The City of Wolverhampton Council Educational Psychology Service is committed to supporting children, families and schools during the Covid-19 pandemic. Below we provide an overview of support that you can access from us and resources available online.
The Coronavirus is presenting many challenges for us all, with restrictions to normal life, impacts on social relationships, a new way of school and work life and uncertainty about the future. For families these include balancing work and caring for and educating your children, financial pressures and a loss of support networks as households must isolate.
We want to support families in the City of Wolverhampton with this and are offering support through the following ways:
- If your child has been referred to the Educational Psychology Service
Please feel free to contact their Educational Psychologist by email or telephone. If you do not have their contact details to hand please contact our team of administrators via email inclusionsupportadmin@wolverhampton.gov.uk or telephone 01902 550609 and they will pass your message onto your child’s Educational Psychologist.
- Links to online resources: The amount of information available online at the moment can be very helpful but it can also feel quite overwhelming. We have put together a selection of links useful and trustworthy resources below.
Useful resources for families
Up-to-date local information from the City of Wolverhampton Council:
City of Wolverhampton coronavirus advice and information
Wolverhampton Information Network
Talking to children about Coronavirus:
A guidance document from the British Psychological Society
Coronavirus and UK School Closures:
Support and advice for schools and parents/carers from the British Psychological Society
Supporting children’s mental health and well-being:
A useful guidance page from Childline which includes ’10 tips to cope during lockdown’
Looking after your own Mental Health and Well-being:
An NHS resource about mental well-being whilst staying at home
Information from the Mind Mental Health Charity
Supporting children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities:
Supporting children who have an Autism Spectrum Condition
Wolverhampton Information Advice and Support Service for special educational needs and disability
Creating a daily routine can be helpful for you and your child and some resources to help can be found here:
- autismtrain.co.uk/resources/
- search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/hackney/fsd/files/daily_planner_to_support_structure_at_home.pdf
Supporting your child’s learning at home:
A list of online resources from the Department for Education to support home education
Guidance from the Inclusion Support Specialist Learning Support Service about supporting your child’s learning at home:
Support for those who experience loss and bereavement:
A resource for supporting children who have been bereaved from Child Bereavement UK
Dealing with bereavement and grief during coronavirus (a resource from Cruse Bereavement Care)
Telling a child someone died from coronavirus – a resource from Winston’s Wish
Coronavirus: how to say goodbye when a funeral isn’t possible – a resource from Winston’s Wish
Keeping children safe online:
A parents’ guide to technology from the UK Safer Internet Centre
Guidance to follow if you are concerned about abuse online