by Carla Lowe | Jul 4, 2025 | Challenging Behaviour
Beneath the Surface: Understanding the ‘Why’ Behind Children’s Challenging Behaviour As an Trainee Educational Psychologist, I often find myself drawing attention to what lies beneath the surface of behaviour. When a child distracts others, shouts...
by Carla Lowe | Jun 22, 2025 | Emotion Coaching
Emotion Coaching is ‘helping children and young people to understand the different emotions they experience, why they occur and how to handle them’ (Gottman,1997). Essentially, emotion coaching is comprised of two key elements, empathy and guidance (Rose et al,2014),...
by Carla Lowe | Jun 15, 2025 | Emotion Coaching
What is Emotion Regulation and ‘Dysregulation’? Emotion regulation and ‘dysregulation’ are terms that are heard a lot in educational settings. As a trainee EP, I often hear ‘he is always dysregulated’, or ‘she doesn’t...
by Carla Lowe | Jun 8, 2025 | Working as an EP
For those of you who grew up in the early days of YouTube, you may remember the ‘what’s in my bag’ trend… well I’m here to deliver a nostalgic throwback with a psychologist’s spin on it! For context, I am a Trainee Educational...
by Carla Lowe | May 21, 2025 | Dyscalculia, Early Support
Understanding Numeracy Difficulties in the Classroom It is National Numeracy Day 2025, a day to remind us of the vital role that numeracy plays in children’s lives- not only in school, but for modern life. Yet for lots of our children and young people, numeracy isn’t...
