Abstract
This portfolio comprises five sections. Section One consists of the candidate's personal study plan. In this section, the overall aims of the portfolio are outlined as are the aims, objectives, rationale and plan for each of the three dossiers, academic, professional and research. Section Two comprises the academic dossier and contains three academic reviews of approximately three thousand words each. These reviews address respectively 'Problems in settling to sleep and night-waking in early childhood', 'The prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation and behaviour in childhood and early adolescence' and 'Adolescent motherhood and child maltreatment. ' Section Three comprises the professional dossier and has two sub-sections. The first sub-section is a report of a service development project entitled 'Intervening in a special school in relation to management of behavioural difficulties. ' The second subsection consists of an outline of the candidate's post-qualification curriculum vitae. Section Four comprises the research dossier. This is a report of a study entitled 'Adolescents' experience of receiving help from a mental health service: a grounded theory approach. ' Section Five contains the additional materials required to be included in the portfolio. These are a course summary of the British Psychological Society Diploma in Clinical Psychology (completed by the candidate in 1985), a copy of the candidate's clinical psychology degree qualification, and a reformatted copy of the dissertation submitted by the candidate in part fulfilment of the requirements for the British Psychological Society Diploma in Clinical Psychology.