Resources
What The Heck Is DBT?
This video produced by the UCSF DBT Program explains exactly what it means to be a part of a comprehensive DBT treatment program. During all of our DBT in Schools, LLC trainings we will discuss how the DBT STEPS-A curriculum differs from comprehensive DBT treatment when implemented in schools.
Four Tips To Help Kids During Difficult Times
In this mini-webinar, James Mazza and Elizabeth Dexter-Mazza, psychologists and coauthors of DBT Skills in Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents, share four tips that families, educators, and mental health professionals can use to best support their kids during this incredibly difficult time.
Screenagers Next Chapter: Uncovering skills for Stress Resilience
Filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston uses a personal lens and professional eye to help us all flip the script on stress, anxiety, and depression. We follow Delaney as she finds herself at a loss on how to help her own teens as they struggle with their emotional wellbeing. Ruston sets out to understand these challenges in our current screen-filled society, and how we as parents and schools empower teens to overcome mental health challenges and build emotional agility, communication savvy, and stress resilience.
DBT STEPS-A In Action
Integration Charter Schools (ICS) has been one of DBT in Schools, LLC partners for several years. Several of the ICS schools implement both the DBT STEPS-A curriculum as a universal (Tier 1) curriculum, and use the DBT informed counseling strategies in their work with students. Press the button below to take a look at one example of how they have integrated DBT STEPS-A skills into their schools.