Level 1 & 2 On-Demand
LEVEL 1
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy Blended Learning Course – Level 1 lays the foundations for becoming an RO DBT Clinician. Underlying theories supporting the treatment will be taught that are essential for understanding the treatment itself and for being able to explain the treatment to clients to gain treatment commitment. Level 1 consists of 6 modules, covering 8 hours of material, that is, 8 CE credits.
- Module 1: RO DBT: An Evidence-Based Treatment
- Module 2: Social Bonds And Self-Control
- Module 3: The RO DBT Bio-Social Theory For Disorders Of Overcontrol
- Module 4: The RO DBT Neuroregulatory Model
- Module 5: Assessing Overcontrol
- Module 6: Introduction To Treatment Structure And Targeting, And A Case Example
For a full list of Learning Objectives, click here and scroll to "Description and Learning Objectives".
You can download the Level 1 Course Syllabus here.
Course Instructor: Dr. Thomas Lynch, RO DBT Treatment Developer (go to Trainer Bio)
LEVEL 2
The complete Level 2 course consists of 30 on-demand webinars with 40.75 hours of teaching materials, divided into twelve parts. Each part ends with a quiz and an evaluation, which both need to be completed in order to receive a certificate of completion.
Level 2 of the RO DBT Blended Learning program includes the following parts:
- Part 1: Radical Openness & Self-Enquiry
- Part 2: Effective Treatment Structuring
- Part 3: The Key Mechanism of Change
- Part 4: Therapeutic Use of Social Signaling
- Part 5: Therapeutic Stance, Teasing and Silliness
- Part 6: Skills Training in Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Part 7: Treating the Enigma Predicament
- Part 8: Treating Secret Moral Emotions
- Part 9: Alliance Ruptures and Repairs
- Part 10: Dealing with Disguised Demands
- Part 11: Effective Treatment Targeting
- Part 12: Chain & Solution Analysis
For a full list of Learning Objectives and CE credits, go to RO DBT Level 2 and scroll to "Learning Objectives and CE credits".
You can download the Level 2 Course Syllabus here.
Course Instructor: Dr. Thomas Lynch, RO DBT Treatment Developer (go to Trainer Bio)
Live Level 3
The goal of the Live Level 3 workshop is to consolidate your learning from Levels 1 and 2, to deepen your knowledge and to practice, practice, practice!
The RO DBT Practitioner Pathway is the full Level 3 training for clinicians who wish to treat clients via individual sessions as well as skills training classes. Full attendance results in a certificate for 22 CE's.
This Level 3 training aims to put your theoretical learning from Levels 1 and 2 into practice. This means you will be doing lots of role-plays and other exercises with a group of 20-30 fellow clinicians.
Below is a full list of Learning Objectives:
- Use self-enquiry to identify any energy you experience and ask yourself ‘What is there to learn?’
- List the most important topics to be covered during the four sessions of the Orientation and Commitment phase of the treatment.
- Role-play the three scripts from the orientation and commitment phase: the OC Self-Identification script, the bio-social theory of overcontrol script, and the key mechanism of change script.
- Differentiate between typical overcontrolled and undercontrolled suicidal behavior.
- Identify valued goals for yourself and your clients to help guide treatment targeting.
- Use therapeutic teasing as a way to provide feedback to your client without getting too heavy handed about it.
- Identify an alliance rupture and apply the alliance rupture and repair protocol.
- Use the skills manual to teach your clients RO skills and review their homework using the handouts and worksheets.
- Demonstrate how to manage maladaptive social signals in RO Skills class, such as a quiet classroom, non-participation during ‘participating without planning’ exercises, engaging in Don’t Hurt-Me responses or engaging in a personal attack in class.
- Apply RO DBT protocols for managing non-completion of homework or requests to pass during homework review.
- Demonstrate the use of ‘Therapeutic Induction of Social-Responsibility’ when clients’ in-class behavior is negatively impacting the learning of others.
- Identify treatment targets based on the five OC themes using the eight steps for individualizing treatment targets.
- Identify maladaptive social signals that occur in session and use the eight steps for in-session targeting to address these in treatment.
- Explain why and when you and your client should demonstrate social signals to one another.
- Identify the social signalling target for the chain analysis based on the diary card.
- Role-play conducting chain analyses.
