What are the aims of the SDEP?

The SDEP represents the distinct context of Scotland with its own issues and practice shaped by separate legislation and policy setting mechanisms. It serves to communicate between practising psychologists in Scotland and The British Psychological Society. It aims to promote and disseminate knowledge appropriate to the fields of educational psychology and to be concerned with all matters affecting the standards of professional competence, training and conduct of its members.

What does the SDEP do?

• organises specific training opportunities and conferences at national level.
• publishes a regular newsletter covering the applied Scottish scene.
• encourages the development of networks of educational psychologists to exchange skills, knowledge, perspectives on ethics, standards and codes of conduct etc.
• has representatives on various Society Boards including the Admissions Committee and the Professional Affairs Board. Its links to the Society ensure that Scottish psychologists contribute to national working parties.
• is consulted by the SOED, COSLA, ADES, ASPEP and the international scene through EFPPA.
• is influential, in conjunction with the SDEP Training Committee, in the selection process for postgraduate students training as educational psychologists.
• monitors and encourages postgraduate training having a responsibility to accredit courses in Scotland. This is done through the SDEP Training Committee.

How is the SDEP run?