AQW 5147/16-21


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 12/10/2016
Answered On Date: 26/10/2016
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education (i) to outline his Department's policy on educational child psychologists; and (ii) to detail how many are employed in each Education Authority region.


Answer:
There is no policy as such regarding the educational psychology service but the Education Authority (EA) has a statutory duty to maintain an educational psychology service in order to assist in identifying and assessing the needs of children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN).
The numbers of Educational Psychologists employed in each Office (region) of EA, as of 3rd October 2016, are:
Education Authority Office
Number Employed (full-time and part-time)
Full Time Equivalent Number employed
Belfast
33
25.1
North Eastern (Ballymena)
26
22.7
Southern (Armagh)
37
30.8
South Eastern (Dundonald)
38
34.7
Western (Omagh)
27
22.6