Teaching Tightrope: Features, Strategies, and Tools for Training and Supervision in DBT

COURSE DESCRIPTION

One important pathway to developing competence and expertise in the treatment is supervised practice. Because DBT is a principle-based treatment and the clients who seek DBT can look so different from one another, there are many factors to be considered in training and supervision. This presentation is designed to expand on the previous Learn and Earn by identifying strategies for addressing the core features of supervision and common problems faced by supervisors and supervisees. Dr. Cox will describe how to complete a Therapist Development Formulation and use tools like a Treatment Delivery Diary Card and Adherence Checklist to track the use of needed skills and strategies of the treatment and then evaluate the barriers to trainees implementing those skills and strategies as needed. This training aims to support thoughtful and data driven approaches to supervision to increase the likelihood that needed skills are developed in an efficient and generalizable manner as well as provide practical tools for enhancing DBT supervision.

 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:

1. List 3 strategies for evaluating trainee needs
2. List 3 reasons why behaviorally specific data collection is crucial to effective DBT supervision
3. Identify strategies to address 2 common difficulties faced by those delivering training and supervision in DBT

 

Instructor | Dr. Forsythe Cox is a Clinical Associate professor and the director of the Marsha M. Linehan Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Clinic at the University of Washington. She teaches courses and provides supervision to advanced graduate students learning to deliver DBT. She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a DBT-Linehan Board of Certification certified clinician. She has provided clinical services in a variety of settings, including Veteran Affairs medical centers, university psychological services centers, private outpatient clinics, and maximum-security forensic inpatient settings. Dr. Forsythe Cox has been a Training development Specialist and is also a trainer and consultant for The Behavioral Tech institute, a non-profit training company founded by Dr. Linehan which provides training and consultation for DBT clinicians nationally and internationally. Dr. Forsythe Cox has worked to increase collaborative efforts in the DBT community to help providers better serve clients with diverse identities.

 

PRICING:

Individual Registration Fee $159.00

Group Registration Fee for 3 or more $135.00/person

Students are eligible for 20% off individual registration fee*

*email training@pdbti.org for student discount code

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CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS

Participants who complete the training will earn 3 CE hours. Partial credits will not be available.

Portland DBT Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6326.
Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Portland DBT Institute is solely is responsible for all aspects of the program.

Portland DBT Institute, Inc. (PDBTI) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. PDBTI maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

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CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS

A $60.00 handling fee will be deducted upon cancellation. Refund requests by fax or email must be received two weeks before the start date. In addition, the fees are non-transferrable.

PDBTI reserves the right to cancel any program due to under-enrollment, or any course due to work stoppages, instructor illness or inclement weather. If a course is cancelled, PDBTI is responsible for refunding only the course fee.