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Careers, education & training Oiling the wheels? The challenges
facing educational psychology in Scotland Educational
psychologists are the people who “oil the wheels of the
machine”, Professor Keith Topping told the annual conference for
educational psychologists in Scotland last month. “Future
Priorities”, organised by the Society’s Scottish Division of
Educational Psychology, was held at Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, on 30 September. Professor Topping from the
University of Dundee, a Society Fellow, explained that their
work can range from the assessment of special needs to providing
the strategic advice necessary to councils implementing the
Scottish government’s GIRFEC (‘Getting It Right For Every
Child’) initiative. Also speaking at the conference was Bryan
Kirkcaldy, a former educational psychologist who is now a senior
education manager with Fife Council and a spokesperson for the
social inclusion network of the Association of Directors i