!! DATE CHANGE - EL CONFERENCE - 15th APRIL 2026 !!
This site is administrated by Southampton Psychology Service to support Emotional Literacy Support Assistants in Southampton and beyond.
NEWS AND UPDATES (AUTUMN 2025)
A New Year begins...
And just like that, we find ourselves already well into the autumn term focusing forwards on 2025/26, with 2024/25 quickly falling back into memory. With days already turning colder (and shops setting up their Christmas sections already!), it can quickly feel like we need to rush forward to the next job, next half-term, or next challenge! It's equally important for us to pause, look back, and recognise what we've already achieved, what we've learnt along the way, and what's kept us going. With that in mind, I'd like to say a massive 'Thanks for being Awesome!' to you all for everything you've poured into your work as ELSAs across the past year. EL is such an important concept and intervention for our young people, the settings you work in, and our city as a whole - the difference it makes would simply not be possible without all that you all do. Ed (Specialist EP, EL Lead)
ELSA Registration - 2025
Thanks for all your feedback regarding our registration process. We've made some changes to help make this as smooth and easy a process as possible. Remember, there are multiple ways for you to tick off the 6 ELSA Credits required - it's designed to help, not stop you!
Take a look at the updated forms in our Registration section.
Questions? Queries? Please just reach out
EL CONFERENCE - CHANGE OF DATE!!
Our EL Development team (made up of EPs and Lead ELSAs from across the city) are busy behind the scenes developing our next EL Conference, which we're hoping to make bigger and better than ever! We've made the decision to shift this from January to 15th April 2026 and wanted to give you all as much notice as possible to help you protect the date. Preparations are well underway and we'll be sending out more info later this term!
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*Issues accessing documents? This site is built using 'Google Sites.' The Google Sites format for websites has been updated and all sites which use this service are required to convert to the new format by September 2021. This site was converted on 18 May 2021. A few obsolete pages have been removed, but links (eg, the ELSA registration form) should still work. Please let Jackie Holgate know if there are any inks which do not work for you. As always, there is the chance that you might not be able to access this site or the documents hosted on it from your school, due to the block on some Google services in Southampton.