DBT® Skills in Schools

Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A)

By James J. Mazza, Elizabeth T. Dexter-Mazza, Alec L. Miller, Jill H. Rathus, and Heather E. Murphy

Grades 6-12.

From leading experts in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and school-based interventions, this unique manual offers a non-clinical application of DBT skills. DBT skills have been demonstrated to be effective in helping adolescents manage difficult emotional situations, cope with stress, and make better decisions. The book presents an innovative social-emotional learning curriculum designed to be taught at the universal level in grades 6-12. Explicit instructions for teaching the skills - mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness - are provided in 30 lesson plans, complete with numerous reproducible tools: 99 handouts, a diary card, and 3 student tests. Also provides access to a Web page to download and print reproducible materials.

Specifications

• 490 pages
• 8 in. x 10-1/2 in.
• Softcover
• Copyright 2016

Contents

Part I: Overview of DBT STEP-A

• What is DBT Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A)?
• Practical Issues in Schools
• Teaching DBT STEPS-A to Challenging Students

Part II: Instructor Information, Lesson Plans, and Tests

• Lesson 1 - Orientation
• Lesson 2 - Dialectics
• Lesson 3 - Mindfulness: Wise Mind
• Lesson 4 - Mindfulness: What Skills
• Lesson 5 - Mindfulness: How Skills
• Lesson 6 - Distress Tolerance: Introduction to Crisis Survival Skills, and ACCEPTS
• Lesson 7 - Distress Tolerance: Self-Soothe and IMPROVE the Moment
• Lesson 8 - Distress Tolerance: TIP Skills for Managing Extreme Emotions
• Lesson 9 - Distress Tolerance: Pros and Cons
• Lesson 10 - Distress Tolerace: Introduction to Reality Acceptance Skills, and Radical Acceptance
• Lesson 11 - Distress Tolerance: Turning the Mind and Willingness
• Lesson 12 - Distress Tolerance: Mindfulness of Current Thoughts (and Distress Tolerance Test)
• Lesson 13 - Mindfulness: Wise Mind
• Lesson 14 - Mindfulness: What and How Skills
• Lesson 15 - Emotion Regulation: Goals of Emotion Regulation and Functions of Emotions
• Lesson 16 - Emotion Regulation: Describing Emotions
• Lesson 17 - Emotion Regulation> Check the Facts and Opposite Action
• Lesson 18 - Emotion Regulation: Problem Solving
• Lesson 19 - Emotion Regulation: The A of ABC PLEASE
• Lesson 20 - Emotion Regulation: The BC PLEASE or ABC PLEASE
• Lesson 21 - Emotion Regulation: The Wave Skill - Mindfulness of Current Emotions
• Lesson 22 - Emotion Regulation: Emotion Regulation Test
• Lesson 23 - Mindfulness: Wise Mind Review
• Lesson 24 - Mindfulness: What and How Review
• Lesson 25 - Interpersonal Effectiveness: Goals and Overview
• Lesson 26 - Interpersonal Effectiveness: DEAR MAN Skills
• Lesson 27 - Interpersonal Effectiveness: GIVE Skills
• Lesson 28 - Interpersonal Effectiveness: FAST Skills
• Lesson 29 - Interpersonal Effectiveness: Evaluating Options for How Intensely to Ask or Say No
• Lesson 30 - Interpersonal Effectiveness: Interpersonal Effectiveness Test
• Distress Tolerance Test
• Distress Tolerance Test Answer Key
• Emotion Regulation Test
• Emotion Regulation Test Answer Key
• Interpersonal Effectiveness Test
• Interpersonal Effectiveness Test Answer Key

Part III: Student Handouts