This course is designed for mental health professionals, those who are licensed, interning or studying in the field, both undergraduate and postgraduate. This can include, but is not limited to counselors, coaches, therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, GPs, OTs, social and youth workers.
Describe the rationale, structure and targets for skills training
Discuss methods about how to engage and manage skills groups with teens and families
Identify how to apply orientation and commitment strategies to teens and families;
Describe the biosocial theory of emotional dysregulation among youth
Identify the rationale and methods of teaching mindfulness skills
Describe how to teach distress tolerance skills
Discuss the adolescent-family dialectical dilemmas, dialectical thinking and acting and how to teach validation and behavior change strategies to teens and parents (walking the middle path skills)
Identify methods of teaching emotion regulation skills
Identify examples of how to effectively teach interpersonal effectiveness skills
Identify how to provide skills coaching in individual, group, parent and family sessions
Psychwire
2024 DBT for Adolescents and Families
Intake Dates: January 23, March 12, April 23, June 11, August 13, October 1, November 12, 2024
Online
Acknowledgement of Financial Commercial Support
No financial commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Acknowledgement of In-Kind Commercial Support
No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Satisfactory Completion
Learners must listen to each self-directed audio recording while following along with the visual slides and complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be viewed in their entirety. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. For Enduring APA and New York Boards of the Professions credits, you are also required to pass a posttest with a score of at least 80%. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
Accreditation Statement
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In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Amedco LLC and Psychwire. Amedco LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation
Amedco LLC designates this enduring material for a maximum of 12.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses (ANCC) Credit Designation
Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 12.00ANCC contact hours.
Psychologists (APA) Credit Designation
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Amedco LLC designates this activity for a maximum of 12.00 psychologist contact hours.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Counselors: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, ME, MO, NC, ND, NH, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
MI: No CE requirements
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NE, NC, NH, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Addictions Professionals: AK, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MD, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY (outstate held)*, OK, OR, SC, UT, WA, WI, WY
MA / MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
The following state boards accept courses from APA providers for Social Workers: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, DE, FL, GA, ID, IN, KY, ME, MN, MO, NE, NH, NM, OR, PA, VT, WI, WY
* If the activity is held live in the state of NY, then direct addictions board is required, ie: NAADAC. If the activity is held outside NY, is virtual, enduring or remote, it is considered "outstate" and this reciprocity applies.
Social Workers (ASWB) Credit Designation
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As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Amedco is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Amedco maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 12.00 GENERAL continuing education credits.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Social Workers: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY
* WV accepts ASWB ACE unless activity is in live in West Virginia then an application is required.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Counselors: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, ND, NE, NM, NH, NV, OK, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
AL / Counselors: Activities not providing NBCC approval may be approved by the Board for individual licensees upon receipt of acceptable documentation prior to the activity. Please send course details to your licensing board for approval BEFORE the event. No approvals afterward by the board.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for MFTs: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IN, KS, MD, ME, MO, NC, NE, NH, NM, NV, OK, PA, RI, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY
MA / MFTs: Participants can self-submit courses not approved by the MAMFT board for review.
The following state boards accept courses offering ASWB ACE credit for Addictions Professionals: AK, CA, CO, CT, GA, IA, IN, KS, LA, MO, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, WA, WI, WV, WY
New York Board for Social Workers (NY SW)
Amedco SW CPE is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #0115. 12.00 hours.
New York Board for Mental Health Counselors (NY MHC)
Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0061. 12.00 hours.
New York Board for Marriage & Family Therapists (NY MFT)
Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists. #MFT-0032. 12.00 hours.
New York Board for Psychology (NY PSY)
Amedco is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0031. 12.00 hours.
Objectives - After Attending This Program You Should Be Able To 1. Describe the rationale, structure and targets for skills training. 2. Discuss methods about how to engage and manage skills groups with teens and families. 3. Identify how to apply orientation and commitment strategies to teens and families. 4. Describe the biosocial theory of emotional dysregulation among youth. 5. Identify the rationale and methods of teaching mindfulness skills. 6. Describe how to teach distress tolerance skills. 7. Discuss the adolescent-family dialectical dilemmas, dialectical thinking and acting and how to teach validation and behavior change strategies to teens and parents (walking the middle path skills). 8. Identify methods of teaching emotion regulation skills. 9. Identify examples of how to effectively teach interpersonal effectiveness skills. 10. Identify how to provide skills coaching in individual, group, parent and family sessions.
Disclosure of Conflict of Interest
The following table of disclosure information is provided to learners and contains the relevant financial relationships that each individual in a position to control the content disclosed to Amedco. All of these relationships were treated as a conflict of interest, and have been resolved. (C7 SCS 6.1-‐6.2, 6.5)
All individuals in a position to control the content of CE are listed below.
| First Name | Last Name | Commercial Interest: Relationship | Ryan | Dixon | NA | Marsha | Linehan | NA | Alec | Miller | NA | Taleigha | Phillips | NA | Jill | Rathus | NA | Aoife | Richardson | NA | Jo | Shultz | NA
AHPRA is the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and governs multiple occupations including psychologists, doctors and nurses. The different governing bodies under the AHPRA umbrella have their own specific set of guidelines to be followed by their members, and educational institutions such as Psychwire are not involved in this process.
The AHPRA website has further information about CPD here:
https://www.ahpra.gov.au/Education/Continuing-Professional-Development.aspx
You can contact AHPRA directly about your continuing professional development here:
Each week will take between 1 ½ and 3 hours.
You don't need to be online at a specific time! You can log in and out at a time that suits you and learn at your own pace.
If your course has a forum, trainers will be online throughout the week to answer questions, but please allow a couple of days for your questions to be answered.
All our courses are self-paced. If you miss a week, or fall behind, don't worry. You can catch up at a time that suits you!
Each course has 12 months access, and this bonus time can be used to catch up on any missed work. You can find out when your course access finishes by looking in "My Dashboard."
If you are experiencing extenuating circumstances, you may be eligible for a deferral. Please contact us via the chat icon on the bottom right-hand corner of the website or via email at support@psychwire.com.
Your DBT Skills for Adolescents Training Manual will be available on your course library as a downloadable PDFs on the course start date.
Each participant who meets all of the course completion requirements will receive a letter of completion at the end of the program. You will receive an email upon completion that the document is available to be downloaded in 'My Dashboard'. This will include the course name, your name, and the dates of the program.
Participants seeking continuing education (CE) credit will receive CE documentation once all course requirements are completed. CE documents will be available in your Dashboard a few weeks after the program ends.
The forum is designed to provide you with expert support as you learn. You can ask questions about the course material and share experiences as you develop new skills. Both the trainers and your fellow course participants can reply, providing a rich community of learners.
The trainers will be online during the week to answer questions, but please allow a few days for replies. Just note that trainers are active in the forum during the course, but not during the extra access period at the end of your course. We will notify you via email when the forum is closing.
