Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention: The 1-2-3 of Treatment Planning

The book, Therapist's Guide to Clinical Intervention: The 1-2-3 of Treatment Planning, has been one of the most useful books that I have used at my school internship.  This book includes a list of all DSM5 diagnosis and how to treat them based on how your client is showing certain criteria.  What’s great about this book is that it also has information on other issues outside of the DSM-5 such as Suicide, physical pain, social issues, bullying and much more.  The book also has some useful forms for all social workers.  These forms include confidentiality, suicide contracts and much more. 

Where this book is limited is that it is not specific to the school setting.  The book is more general and will give you information for all areas of social work. 

The book is compiled of best practices for each diagnosis or specific situation that a client is facing.  

All interventions in the book are evidence based.  One thing that is important with this book to know is that since it is evidence based and new research is always being conducted, it is best to buy the most current version.  

Transgender Youth

My item of interest is a workshop on crisis planning for transgender youth specifically in the school setting. This workshop will be helpful for anyone who wants to further their understanding in working with transgender youth and how to effectively provide crisis intervention for these students. The transequality website is also extremely helpful to those who do not know current policy and can really be used to help advocate for the students. The rights of transgender youth are clear and not to be compromised.
I feel that the number of transgender students is rising and as social workers we need to be aware of these student’s rights. I have encountered some administrators who do not support the rights of transgender students. It is our responsibility to protect and fight for the rights and ensure that their rights are being protected and honored in the school.

https://www.transequality.org/sites/default/files/docs/kyr/KYR-school-June17.pdf

Crisis planning, implementation and focus on a special population “Transgender youth”
Wednesday, October 25th, 2017
9:00am – 2:15pm Registration starts at 8:30am
Central Middle School
18146 Oak Park Avenue, Tinley Park

About the workshop: The purpose of this workshop is to provide school and agency personnel involved with crisis teams and crisis management, interventions for responding to crisis that result from sudden loss and death. This year’s focus will be on managing the aftermath of school crisis.