Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C)
General Information
Trainer: Francheska Perepletchikova, PhD.
Dates: Part 1: March/April, 2024; Part 2: October/November, 2024. See below for details.
Fee: $2850. Special $250 discount for first 10 registrants. Current fee is $2600. Fee includes full technical support, handouts, and CE credits.
Venue: Online Webinar
Part 1 is conducted over six days (4.5 hours each day), followed by 6 months of home study and monthly consultation via remote platforms. In Part 1, lectures and small group exercises are used to teach DBT–C strategies in depth. Part 1 addresses external controlling factors that target problems in the relationship with the environment, including helping children learn adaptive coping skills and helping parents create a validating and change-ready environment.
Between Parts 1 and 2 participants consolidate and apply their learning with the help of practice assignments. During this time, teams design and begin implementing their own DBT–C program or integrate DBT–C into an ongoing treatment setting. Monthly 1-hour consultation is provided by DBT– C experts to teams. Consultation is designed to help build or integrate DBT–C into practice settings, improve understanding of the material, and enhance effectiveness of program implementation.
Part 2 is conducted over another six days (4.5 hours per day). In Part 2, clinicians receive training on Core Problem Analysis (CPA). CPA is an intervention and assessment model that addresses internal controlling factors that target problems in the relationship with self, including self-criticism, self-doubt, problems with forming and maintaining healthy relationships, poor anger management, anxiety, depression, lack of agency, etc” Part 2 focuses on strategies to help children and parents identify functions of their responses and decrease vulnerabilities in three core senses – self-love, safety and belonging. Further, each team presents their work and receives expert consultation on specific cases. Teams are provided with further practice on application of techniques and identification of strategies.
Part 1
Sunday-Monday March 31-April 1, 2024. 9AM-130PM Eastern Time
Sunday-Monday April 7-8, 2024. 9AM-130PM ET
Sunday-Monday April 14-15. 9AM-130PM ET
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C)
Description
The Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT–C) Training for Experienced Clinicians is a comprehensive course designed for those who have attended the Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive™ or Foundational training who are interested in the application of DBT with children. This training is intended for clinicians invested in learning DBT–C to a high standard in order to better implement the treatment in their setting. It includes content on child individual counseling, didactics on emotions, parent training component and DBT–C skills.
Testimonials
Trainer
Francheska Perepletchikova, PhD
Francheska Perepletchikova, Ph.D., DBT-Linehan Board certified clinician, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical School. She specializes in psychological services for children and adolescents with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation, including suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury, severe verbal and physical aggression, treatment-resistant depression, social phobia, and generalized anxiety. Dr. Perepletchikova is a founding director of the Youth Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, PLLC, that focuses on treatment of children, adolescents, and young adults within the DBT Model and provides training workshops in the approach. Further, she is a founding director of DBT-C Center of Training and Guidance, LLC that specializes in training workshops for clinicians and parents around the world, as well as consultations and supervisions on the approach
She received her PhD in Clincial Psychology from Yale University Department of Psychology in 2007 (with the James B. Grossman Best Dissertation Prize). In 2015, she became a DBT Trainer at Behavioral Tech, a Linehan Institute Training Company. In 2016, Dr. Perepletchikova became a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification Board certified clinician. She has a long-standing interest in emotion regulation, trauma-related psychopathology, suicidality and non-suicidal self injury, and psychotherapy development. From 2010, she focused on adapting DBT for pre-adolescent children with severe emotional and behavioral dysregulation.
During her internship and post-doctoral training at Yale University School of Medicine, Dr. Perepletchikova gained expertise in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). She obtained intensive and advanced intensive trainings in DBT with Dr. Linehan. Dr. Perepletchikova has a long-standing interest in emotion regulation, trauma-related psychopathology, depressive and anxiety problems, suicidality and self-harm behaviors. Her research focuses on childhood psychopathology, psychotherapy development, and evaluation of treatment integrity in treatment outcome research. As a faculty at Yale University and Weill Cornell Medicine, Dr. Perepletchikova developed Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children and conducted several randomized clinical trials to empirically validate this model. This line of research has been funded by the grants from NIMH, NRSA and private foundations. Dr. Perepletchikova authored 25 journal articles and book chapters for the book Treatment Integrity in Treatment Outcome Research (2009). She has conducted over 60 lectures, presentations and workshops around the world.
As a faculty member at Yale University and at Weill Cornell Medical College, Dr. Perepletchikova conducted several RCTs to evaluate efficacy of DBT for children. This line of research has been funded by grants from NIMH, NRSA, and private foundations. Dr. Perepletchikova has authored 30 journal articles and book chapters as well as a book “Treatment integrity in Treatment Outcome Research” (2009). She has conducted over 100 lectures, presentations, and workshops around the world.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C)
Objectives
OBJECTIVES PART 1
- Determine who might benefit from DBT-C.
- Convey evidence for model to clients & stakeholders.
