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Adolescent Story Stems Profile Training

This full-day training explores the use, coding and reporting of the Adolescent Story Stem Profile (ASSP), an assessment for older children and adolescents covering attachment, peer relationships, mentalization and affect regulation.

Limited offer

We are offering a limited number of discount vouchers for participants booking onto both the Story Stem Assessment Profile and the Adolescent Story Stem Profile trainings.

After you register for either course, you can contact us to enquire about a voucher giving you £125 off the combined booking price - saving you money compared to booking each course individually. Vouchers are available on a first‑come, first‑served basis.

To request a voucher, please email: training@annafreud.org

About this training

This full-day training will introduce the context and background of the Adolescent Story Stem Profile (ASSP), drawing on its forebearer, the Story Stem Assessment Profile (SSAP), and its attachment-focused framework. It will also provide an overview of the principal constructs within which the ASSP is situated.

Unlike the SSAP, which uses toys and dolls to illustrate story stems, the ASSP uses animated videos to present the beginning of a story. Young people are then asked to reflect on what they have seen and respond to a series of questions about the characters and events in each scenario.

The training will explore the six animated story stems, examining their origins and rationale, highlighting both the parallels across stories and the elements specific to each one.

It will also cover the coding framework and constructs that individual story responses feed into, as well as how to interpret ASSP scores and organise response data into coherent codes to support report writing.

You will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course (subject to tutor approval).

Aims of this training

  • To teach the administration, coding and reporting of the Adolescent Story Stem Profile (ASSP).

  • To allow for professionals working with adolescents to become trained and qualified to use the tool both clinically and within the research domain.

  • To provide professionals with a shared forum/platform to think clinically about the material they are working with.

Who is this training for?

  • Qualified practitioners, with a degree-level qualification, in child mental health or social work.

  • Postgraduate researchers (must be working with adolescents within a clinical or research setting).

  • I am overall really pleased with the training. I feel that I have a good understanding of how to use this tool in practice and I am looking forward to carry out my practice case.

    Participant, 2025

  • Very informative and interesting way to extend on the SSAP.

    Participant, 2025

  • Comprehensive and practical - I came away feeling confident in being able to practice the tool and work towards accreditation.

    Participant, 2025

  • Engaging, moved at a good pace, informative and useful.

    Participant, 2025

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