BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ce52d4d559e120a794ccb9b586c8d571355 CATEGORIES:WAFCA CE Training SUMMARY:WAFCA-CE Balancing Change & Acceptance in Youth Work: Applying DBT Principles DESCRIPTION:
This training includes a half-hour lunch break and offers a total of 4 continuing education hours.Certificates are issued within 30 days of the webinar.Dialect ical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a well-established, empirically supported tr eatment for helping individuals who experience recurrent, complex emotional and behavioral problems with a special emphasis on reducing self-destructi ve behaviors. DBT provides a comprehensive philosophy, intervention framewo rk, and set of practical skills that youth with various behavioral health d ifficulties can benefit from. DBT has been adapted for use with adolescents in outpatient, inpatient, and school settings and is known to be effective in reducing a wide range of psychiatric problems. This workshop will provi de participants with a foundational understanding of the DBT philosophical principles and framework for approaching one’s work with youth presenting w ith multiple challenging issues. Participants will practice the core philos ophy of balancing change and acceptance while also learning the foundationa l goals of teaching each of the four skill sets of DBT. In addition to prov iding an overview of the four skill areas, participants will be engaged in a deeper exploration and application of selected interpersonal and distress tolerance skills deemed to be particularly important to supporting/ treati ng youth in residential and child welfare/justice system environments. The workshop will use a variety of case examples, small and large group discuss ions, and application exercises to bring the concepts and skills to life fo r participants. Participants will leave this workshop with a foundational u nderstanding of how to integrate DBT principles and select skills into thei r work with youth. It is designed to enhance one’s comfort and skills for s upporting youth with a variety of behavioral health problems.
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:
Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp, PhD is a licensed clinical psych ologist and Professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Clai re. She received her doctorate from Northern Illinois University after comp leting her clinical internship within the Child and Adolescent Outpatient P sychiatry Department at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, special izing in adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Muehlenkamp is an int ernationally renowned expert on non-suicidal self-injury and suicide; havin gpublished nearly 100 research articles and book chapters on the topics of< span style="color: black;"> assessment, treatment, and risk & protectiv e factors. She is a co-author of two books (Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Eating Disorders and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury: Advances in Psychotherapy ) and is a regular consultant to mental and behavioral health professionals in her region. Dr. Muehlenkamp’s scholarly work has been honored with awar ds from the American Association of Suicidology and Self-Injury Awareness N etwork. She has received over $2 million dollars in local and federal grant s from SAMHSA and the National Institute of Mental Health to support her wo rk. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Muehlenkamp is the direct or of her University’s Suicide Prevention and Research Collaborative, she i s a board member of her State and County Suicide Prevention Coalitions, and she is Past-President and a Fellow of the International Society for the St udy of Self-Injury. She brings her knowledge, expertise, and clinical exper iences to life within her workshops to ensure all participants walk away wi th useful tools they can use in their practice.
*This opportunity is being provided with funding support from the Great Lakes Men tal Health Technology Transfer Center. For additional trai ning and resources available through the MHTTC, visit their website
About our Offerings:
WAFCA has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No . 6778. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified . WAFCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Visit the WAFCA-CE registration pa ge for more information on fees and policies.
Wisconsin Association of Family & Children's Agenc
ies (WAFCA)
16 N Carroll St, #750
Madison, WI 53703 (608) 257-59
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www.wafca.org
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CONTACT:info@wafca.org, 608.257.5939
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