教育心理服務

教育心理學是甚麼?

 

教育心理學著重將心理學的理論應用在教育方面,目的是希望學校能夠透過全校參與政策及完善的機制,建立和諧共融的校園文化和關愛的環境,以照顧有不同教育需要的學生。同時,教育心理學家會協助學校人員掌握足夠的知識及技巧,以支援有不同教育需要的學生,並提升學與教的效能,讓學生能充分發揮潛能和盡力克服困難。

 

教育心理學家所提供的服務大致可分為以下三個服務層面:

 

學校系統層面

  • 協助學校制定全校參與政策照顧學生的不同教育需要,以及早識別和支援有不同學習和/或適應困難的學生,並促進學校發展學生的正面特質
  • 協助學校制定危機處理政策及機制,並就處理校園危機事件提供專業意見及支援

 

教師支援層面

  • 協助教師及早識別和支援有特殊教育需要的學生
  • 為教師提供專業意見,提升學與教的效能,以照顧學生的不同學習需要
  • 提升教職員的知識和技能,以照顧學生的個人、社群和學習需要,例如舉行專業發展活動

 

學生支援層面

  • 為學生提供教育心理評估
  • 直接或與學校人員(例如教師、學生輔導人員、學校社工)協作,為學生提供介入服務
  • 與學校人員協作,促進家校合作及為家長提供訓練活動,以照顧學生的學習和成長需要

參考資料: 教育局「校本教育心理服務」簡介

 

What is Educational Psychology?

Educational psychology emphasizes the application of professional psychological knowledge and theories in school settings. Educational psychology service aims at supporting the school to cultivate an inclusive ethos and a caring environment backed up by whole-school policies and sound mechanisms to cater for students with diverse educational needs. Also, the Educational Psychologist helps the school personnel to acquire adequate knowledge and skills to support student educational needs and to enhance the effectiveness of learning and teaching. As a result, the students can maximise their potentials and minimise their difficulties.

 

The Educational Psychological Service in our school can be categorized into the following three areas:

 

School System Level

  • To support our school in developing whole school policies in catering for students with diverse educational needs such that early identification and intervention can be provided for students with learning and/or adjustment difficulties, and to facilitate schools in developing students’ positive qualities
  • To support our school in developing policy and mechanism on crisis management and provide professional advice and support on handling of school crises

 

Teacher Support Level

  • To support teachers in the early identification and intervention for students with SEN
  • To provide professional advice to teachers on measures to enhance learning and teaching effectiveness in catering for students’ diverse learning needs
  • To equip school personnel with knowledge and skills to meet the personal, social and learning needs of students, such as conducting professional development activities

 

Student Support Level

  • To provide psychoeducational assessment for students
  • To provide intervention for students directly or in collaboration with school personnel (e.g. teachers, student guidance personnel, school social worker)
  • To cater for the learning and developmental needs of students by collaborating with school personnel, promoting home-school cooperation, and delivering parent training programmes, etc.

    Reference: Brief Note on School-based Educational Psychology Service from EDB