ELSA

Booking is now open for our next cohort of ELSA Training

Email emilypicken@edpsych4everyone.co.uk by Friday 18th July if you would like to nominate a member of your staff (or, a second member if you already have an ELSA) for ELSA training,

Please be advised that training availability is limited to 16 places, we would therefore encourage settings to request and confirm their bookings as soon as possible in order to guarantee their training place(s). Applications will be confirmed on a ‘first come, first served’ basis and cannot be guaranteed if received after the deadline.

To Register Your Interest:

The current cost of initial 6-day ELSA training, including the first 4 post training supervisions to confer full qualification, is £975.

This also includes a free copy of the ELSA support manual ‘Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook’ (Shotton & Burton; rrp £35.99) sessions.
The ongoing annual supervision cost after the first year to maintain registration is £250 for 6 half-termly sessions.

Emotional Literacy Support Assistants

There has been consistent feedback from schools across the UK that the introduction of ELSAs:

Makes a significant positive impact on the emotional wellbeing of children and young people
Supports staff development, with ELSAs frequently commenting on the impact training has had on them, personally as well as professionally
Helps young people become more self-reflective and better at expressing their needs What will the school gain from participation?
Helps young people to build more positive relationships, with both peers and adults, leading to improved self-esteem and greater success in terms of learning outcomes.

You can find more information about ELSA in general – “an educational psychology led intervention for promoting the emotional wellbeing of children and young people” – on the ELSA Network website: www.elsanetwork.org

What impact does this initiative make for schools?

6 full days of training for your nominated TA / LSA around social and emotional well-being.
Support with planning and delivering interventions.
Supervision support from qualified, registered Educational Psychologist

What will the school gain from participation?

We will be running our fifth cohort of ELSA training in the autumn term (September - December 2025)

ELSA training gives support staff the knowledge and skills they need to plan and deliver individualised programmes of emotional literacy support to vulnerable children

ELSAs are Teaching Assistants or Learning Support Assistants who receive six days of additional training from Educational Psychologists on key aspects of emotional literacy as outlined below. ELSAs then receive ongoing supervision from EPE’s Educational Psychologists once every half-term in a local network group of ELSAs. ELSA is a preventative initiative giving school staff in-depth training and ongoing support to develop the social and emotional well-being of their pupils. Once trained, ELSAs will be able to provide intervention support with pupils who have emerging social, emotional and mental health needs.

Training sessions cover the following areas:

Social skills
Emotional self-regulation
Loss and bereavement
Friendship
Relationships
Security
Self-esteem
Anxiety and worries
Thinking skills
Autism Spectrum Conditions
Problem-solving
Anger management

ELSA is a national initiative running in many local authorities across the UK, and beyond. It has an excellent evidence base for its effectiveness and there is a national online support network with which ELSAs can link up to share resources and ideas, in addition to their half-termly supervision meetings

Pricing

EPE 2025 ELSA Training

Educational Psychology for Everyone is a registered ELSA training provider!