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WAFCA-CE Balancing Change & Acceptance in Youth Work: Applying DBT Principles
Tuesday, August 10, 2021, 9:00 AM - 1:30 PM CDT
Category: WAFCA CE Training

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.
Registration is closed.
 
Balancing Change & Acceptance in Youth Work: Applying DBT Principles
 

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a well-established, empirically supported treatment for helping individuals who experience recurrent, complex emotional and behavioral problems with a special emphasis on reducing self-destructive behaviors. DBT provides a comprehensive philosophy, intervention framework, and set of practical skills that youth with various behavioral health difficulties 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 provide participants with a foundational understanding of the DBT philosophical principles and framework for approaching one’s work with youth presenting with multiple challenging issues. Participants will practice the core philosophy of balancing change and acceptance while also learning the foundational goals of teaching each of the four skill sets of DBT. In addition to providing 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/ treating youth in residential and child welfare/justice system environments. The workshop will use a variety of case examples, small and large group discussions, and application exercises to bring the concepts and skills to life for participants. Participants will leave this workshop with a foundational understanding of how to integrate DBT principles and select skills into their work with youth. It is designed to enhance one’s comfort and skills for supporting youth with a variety of behavioral health problems.

At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. explain how acceptance and change are used to effectively treat youth with complex behavioral health problems
  2. describe the foundational skills of DBT and their application to treating youth problems
  3. teach and support a youth’s use of at least one interpersonal and one distress tolerance skill

About the Presenter: Jennifer Muehlenkamp, Ph.D

Jennifer J. Muehlenkamp, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and Professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. She received her doctorate from Northern Illinois University after completing her clinical internship within the Child and Adolescent Outpatient Psychiatry Department at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City, specializing in adolescent Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dr. Muehlenkamp is an internationally renowned expert on non-suicidal self-injury and suicide; havingpublished nearly 100 research articles and book chapters on the topics of assessment, treatment, and risk & protective 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 awards from the American Association of Suicidology and Self-Injury Awareness Network. She has received over $2 million dollars in local and federal grants from SAMHSA and the National Institute of Mental Health to support her work. In addition to her research and teaching, Dr. Muehlenkamp is the director of her University’s Suicide Prevention and Research Collaborative, she is 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 Study of Self-Injury. She brings her knowledge, expertise, and clinical experiences to life within her workshops to ensure all participants walk away with useful tools they can use in their practice.

*This opportunity is being provided with funding support from the Great Lakes Mental Health Technology Transfer Center. For additional training 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 page for more information on fees and policies. 

Wisconsin Association of Family & Children's Agencies (WAFCA)
16 N Carroll St, #750
Madison, WI 53703  (608) 257-5939 
www.wafca.org


Contact: [email protected], 608.257.5939