Advanced Assessment and Intervention A PG (11823.1)

Required texts

Linehan, M. (1993). Cognitive-behavioral treatment of borderline personality disorder, New York: Guilford Press. UC Library General:  RC569.5.B67.L56 1993

Linehan, M. (2015). DBT Skills Training: Handouts and Worksheets, 2nd Edition. New York: The Guilford Press.

Miller, A. & Rathus, J. (2007). Dialectical Behaviour Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents. New York: Guilford Press

Eells, D. (Editor) (2007). Handbook of Psychotherapy Case Formulation, 2nd Edition. New York: Guilford Press.

Barlow, D. (Editor). (2014). Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders: A Step-By-Step Treatment Manual 5th Edition. New York: Guilford Press.

Hunsley, J., & Mash, E.J. (2008) A Guide to Assessments That Work. New York: Oxford University Press.

Rafaeli, E., Berstein, D., & Young, J. (2010). Schema Therapy. London: Taylor & Francis.

Farrell, J., Reiss, N., & Shaw, A. (2014). The Schema Therapy Clinicians Guide. London: Wiley & Sons.

Dudgeon, P., Milroy, H., & Walker, R. (2014). Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice.

Commonwealth of Australia. 

Bennett, R., & Oliver, J. E. (2019). Acceptance and commitment therapy: 100 key points and techniques. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

Information on extensions and special consideration for assessments can be found in the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures.

Year-Long Units: Students enrolled in year-long units (consisting of a part A and part B unit code) will be allocated a continuing grade (CNTYL) on completion of part A. Once the student has completed part B, the grade for part A will be updated so that the grades for the two unit codes are the same.

Special Assessment

Students who have a documented and approved absence not exceeding one day (or two half days) are required to submit a 1000 word summary of the topic/s missed in order to demonstrate competency.  This summary should be discussed with the unit convenor and must meet requirements to enable eligibility to pass the unit.

Resubmission of Assessment Tasks

In each assessment task, an ungraded pass is achieved by demonstrating competency overall through a passing grade.  Students must demonstrate an appropriate standard across all task requirements.  If a student has not met competency standards on some criteria of the assignment they will have the opportunity to address these criteria through one resubmission.  Unit convenors (or markers) will provide specific feedback in these circumstances to inform the student of the issues and criterion to be addressed. However, if the assignment still does not meet appropriate competency standards following resubmission, a fail grade will be applied. 
Students must submit/attempt all assignments to be eligible to pass the unit, and must achieve an ungraded pass in all assessment tasks in a given unit to achieve an ungraded pass for the unit.  Students must also meet attendance requirements to be eligible to pass the unit.

Supplementary Assessment:

Refer to the Assessment Policy and Assessment Procedures.

Academic Integrity

Students have a responsibility to uphold University standards on ethical scholarship. Good scholarship involves building on the work of others and use of others' work must be acknowledged with proper attribution made. Cheating, plagiarism, and falsification of data are dishonest practices that contravene academic values. Refer to the University's Student Charter for more information.

Please note that the Master of Clinical Psychology is competency based and AI is not permitted. Refer to the course handbook for additional details on AI use. 

To enhance understanding of academic integrity, all students are expected to complete the Academic Integrity Module (AIM) at least once during their course of study. You can access this module within UCLearn (Canvas) through the 'Academic Integrity and Avoiding Plagiarism' link in the Study Help site.

Use of Text-Matching Software

The University of Canberra uses text-matching software to help students and staff reduce plagiarism and improve understanding of academic integrity. The software matches submitted text in student assignments against material from various sources: the internet, published books and journals, and previously submitted student texts.

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Participation requirements

Required IT skills

None, other than competence in Word.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

• Semester 1, 2026, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (231780)
• Semester 1, 2025, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (224960)
• Semester 1, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (217142)
• Semester 1, 2023, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (213313)
• Semester 1, 2022, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (210433)