<p>FIRST SESSIONS...... 2 Adults...... 2 Assessment...... 2 Resources...... 2 Books...... 2 Handouts...... 2 Information for therapists...... 2 Other...... 3 Children / Adolescents...... 3 Assessment...... 3 Resources...... 3 Books...... 3 Information for therapists...... 4 Other...... 4 FIRST SESSIONS</p><p>Adults</p><p>Assessment Diagnostic Assessment Interview Schedule Diagnostic / Assessment Interview Summary Overview: The First Session</p><p>Resources </p><p>Books 260 Practical counseling and helping skills (4th ed.) 173 Interviewing strategies for helpers (3rd ed.) 27 Clinical handbook of psychological disorders (3rd ed.) 124 The clinician’s handbook: Integrated diagnostics, assessment and intervention in adult & adolescent psychopathology 144 Using homework assignments in cognitive behavior therapy 101 Psychology Themes and variations 111 Sourcebook of adult assessment strategies 139 The use of psychological testing for treatment planning and outcome assessment 170 Psychological testing: Principles, applications and issues (3rd ed.) 165 Handbook of psychological assessment (4th ed.) 76 Major psychological assessment instruments 81 MIMS Australia No. 1 (2000) 258 MIMS Australia No. 6 (2004/5) 98 Psychologists Act 2001</p><p>Handouts About Psychotherapy </p><p>Information for therapists Information sheets for therapists Explanation of consent forms Recommendations for notes in Northfields Clinic Common medical abbreviations Drugs commonly used: Generic & brand names Documentation and record keeping Guidelines for report writing Emergency procedures manual</p><p>Other Audiotape: Case conceptualization – An in-session collaboration (2004). Christine Padesky (2 tapes)</p><p>Genogram guidelines http://www.genopro.com/genogram_components/</p><p>Children / Adolescents</p><p>Assessment Clinical interview form Child Assessment First interview with parents Interview with the child</p><p>Resources </p><p>Books GENERAL</p><p>WORKING WITH CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, PARENTS</p><p>149, 224 Working with children, adolescents and their families (3rd ed.) 74 Interviewing children and adolescents: Skills and strategies for effective DSM-IV diagnosis 11 Assessment and treatment of childhood problems 14 Assessment of children – behavioural and clinical applications 15 Assessment of children – cognitive applications 26 Child development (6th ed.) 226 Child development (4th ed.) 143 Treatment of childhood disorders (2nd ed.) 25 Child and adolescent therapy: Cognitive-behavioural procedures 38 Cognitive therapy with children and adolescents: A casebook for clinical practice (2nd ed.) 39 Creative therapy: Activities with children and adolescents 40 Creative therapy 2: Working with parents 53 Emotional healing and self-esteem 54 Emotional release for children 64 From surviving to thriving: Promoting mental health in young people 235 Counselling children: A practical introduction (2nd ed.) 121 The child clinician’s handbook 84 a & b NSW Health frontline procedures for the protection of children and young people (2 copies) 98 Psychologists Act 2001</p><p>Information for therapists Information sheets for therapists Explanation of consent forms Recommendations for notes in Northfields Clinic Common medical abbreviations Drugs commonly used: Generic & brand names Documentation and record keeping Guidelines for report writing Emergency procedures manual</p><p>Other Genogram guidelines http://www.genopro.com/genogram_components/</p>