- Identify coping skills for your clients to prevent future occurrences of maladaptive social-signals and to live a ‘life worth sharing’.
- Role-play teaching skills as solutions for maladaptive social signaling behaviors
Course Instructor: Senior Certified RO DBT Clinician
Entry Requirements & Additional Information
Target audience: A professional qualification in a mental health or related field (e.g. psychology, psychiatry, social work, mental health nursing).
Content Level: Level 1 of this Blended Learning program is delivered at the introductory/beginner level: no previous knowledge of RO DBT is required. The focus of Level 1 is on the theoretical foundations and basic principles of RO DBT. Level 2 of the Blended Learning program is at the Intermediate Level- you must have completed Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy Level 1. Level 3 puts your theoretical knowledge from Levels 1 and 2 into practice with role plays and exercises - you must have completed Radically Open Dialetical Behavior Theapy Levels 1 and 2.
Method of Delivery: this course consists of a series of non-interactive pre-recorded video's and a subsequent live training (either in-person or online). You will need to have a sufficiently strong internet connection to be able to stream these videos.
Accessibility: All videos have the option to turn on English Closed Captions. If you have any questions, need help or want to discuss accessibility issues, please contact roelie@radicallyopen.net
Knowledge Quizzes: For Level 1 and 2, after each part you will be invited to complete a knowledge quiz via your online account. You will need to answer 80% of questions correctly in order to pass and move on to the next part. You will be able to re-take the quiz up to 3 times in order to pass.
There is no knowledge quizze upon completion of Level 3.
Recommended Reading Materials:
- Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Theory and Practice for Treating Disorders of Overcontrol (T. Lynch, 2018; published by New Harbinger)
- The Skills Training Manual for Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy: A Clinician's Guide for Treating Disorders of Overcontrol (T. Lynch, 2018; published by New Harbinger)
These books will be used throughout the training as reference works. You will not receive excerpts from the Textbook or Skills Manual as part of the Level 2 and 3 courses. It is assumed that clinicians wishing to learn RO DBT will have purchased these books already. If you have not, you can purchase them through various book sellers, including Amazon and New Harbinger, the publisher.
Conflicts of interest: We don’t receive any direct commercial support for our training companies RO DBT Online B.V. or Radically Open Ltd. However, Dr. Thomas Lynch, the RO DBT treatment developer and chief RO DBT trainer, receives royalty fees for the RO DBT Textbook and Skills Manual from New Harbinger publishers. He is married to Mrs Erica Smith-Lynch, co-owner and director or RO DBT Online B.V. and Radically Open Ltd.
Certificates
Certificate/Letter of Completion: You will be able to download a certificate of completion at the end of each part, provided you have passed the knowledge quiz and have completed the CE evaluation form. If you want your professional license number to be added to your certificate, please add this to your Bio on your online profile page or send your license number to roelie@radicallyopen.net
Accreditation: We are accredited by the American Psychological Association, the
Approved Continuing Education board of the Association of Social Work Boards (#1774), and the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (#SW-0871).
Please note: credit is not awarded for prerequisite reading, homework, assignments, supervision, and consultation.
Discounts, Refunds, and Grievances
Discounts: We offer several types of discounts.
1. Group Discounts
5 to 9 persons = 10%
10 to 14 persons = 12.5%
15+ persons = 15%
Group discounts will be automatically applied at checkout to orders of 5 or more courses.
2. Developing Country Discounts
We offer a 20% discount to customers from developing countries according to the International Statistical Institute. The discount will automatically be applied to your shopping cart if your country of residence qualifies.
3. Underserved Population Discounts
We offer a 20% discount to customers whose majority practice is with underserved populations. To determine your eligibility for this discount please fill out the following application form.
Please note the above discounts cannot be used in combination with one another.
Refunds: Online courses and on-demand webinars are non-refundable. Once the course is purchased/accessed, no refund will be granted regardless of the reason. All online training courses are tested extensively on all types of systems, browsers, and devices. We can assist you to get started with the course, if you are having any trouble.
For live trainings, if you are unable to attend due to unforeseen circumstances after you have already purchased a ticket, we will issue a refund minus a 2.95% administration fee if cancelled three weeks before the event start date.
After that date, no refunds will be issued but we may issue a coupon code of the same value for attendance at a next, similar live event.
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