CRESS Lab

Early intervention for social and emotional difficulties

This project involved supporting a partnership between two Local Authorities, one in Wales (Bridgend) and the other in Spain (Santa Maria). These two Local Authorities worked together to share practices relating to the identification and support of primary school children's social and emotional needs. This involved international visits and events in both countries to bring together school staff and Local Authority (education and social services) staff.

Robin Banerjee supported this programme of work through analysing data gained from assessments of children’s social and emotional functioning at multiple time points, and providing feedback to staff at both sites. This involved translation of existing online assessment tools into Catalan, in order to enable parallel data collection in both Spain and Wales. The response from staff at both sites was very positive, and the approach to assessment and intervention is being rolled out more widely in both countries.