This presentation will help participants to understand the roll of skills building in a residential level of care. We will discussion the adaptation of generalizing skills in a higher level of care. We will further evaluate the latest research related to DBT-A adapted and adopted in a residential setting. Further, participants will understand the latest post discharge outcomes and research related to inpatient and residential care. 

Learning Objectives  
By the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:

1. Explain the limited current research on the efficacy of DBT-A in long-term residential treatment
2. List at least 3 ways DBT-A can be adapted to the long-term residential setting to promote successful transition out of residential care
3. State the overall findings of a research study conducted to explore the long-term efficacy of a DBT-A structured residential program

Instructor | Dr. Brad Simpson earned his bachelor’s degree at Brigham Young University, Idaho and followed his passion for social work by pursuing his master’s degree from the University of Utah and his doctoral degree in social work from the University of Tennessee. Brad specializes in working with couples, families, and adolescents in acute inpatient, intensive outpatient, and residential settings. He is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and provides trainings for mental health professionals across the United States. He has served in several administrative capacities most recently as executive director of a fully adherent DBT program. He is currently an associate professor and director of the Bachelor of Social Work program at Southern Utah University and the founder and owner of 3rd Wave Counseling and Consulting. 
In addition to research, administrative duties, and clinical practice, Dr. Simpson enjoys teaching undergraduate students, mentoring students, interns, and clinicians. 

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Including family members and loved ones in DBT sessions can be challenging. Family members, including parents, partners, siblings etc, both amplify emotion dysregulation, and with the right tools can help reduce intense emotions. This can be difficult to address even among family members without BPD or other significant problems with emotion regulation, and particularly difficult when individuals struggle with pervasive emotion dysregulation. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has been shown in dozens of studies to be effective in treating the many problems associated with emotion dysregulation.  DBT has been adapted for use with couples, parents, and families with multiple studies demonstrating successful outcomes. This learn and earn will present typical family targets that warrant collateral/family sessions, define specific skills needed to engage in family sessions, and demonstrate how to structure family sessions to maximize success.  

Learning Objectives  
By the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to:

1. Identify family/relational targets that warrant collateral sessions  
2. Assess family system’s skill level to determine readiness for sessions 
3. Provide rationale for skills to use during sessions to maximize session effectiveness 
4. Describe the model of family/relational dysregulation 
5. Structure session and target in session emotion dysregulation 

Instructor | Dr Tali Wigod is the founder and clinical director of Middle Path Psychology, a private practice in New Jersey providing CBT and DBT for children, adolescents, adults, and families. She previously served as research director and staff psychologist at Cognitive & Behavioral Consultants, co-leading DBT foundational and school-based DBT trainings. Tali is a DBT-LBC certified clinician and is committed to training others in DBT. 

Dr. Wigod will be presenting a 3-hour follow up training on this topic!

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