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DBT STEPS-A: Implementation and Training
The DBT STEPS-A Implementation Training provides instructors, teachers and school staff familiarity with the DBT STEPS-A curriculum. This training includes background information on how the DBT STEPS-A curriculum was developed, potential barriers and issues in implementation, solutions for student related challenges, and implementation strategies for teaching lessons.
The training is designed to establish four basic elements necessary in implementing the DBT STEPS-A curriculum effectively: A. Background and Development of the DBT STEPS-A curriculum B. Structure and Implementation ConsiderationsC. Overview and demonstration of DBT STEPS-A lessons D. Preparation and participant practice of teaching DBT STEPS-A lessons.
DBT Informed School Counseling Strategies
School mental health staff are provided tools to identify student goals and behavioral targets for counseling sessions as well as the rationale of using a chain analysis as a method of assessment and guide to determining effective solutions. Additionally, participants are provided step-by-step processes for providing skills coaching (based on DBT STEPS-A skills) to students “on the fly” when needed during the school day in order to increase the amount of time students spend in the classroom. The training offers an understanding of the impact of the invalidating environment on emotion dysregulation, and teaches validation skills and how they can best be used to impact school culture. Time is spent on demonstration and participant practice of “Coaching On The Fly”.
Administrators & Stakeholders Introduction to DBT STEPS-A
This workshop is designed for school administrators and stakeholders at various levels to provide a structured format in discussing implementation strategies for providing a structured social emotional learning (SEL) class and the barriers to implementing in current school-based settings. This half-day will provide a brief overview of what DBT STEPS-A is and its intended audience. Discussion of the current school structure, environment, and staff for potential implementation will take place. Finally, identified barriers, strategies and use of upstream approaches will be discussed with a perspective of showing initial impact among students, teachers, staff, and the school environment. Implementing a social emotional curriculum requires the support and understanding of administrators in order to assist staff in teaching an SEL class and ultimately, shifting the culture of schools to one that educates the whole child, both academically and emotionally.
DBT STEPS-A Intermediate Workshop
This one and a half day intermediate level training is designed for individuals who completed the initial 3-day DBT STEPS-A training and have been implementing it in their schools. This training will focus on implementation strategies, encountered barriers, challenging students, and practice of teaching lessons that participants identify pre-training. Along with a brief overview of how the lessons interact with each other, this training will also address how to generalize the skills taught in DBT STEPS-A classrooms to the school-wide environment and culture.