Psychological Service

Our Purpose and Aims

The purpose of the Highland Council Psychological Service is to support effective learning and well being in children and young people. The Service employs both educational psychologists and pre-school home visiting teachers for children with additional support needs.

News and Current Developments

Video Interaction Guidance in Highland

Moving forward with V.I.G.......

Heather Sked presented a workshop at the Association of Educational Psychologists' Annual Conference in Liverpool on the 20th November. She outlined her project in which she is working with pre-school teachers in our Service to develop their own use of V.I.G. with young children and their carers. She suggested that the use of V.I.G. can promote attachment bonds between children and  their carers. The workshop was very well received with a lot of relevant information for practitioners.

Helen O'Donohue, a Psychologist in Inverness, is now working towards Phase Three V.I.G. training. Well done Helen!

'Wild Flowers of the North Highlands of Scotland'

Ken Crossan, Area Principal Educational Psychologist in Caithness, has recently had the above book published. Ken is a natural history photographer and took all the photos in the book. The text in the book is by Ken Butler and the foreward by Prince Charles.

For general enquiries you can contact the Service by:
Emailing: bernadette.cairns@highland.gov.uk
Telephoning: 01463 233494
Writing: Highland Council Psychological Service,
11-13 Culcabock Avenue, [map]
Inverness
IV2 3RG