Coping with Uncertainty: DBT Skills for Managing the Chaos of Life for System Involved Youth

Ashley Maliken, PhD

Training Description

This training is designed to help providers expand their coping skills toolbox, both to support themselves in doing the work of supporting system involved youth, and in supporting the youth with whom they work to be more effective navigating the stressors of life. We will begin by reviewing the sequelae of experiences system involved youth and those who support them may have that suggest the need for increased coping, before presenting information and data on resilience. We will then work through various DBT skills that can help decrease, tolerate, and manage the chaos and stressors of daily life. Skills will be modeled and practiced throughout.

Learning Objectives

· Participants will be able to describe 3 behaviorally specific experiences they or the system involved youth they support have that may be indicative of poorly managed stress.

· Participants will be able to identify the 5 components…