- Describe how DBT-C was developed from standard DBT.
- Describe the biosocial model for severe emotion dysregulation and corresponding behavioral dyscontrol inpreadolescent children.
- List the treatment hierarchy of DBT-C.
- Structure DBT-C to meet the required functions of treatment.
- Help parents understand the dialectical dilemmas of parenting.
- Help parents learn Behavior Change Model and create a change-ready environment.
- Introduce parents to behavior modification techniques.
- Help parents implement behavior management plans.
- Help parents create a validating environment.
- Help parents understand and overcome their difficulties with implementing techniques.
- Teach parents and children to engage in problem solving.
- Teach parents and children how to do cognitive restructuring.
- Conduct behavioral analysis with children.
- Conduct exposures with children.
- Teach parents and children to understand emotion.
- Describe the DBT-C Emotion Change Model.
- Teach DBT-C skills training.
- Structure the DBT-C program to fit your setting.
OBJECTIVES PART 2
- Describe DBT-C secondary targets
- Describe the three core senses.
- Describe Core Problem Analysis (CPA)
- Describe how CPA differs from other therapeutic models
- Describe main functions of CPA
- Describe CPA Emotion Mode
- Describe 10 Principles of conducting CPA
- Help parents understand factors that increase vulnerabilities in core senses
- Describe interventions to decrease vulnerabilities to the sense of self-love
- Describe interventions to decrease vulnerabilities to the sense of safety
- Describe interventions to decrease vulnerabilities to the sense of belonging
- Teach parents to implement techniques to decrease their own vulnerabilities in core senses
- Teach parents to implement techniques to decrease vulnerabilities in core senses in their children
- Describe adaptive and maladaptive CPA profiles
Application Deadline
March 26, 2024 or until all training spaces are filled, whichever comes first.
Notification of Acceptance
Applicants will be notified, via email, of acceptance when registration is complete and payment is received.
Refund/Cancellation Policy
Tuition/registration payments are refundable (minus $25) until February 10, 2024. Cancellations after this date are non-refundable. In this situation, we will attempt to find someone to take your slot (based on our waiting list).
Accessibility
Conference is via webinar. For live options, there will be handicap accessibility.
Course level
Advanced
Level of clinician
Advanced
Accessibility
If you require ADA accommodations, please contact our office 30 days or more before the event. We cannot ensure accommodations without adequate prior notification
CE Information
Continuing Education Credit is granted through Nefesh International for the following professions: Psychologists, Social workers, Mental Health Counselors, and LMFTs. It is the participant’s responsibility to check with their individual state boards to verify CE requirements for their state.
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This program is co-sponsored by NEFESH International and Neuhoff Psychological Consulting . NEFESH International is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. NEFESH International, maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Satisfactory Completion:
Participants must have paid the tuition fee, signed in or logged in and out each day, attended the entire webinar, and completed an evaluation to receive a certificate (for pre-recorded program, a post-test with a passing grade of 80% is required.) Failure to sign/log in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available.
Participants have to attend monthly consultations between Part 1 and Part 2, and only one consultation can be missed for satisfactory completion of the course.
Certificates are available electronically after satisfactory course completion. A link will be provided for those who have completed the training.
References:
Perepletchikova, F. (2020). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children: An overview of the model. In, L.A. Dimeff, S. Rizvi, & K. Koerner (Eds), Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Clinical Practice. NY: Guilford Press.
Perepletchikova, F. (2018). Dialectical Behavior Therapy for pre-adolescent children. In, M. Swales (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Dialectical Behavior Theory. UK: Oxford University Press.
Perepletchikova, F., Nathanson, D., Axelrod, S.R., Merrill, C., Walker, A., Grossman, M., … Walkup, J. (2017). Dialectical behavior therapy for pre-adolescent children with disruptive mood dysregulation disorder: Feasibility and primary outcomes. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 56(10), 832-840.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28942805/
Perepletchikova, F., & Goodman, G. (2014). Two approaches to treating pre-adolescent children with severe emotional and behavioral problems: Dialectical Behavior Therapy adapted for children and Mentalization-Based Child Therapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 24(4), 298-312.
Perepletchikova, F., Axelrod, S., Kaufman, J. Rounsaville, B. J., Douglas-Palumberi, H., & Miller, A. (2011). Adapting Dialectical Behavior Therapy for children: Towards a new research agenda for paediatric suicidal and non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors. Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 16(2), 116-121.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Children (DBT-C)
Schedule
| Day 1 Sunday, March 31, 2024 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 2 Monday, April 1, 2024 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 3 | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 4 | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 5 | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 6 | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| SCHEDULE PART 2 Day 1 Sunday, October 15 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 2 Monday, October 16 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 3 Sunday October 22 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 4 Monday October 23 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 5 Sunday October 29 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
| Day 6 Monday October 30 8:30 AM–1:30 PM Eastern Time | 8:30–9:00 AM Log-in and Test Set-Up |
