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To be placed on the WAITLIST, email Tiffanie Martinez at tmartinez@mi-aimh.org

IMH Work When the Parent Has Borderline Personality Disorder: Using DBT Skills and Concepts to Support Regulation in Early Relationships

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills and concepts are useful tools to help increase sense of self in moms and babies.  Unwanted behaviors usually appear when emotion is intense, as often happens when parenting.  DBT concepts and skills help families have more control over behavior when situations increase the potential for acting on high emotion. Professionals will also learn skills to manage their own emotions as they help others.  This training will give practical, researched strategies for everyone present in the service of helping families we serve as well as our own individual lives and professional practice.

Date: Thursday, February 23, 2017

Time: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Registration begins at: 8:30 AM

Presenter: JoAnn Heap, LMSW, IMH-E®

Learning Objectives: Participants will be able to-

• Identify dialectical situations
• Identify an example of behavioral reinforcement
• Identify one mindfulness skill
• Name one DBT assumption
• Identify one emotion
• Describe riding the wave
• Name one DBT consultation team agreement
• Identify one distress tolerance skill
• Be able to apply one of the above to a current situation

CEU’s: Approved for 5.5 Michigan SW CEU’s and will also count toward the requirements for the MI-AIMH Endorsement®

Key MI-AIMH Competencies addressed include: 

Family Relationships & Dynamics; Mental & Behavioral Disorders in Adults; Relationship-Focused, Therapeutic Practice ; Life Skills ; Emotional Response; Self Awareness

Registration: This training is sponsored generously by the Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority (DWMHA). Therefore, training attendees need to be employed by a Detroit Wayne Infant Mental Health program and a coupon code is required to register. If you work outside of Detroit-Wayne County and are interested in the training topic, please contact Tiffanie Martinez tmartinez@mi-aimh.org, MI-AIMH Project Assistant, about the possibility of bringing this trainer to your area.

Registration deadline: February 16, 2017

For registration questions, contact Tiffanie Martinez at: tmartinez@mi-aimh.org or 734-785-7705, Ext. 7617