Alec L. Miller – författare

Packed with practical tools, this manual presents DBT STEPS-E, a comprehensive social–emotional learning (SEL) program grounded in the proven skills of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Two complete curricula are designed to integrate seamlessly into multi-tiered systems of support in grades K-2 and 3–5 classrooms. With a focus on prevention, DBT STEPS-E offers a nonclinical application for building emotion regulation, coping, interpersonal, and decision-making skills aligned with core SEL competencies. Detailed lesson plans are accompanied by teaching scripts, examples, and “From the Field” vignettes. In a convenient large-size format, the volume includes a reproducible daily diary card to track skills use and 77 reproducible student handouts, which also can be downloaded and printed.See also the authors’ curriculum for grades 6–12: DBT Skills in Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A)This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

From leading experts who have trained thousands of professionals in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), this manual provides indispensable tools for treating adolescents with emotional or behavioral problems of any level of severity. Clinicians are guided step by step to teach teens and parents five sets of skills: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Walking the Middle Path (a family-based module developed by the authors specifically for teens), Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Designed for optimal clinical utility, the book features session outlines, teaching notes, discussion points, examples, homework assignments, and 85 reproducible handouts, in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials.See also the authors' Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents (with Marsha M. Linehan), which delves into skills training and other DBT components for those at highest risk.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills have been demonstrated to be effective in helping adolescents manage difficult emotional situations, cope with stress, and make better decisions. From leading experts in DBT and school-based interventions, this unique manual offers the first nonclinical application of DBT skills. 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 three student tests. The large-size format facilitates photocopying; the reproducible materials can also be downloaded and printed.See also the authors’ program for younger students: DBT Skills in Elementary Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving in Grades K-5 (DBT STEPS-E)This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.

Filling a tremendous need, this highly practical book adapts the proven techniques of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk for suicidal behavior and self-injury. The authors are master clinicians who take the reader step by step through understanding and assessing severe emotional dysregulation in teens and implementing individual, family, and group-based interventions. Insightful guidance on everything from orientation to termination is enlivened by case illustrations and sample dialogues. Appendices feature 30 mindfulness exercises as well as lecture notes and 12 reproducible handouts for "Walking the Middle Path," a DBT skills training module for adolescents and their families. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print these handouts and several other tools from the book in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.See also Rathus and Miller's DBT Skills Manual for Adolescents, packed with tools for implementing DBT skills training with adolescents with a wide range of problems.

From leading experts who have trained thousands of professionals in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), this manual provides indispensable tools for treating adolescents with emotional or behavioral problems of any level of severity. Clinicians are guided step by step to teach teens and parents five sets of skills: Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Walking the Middle Path (a family-based module developed by the authors specifically for teens), Emotion Regulation, and Interpersonal Effectiveness. Designed for optimal clinical utility, the book features session outlines, teaching notes, discussion points, examples, homework assignments, and 85 reproducible handouts, in a large-size format for easy photocopying. Purchasers also get access to a webpage where they can download and print the reproducible materials.See also the authors' Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Suicidal Adolescents (with Marsha M. Linehan), which delves into skills training and other DBT components for those at highest risk.

Packed with practical tools, this manual presents DBT STEPS-E, a comprehensive social–emotional learning (SEL) program grounded in the proven skills of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). Two complete curricula are designed to integrate seamlessly into multi-tiered systems of support in grades K-2 and 3–5 classrooms. With a focus on prevention, DBT STEPS-E offers a nonclinical application for building emotion regulation, coping, interpersonal, and decision-making skills aligned with core SEL competencies. Detailed lesson plans are accompanied by teaching scripts, examples, and “From the Field” vignettes. In a convenient large-size format, the volume includes a reproducible daily diary card to track skills use and 77 reproducible student handouts, which also can be downloaded and printed.See also the authors’ curriculum for grades 6–12: DBT Skills in Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A)This book is in The Guilford Practical Intervention in the Schools Series, edited by Sandra M. Chafouleas.