Causal judgement and explanation: a practitioner response to Denis Hilton

In his article on Causal Judgement and Explanation, Denis Hilton highlights facets of attribution theories and associated research findings which have important implications for practising educational psychologists. This paper will explore these implications at three different levels of practice: work with individual children, work with teachers and carers, and work focused on performance review and development within educational psychology services. Work with teachers and carers will be considered first, both because this level is usually the first point of contact with the educational psychologist and because Hilton’s article is particularly rich in practice relevant implications at this level.