Implementing Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in Schools

  ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Instructor: Atara Hiller, PsyD

Instructional Level: Introductory

1.5 CE credits for Psychologists

1.5 CE credits for New York Psychologists (NYSED)

1.5 CE credits for School Psychologists (NASP)

Duration: 1.5 hours

Price: $45

This is a recording of a previously held live webinar. In order to receive CE credits, users will be required to pass a post-test after watching the video. 

Description

Despite the high rates of mental health issues among today’s youth, many do not receive treatment due to obstacles including cost, transportation, the time commitment, and childcare issues. Schools are an ideal setting to offer evidence-based mental health treatments because students are already in the building for their academic classes. This webinar will describe Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), an evidence-based has been shown to be effective for individuals with chronic emotion dysregulation difficulties, including suicidality, non-suicidal self-injury, interpersonal conflict, eating disordered behavior, substance use, depression, and anxiety. Participants will learn how DBT can be implemented in schools, as well as learn some DBT skills that they can start using with their students to help address emotion regulation difficulties. 

Learning Objectives

• Participants will identify overarching goal of DBT, as well as the different components of the treatment.
• Participants will identify at least three ways to incorporate DBT in schools.
• Participants will describe at least three skills that they can use with emotionally dysregulated students. 

Instructor Bio

Atara Hiller, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist and a Dialectical Behavior Therapy-Linehan Board of Certification (DBT-LBC) Certified Clinician™. She is the Co-director of the Trinitas APA-approved psychology internship and Co-Director of the Trinitas Institute for DBT and Allied Treatments, a DBT-LBC Certified Program™ . In that capacity, Dr. Hiller directs the Adolescent DBT Program, which treats teens and their families with a history of suicidality and/or self-injury and other difficulties with emotion regulation. She supervises fellow clinicians, psychology interns, and psychology externs in the practice of DBT, as well as provides individual DBT and co-leads DBT multi-family skills groups. Dr. Hiller also directs an outpatient adolescent DBT program at the Center for CBT, a private practice in East Brunswick, NJ, where she treats clients and families and provides consultation to schools on the implementation of DBT in their settings. She has extensive experience providing evidence-based treatments to children, adolescents, and adults with trauma, depression, anxiety, and disruptive behavior, as well as complex psychosocial stressors. Dr. Hiller is devoted to providing exceptional treatment to children, adolescents, and families in order to empower them with tools to enhance their relationships and navigate life's challenges effectively. She has frequently written about and presented on DBT, borderline personality disorder, and treatment for child sexual abuse. Dr. Hiller is also the author of DBT Skills for Teens with Anxiety (Penguin Random House).

Dr. Hiller received her bachelor's degree in psychology and English from Barnard College at Columbia University, and her master's and doctoral degrees in clinical psychology from the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University. At Rutgers, she conducted DBT for two years under the mentorship of Shireen Rizvi, Ph.D, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in DBT at Trinitas under the supervision of Essie Larson, PhD. Dr. Hiller has also attended multiple advanced trainings with DBT experts on implementing DBT, practicing mindfulness, and treating couples and families, substance abuse, trauma, and eating disorders within the context of DBT. 

Dr. Hiller does not have any commercial support and/or conflict of interest for this program.

Contact Us

For questions, please contact: ce@gsapp.rutgers.edu

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Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology is approved by the National Association of School Psychologists to offer continuing education for school psychologists. Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology maintains responsibility for the program.

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