ACRC Webinar – Blending the DBT models for Children, Adolescents and Adults
Presenters:
Samantha Mishne, MSW, Director of DBT Adherence, Bellefaire JCB
Jamie Walker-Syph, MSW, LISW-S, Director of Residential Treatment, Bellefaire JCB
In this interactive presentation, participants will explore how the evidence-based treatment model Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), a treatment developed for individuals with disorders of emotion regulation, suicidality, and self-harming behavior (Linehan, 1993), was blended to meet the needs of clients and families in a 34-bed locked facility. DBT has been adapted across multiple settings and has been adapted for specific populations, but is implemented as a standalone model, either standard DBT, DBT-A for adolescents, or DBT-C for Children. This presentation will discuss how all three models were blended to meet the complex needs of clients in a residential locked treatment facility. How staff were trained, and DBT was implemented, and how adherence is maintained will also be explored. Outcomes of the implementation of this rigorous evidence-based treatment model, such as increased family involvement, decreased physical restraints, length of stay, and readmissions, will also be identified.
Participants will:
- Learn how staff were trained in DBT and how adherence is maintained.
- Learn the difference between DBT-C, DBT-A and Standard DBT.
- Increase their knowledge of the four components of DBT and how it is being implemented in a residential locked facility, along with the outcomes.
