DBT Intensive training - November 2014

Auckland.

WEEK TWO DATES: Due to the first ever 'Mondayisation' of ANZAC day, Week Two of this training will be from Tuesday 28th April to Friday 1st May AND either Monday 27th April OR the following Monday 4th May. Teams can choose what suits them best and confirm their preference by the end of March 2015.

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The Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intensive Training™ is a ten-day course designed for those who have begun learning DBT methods from self-guided study of the treatment manuals and introductory workshops. This training is intended for teams that are invested in learning DBT to a high standard in order to better implement the treatment in their settings.

As DBT is a treatment that requires an ongoing consultation team, the Intensive Training is designed for treatment teams, not individual practitioners intending to practice alone.

A DBT team (minimum of 4, maximum of 8) is a group of mental health professionals who meets at least weekly to assist each other in applying DBT in their practice setting. With the intent to provide the highest quality training experience, it is our goal to have a maximum of eight teams for each Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Intensive Training™. Teams should discuss and clarify their level of commitment prior to completing their application as course enrolment is limited, and there is a competitive demand for Intensive Training.

Training is conducted in two five-day sessions of instruction divided by six to nine months of home study. In Part 1, lectures, videotapes, and small group exercises are used to teach DBT theory and strategies in-depth. Between the first and second sessions, participants consolidate and apply what they have learned with the help of practice assignments. Between sessions, teams design and begin to implement their own DBT programs or to integrate DBT into an ongoing treatment setting. In Part 2, each team presents their work and receives expert consultation on specific cases and on their program, including protocols for specific treatment problems and adaptations of DBT.

The DBT Intensive Training involves rigorous preparation, training, and homework. Part 1 and Part 2 are both five full days of training. The course is designed to model basic elements of the treatment in an experiential way and to foster team development. Just as DBT requires clients to make a full commitment to treatment and to attend all sessions, DBT training requires Intensive participants to attend the entire training, do their best to learn the material, and participate in a willing, committed manner.

 

Training Objectives:

Part 1:

• Participate in a DBT Consultation Team.
• Demonstrate Consultation Team strategies used in DBT.
• List the modes, the functions, and the typical treatment agreements made in DBT.
• Implement the structure, goals, and stages of DBT.
• Teach the four DBT^® skills modules (Core Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, and Distress Tolerance).
• Explain the diagnosis of Biosocial Model of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and other severe disorders in all required treatment contexts.
• Create DBT treatment plans for clients using targeting procedures.
• Explain the dialectical nature of DBT.
• Demonstrate how dialectics are used in DBT.
• Conduct Cue Exposure and Response Prevention.
• List the steps in Problem-Solving.
• Conduct complete Behavioral Chain Analyses and solution analyses.
• Implement the Cognitive-Behavioral strategies in DBT.
• Identify the levels of validation and the contexts in which they apply.
• Demonstrate the use of validation to balance the change strategies in treatment.
• Demonstrate the different communication strategies of DBT.
• Implement the DBT case management strategies.
• Implement telephone coaching and other generalization strategies of DBT.
• Apply suicide crisis protocols of DBT.
• Discuss the DBT research for different populations.

Part 2:

• Demonstrate comprehension of important concepts in DBT.
• Demonstrate the ability to apply important concepts in DBT.
• Demonstrate the ability to appropriately apply DBT strategies in my own cases and appropriately evaluate the use of DBT strategies in others' cases.
• Demonstrate use of DBT commitment strategies.
• Identify in-session dysfunctional behaviours and use DBT strategies to treat them.
• Use DBT strategies to better manage skills training problems.
• Identify team problems and use DBT strategies to resolve them.
• Design DBT service programs, appropriately implementing and modifying DBT protocols for my particular setting and patient population.
• Formulate plans to evaluate my program/services.
• Discuss the take-home exam assigned in Part 1 and consequently better understand important concepts in DBT.
• Discuss homework assignments involving the application of the treatment and consequently better understand how to apply the treatment.
• Understand and apply the treatment after my team's program presentation.
• Use techniques for strengthening and using the DBT consultation team.
• Practice the techniques of DBT by role-playing, as coached by the instructors and be better able to describe and apply treatment strategies.
• Teach mindfulness skills, distress tolerance, interpersonal skills, and emotion regulation skills as detailed in the DBT skills training manual.
• View and discuss videotaped segments of DBT as modelled by expert therapists and be better able to describe and apply treatment strategies.
• Understand and apply the treatment after my team's case presentation.

Training Prerequisites

1. All team members should read both of these books prior to the first day of the Part 1 session.
   • Linehan, M. M. (1993a). Cognitive Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.
   • Linehan, M. M. (1993b). Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder. New York: Guilford Press.
2. The Intensive Training Course is designed to provide the training and consultation needed to build an effective treatment program. DBT is a treatment that requires an ongoing consultation team. Therefore, the training is only open to teams consisting of 4-8 people. Individuals and teams of less than four will not be accepted. Each team member is expected to attend the entire 10 days.

The Combined Foundational and Intensive Training Week.

As the first week on the intensive is substantially the same as the foundational week content, we are able to combine these trainings into one event where foundational participants attend just the first week (5 days) of the intensive and intensive teams attend both weeks (10 days, with additional homework and consultation as described. This enables us to offer training to smaller numbers of teams in the New Zealand context.

Registration Process

• You must sign up and log in to the DBTNZ site to register.
• All Intensive registrations start with your team leader registering your team here. To do so they will need a pre-registration code that we will provide.  To attain one, please consider if you and your team are eligible for this training and then contact us and let us know of your interest.
• When your team has been registered your team leader will provide you with your team ID.
• When you have your team ID then each team member can register themselves below.
• Registrations require approval according to Btech criteria. We will notify you when this is achieved.
• Invoices will be issued when an application is approved.
• The whole process is completed online. There is not a paper version of these forms.

 

Ellerslie Event Centre. Ellerslie Racecourse,

80 Ascot Ave, Remuera,

Auckland.

New Zealand

Week 1: 17-21 Nov 2014. Week 2: Tue 28 Apr - Fri 1 May 2015 AND Mon 27 Apr OR Mon 4 May

8.30am until 5pm daily. Sign in from 8.00am on the first day.

Sign-in from 8.00am on the first day. Lunch and tea/coffee refreshments provided. Free parking at venue immediately outside the racecourse gates. Participants do not have to pay the Ellerslie parking meters.

$2500 + GST = $2875 per person

1. All team and team-member registrations must be approved by us according to Behavioral Tech criteria prior to acceptance for the training.
2. All team and team-member registrations are confirmed only when payment is received.
3. Payment must be made before the training. By registering you accept liability for the costs of the training.
4. Cancellations must be notified to us by email (or the website contact form) with full identifying information.
5. All cancellations notified prior to approval incur no costs. Cancellations received more than a month out from the training will receive a 90% refund.  Refunds cannot be given after that date. Refunds will not be available until after the event.
6. Once a team has been accepted you may request to replace a team member with another team member. The replacement team member must complete the Individual Application Form and their acceptance is subject to the same criteria. If DBTNZ determines that the replacement team member does not meet the Behavioral Tech criteria then the substitution will not be accepted. Applications to substitute a team member must be made to us via email or our contact form at least 2 weeks before a training event. Once training has begun, if a significant proportion (e.g., 25%) of the team is replaced we reserve the right not to grant further team replacements.
7. In the unlikely event the training is cancelled by the organisers, registration fees will be fully refunded but no liability will be accepted for travel, accommodation or other costs/expenses incurred to registrants.