development. For example, they can learn ways to study more effectively, deal with learning difficulties such as dyslexia, strengthen their social skills and many more.
School psychologists are also involved in work done with parents and teachers. Parents are advised on how to enhance their parenting skills or learn better practices to help their children learn or cope with emotional difficulties. Teachers can learn to promote a better classroom learning environment or get advice and education on helping a specific student.
School psychologist can help with the following:
- Learning difficulties, such as dyslexia
- Intellectual difficulties
- Emotional difficulties, such as anxiety, depression.
- Developmental psychopathologies, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder(ADHD), Autistic Spectrum Disorders
- Strengthening social skills
- Strengthening coping mechanisms
- Psycho-education of better learning strategies
- Psycho-education of efficient parental skills
- Psycho-education of better teaching strategies
Our school psychologist will complete a full assessment of the difficulties a student faces. This typically requires a series of assessment techniques, individual sessions, consultation with parents and school personnel, or other mental health professionals. This ensures comprehensive and reliable results and helps identifying the most appropriate method of dealing with the difficulty.