| Code | BPS/GB/80 |
| Name | The British Psychological Society; Division of Educational & Child Psychology; 1967-; (DECP) |
| Corporate Name | The British Psychological Society |
| Subordinate | Division of Educational & Child Psychology |
| Dates | 1967- |
| Epithet | (DECP) |
| Parallel Name | DECP |
| Other Names | English Division of Professional Psychologists EDPP |
| DatesAndPlaces | Leicester |
| Address | Leicester |
| Relationships | Committee of Professional Psychologists (CPP) , Division of Educational & Child Psychology (DECP). Membership and Qualification Board MQB |
| Activity | The first sub-system within the British Psychologist Society to cater for professional needs was the Committee of Professional Psychologists (1943) which later (1959) gave rise to the English and Scottish Divisions of Professional Psychologists (EDPP & SDPP).
In 1966 the EDPP changed its name to the Division of Educational & Child Psychology (DECP).
The DECP is the Division concerned with educational and child psychology.
Membership is open to all psychologists qualified to work with children in a professional capacity, either as educational psychologists or clinical psychologists who work with children.
In February 2021 the DECP Inclusion Working Group met to identify the scope of their work.
1968 Chair I W Langan, Hon Sec Peter F Portwood
1969 Chair I W Langan, Hon Sec Peter F Portwood
1970 Chair A M Roe, Hon Sec Peter F Portwood
1971 Chair A M Roe, Hon Sec Peter F Portwood
1972 Chair A M Rose, Hon Sec A C Hawkins
1973 Chair Peter F Portwood, Hon Sec A C Hawkins
1974 Chair Peter F Portwood, Hon Sec A C Hawkins
1975 Chair Peter F Portwood, Hon Sec A C Hawkins
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1980 Chair Lea S Pearson Hon Sec Geoffrey A Lindsay
1981 Chair Lea S Pearson Hon Sec Geoffrey A Lindsay
1982 Chair R L Burden Hon Sec Geoffrey A Lindsay
1983 Chair R L Burden Hon Sec Geoffrey A Lindsay
1984 Chair R L Bruden Hon Sec Ingrid Lunt
1985 Chair Geoffrey A Lindsay Hon Sec Ingrid Lunt
1986 Chair Geoffrey A Lindsay Hon Sec Ingrid Lunt
1987 Chair Geoffrey A Lindsay Hon Sec Ingrid Lunt
1988 chair V John Thacker Hon Sec Ingrid Lunt
1989 Chair V John Thacker Hon Sec Ingrid Lunt
1990 Chair V John Thacker Hon Sec John Sheppard
1991 Chair Ingrid Lunt Hon Sec John Sheppard
1992 Chair Ingrid Lunt Hon Sec John Sheppard
1993 Chair Ingrid Lunt Hon Sec John Sheppard
1994 Chair John sheppard Hon Sec Andrea Pecherek
1994 Chair Chris Walker Hon Sec Andrea Pecherek
1995 Chair Chris Walker Hon Sec Andrea Pecherek
1996 Chair Sonia Sharp Hon Sec Andrea Pecherek
1997 Chair Liz Malcolm Hon Sec Clare Hesketh
1998 Chair Rob P Stoker Hon Sec Clare Hesketh
1999 Chair Gill Evans
2000 Chair Shungu M'gadzah
2001 Chair Jane Turner
2002 Chair Kairen Cullen
2003 Chair Alan Reynolds
2004 Chair Julia Reid Hon Sec Joy Wellan
2005 Chair Kath Fingleton
2006 Chair Sandra Dunsmuir
2007 Chair Jean Law
2008 Chair Joy Wellan Hon Sec Chris Arnold
2009 Chair Joy Wellan Hon Sec Chris Arnold
2010 Chair Harriet Martin Hon Sec Chris Arnold
2011 Chair Jane Leadbetter Hon Sec Julia Hardy
2012 Chair Chris Arnold Hon Sec Julia Hardy
2013 Chair Andy Allen Hon Sec Harriet Martin
2014 Chair Julia Hardy Hon Sec Juliet Whitehead
2014 Chair Charmian Hobbs Hon Sec Juliet Whitehead
2015 Chair Vivian Hill Hon Sec Juliet Whitehead
2016 Chair Brain Apter Hon Sec Juliet Whithead
2017 Chair Vivian Hill Hon Sec Julia Hardy
2018 Chair Juliet Whitehead Hon Sec Julia Hardy
2019 Chair Gavin Morgan
2020 Co-Chairs Dan O'Hare & Melernie Meheux |
| Related Name | BPS/GB/11 |
| BPS/GB/25 |
| PublishedWorks | DECP Debate abd Education and Child Psychology are available in Senate House Library |
| Source | The admin structure for this division is unavailable at present on the DECP website <http://www.bps.org.uk/decp/decp_home.cfm> accessed 30 November 2005 |
| Bio sources taken from the Society's website www.bps.org.uk accessed 21/05/2005. Chairs from Bulletin and Annual Reports of the British Psychological Society accessed February 2018 |
| Conventions | International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN ISBN 0-9696035-3-3
National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 |