Dr. Soraya Khanna

Very proud of you, Anna! I’m sure you gave everyone lots of food for thought 🤓👏🏼

Trying to soak up as much as I can about consultation at the moment so this has come at the perfect time! 🤓

🎉 We are SUPER excited to introduce: PositiviTEA Well-being Wonders 2026 ☕️💖💙

A one-day online conference for the EP community focused on nurturing well-being for ourselves & those we serve

Info & tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/positivite...

#edpsychs #positiviTEA #WellbeingWonders2026

Can’t wait 🤭👀☕️💕

We Need to Talk About Scaffolding A new replication challenges the evidence behind one of education’s core ideas.

This is such a rich piece of half term reading from @carlhendrick.substack.com. Scaffolding is more complex than it might first appear. The contingency rule is hopelessly reductive, and instead tutors must make "uncertain judgements" about support #edpsychs
carlhendrick.substack.com/p/we-need-to...

🌟Thank you!

From our festival in September, we've been able to donate £2,200 to support the fantastic work of @aktcharity.bsky.social - who support LGBT+ homeless young people

Read more here: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/ed...

Thanks to all our attendees and sponsors

#edpsychs #epfest2025

(4/4) Certainly not criticising these interventions but without those everyday, low-pressure moments woven into the fabric of school life too, I wonder whether children get fewer chances to experience this full cycle often enough for lasting impact on their belonging & feeling valued as they are 💭

(3/4) Picture 2 shows what this might look like in practice, focusing on the small, repeated moments within the classroom. If children are withdrawn for separate interventions, they might miss out on building these resources in the very environments where they’re most naturally felt and grown…

(2/4) I’ve been reflecting on this through Barbara Fredrickson’s Broaden & Build Theory of Positive Emotions (1998), one of my favourite theories from my DEdPsy training! This picture shows how safety, calm & positive emotion can ‘broaden’ what feels possible & ‘build’ trust, confidence & belonging.

(1/4) Thread incoming 🧵 I’ve been thinking about how feeling safe is such an important foundation for connection with the self & others, but in reality it’s rarely a straight line from A to B. How do we help children build authentic connection with themselves and with others in everyday practice?

Looking forward to suggesting this to my trainee, we have a little duck pond outside our council office which I don’t give enough attention to! 🦆

A seesaw model with a larger green circle tipping the balance showing the text “speaking up confidently”. The other side of the seesaw attempts to show how the combination of three alternative strengths which might come across as ‘quieter’ do not successfully tip the balance the other way. These are shown as three smaller circles, “resource organiser” (blue), “idea illustrator” (yellow) and “time-keeper” (orange).

I’ve been thinking about which strengths are most visible when people work together and particularly the ones that show up quietly but just as meaningfully. It feels just as true for children as for us as adults, making me think about how we create spaces where every contribution is valued 💭

Text showing a quote “diversity is being invited to the party; inclusion is being asked to dance” (Verna Myers). Wiggly red line vertically on the left and a logo displaying ‘EdPsych Corner in the bottom-right corner.

I've started sharing reflections on instagram through "EdPsych Corner" about neuroaffirming social connections and wanted to share here too, starting with how I love this quote. Belonging isn't just about being there, it's about being valued, noticed & able to take part in ways that feel authentic 💫

Wahhh!! This is gonna be MEGA! Can’t wait to tell you guys what we’ve been planning…

Save the date and tell your buddies…

📆 Friday 23rd Jan 2026

Stay tuned for our BIG announcement in 2 weeks’ time.

#edpsychs #PositiviTEA

Looks great and clearly the culmination of lots of time and effort! I love the retro psychology textbook cover inspo 😍

🌟The new edpsy

We're delighted to share with you our brand new site - a bold new look and feel for the edpsy community.

We have a refocused mission and values and we're ready for our the next decade!

Dan has written a short blog about the changes: edpsy.org.uk/blog/2025/a-...

#edpsychs

Really recommend Motivational Interviewing training with @fionacoley.bsky.social and @drcathyatkinson.bsky.social. They bring such humility and warmth, valuing everyone’s contributions no matter where you are in the learning hierarchy (for me, still at the acquisition stage but I’m ok with that!) 🤩

Fi and Cathy embody MI. They are compassionate and work in collaboration with the trainees. The spirit, skills and tasks are beautifully modelled throughout their sessions. Thank you so much!

Wow! What an inspiring day & a total privilege: conversations about MI in EP practice and learning alongside a group of really kind, knowledgeable & interesting EPs.

Thanks everyone for creating such a wonderful learning community ✨

@drcathyatkinson.bsky.social #edpsychs #motivationalinterviewing

Very excited and grateful to be joining you again tomorrow 🤩

I have been really looking forward to the launch of Barriers to Education and I particularly love the WARMTH framework 😍 I hope this is spread far and wide!

So errrr....give us a follow...?!

@educatedguesspod.bsky.social

#Psychology #edpsychs

2 or 3 - 3 - I feel like these pictures illustrate an intention to climb even if it might be tough along the way!

A lovely message to start the day, thank you ☺️ it’s great to connect and follow what you’re up to on here as there is always an event I am itching to come along to! Take care and have a great day 🌻💛

The location for our Macaron class, each of us sat at an island in the kitchen with a lovely green apron and a set of instructions

The Christmas-themed macarons with a glass of prosecco and cassis to spur us on

A wholesome weekend recharging and learning how to make macarons with my mum… I hadn’t realised how complex the process was, especially the Italian meringue! I’ll savour every bite from now on 😋

Rhymes with tweet! 😂

Love the idea of incorporating the butterfly 😆 are you thinking of “flutter” or something else? 🦋

It seems that the EP community is steadily growing on here which is really exciting 😆

I had a funny conversation at the conference with @maxpurpose.bsky.social last week about what we can say instead of “I tweeted you” … all I could think of was “I blueskyed you” 😂 what do we think? 💭 #EdPsychs

Yes please ☺️ thank you for taking the time to do this!

Very excited to be at the Association of Educational Psychologists conference in Edinburgh 😆 it was a pleasure to talk all about positive disability representation and imagined contact. The nerves were quickly settled by a lovely audience, no surprise there with a group of #EdPsychs 🤗 #AEPConference

Looking forward to hopefully meeting you and @maxpurpose.bsky.social tomorrow 😆🥳🌟