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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Special Populations (DBT-SP) is an adaptation of DBT® designed for adults with dual diagnoses of developmental disabilities and psychiatric disorders. DBT-SP aims to help participants “build a life worth living” by developing the skills needed to change patterns in their behaviors, emotions, thoughts, and interpersonal relationships. DBT-SP’s approach is grounded in the idea that two seemingly opposing facts can both be true, most notably that the goals of therapy include both acceptance and change. DBT-SP providers strive to help participants both accept themselves and change their behavior.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A) is a universal adaptation of DBT® designed for adolescents in middle and high school. DBT STEPS-A aims to empower adolescents through teaching strategies and skills in the areas of emotion regulation, decision-making abilities, and maintaining and building relationships. DBT STEPS-A uses the concept of dialectics, the idea that two seemingly opposing facts can both be true, to encourage adolescents to use “both-and” thinking. For example, adolescents should both accept themselves and be motivated to change.
Early Pathways is an in-home trauma-informed therapy program designed to serve families living in poverty who have young children with significant behavior problems.
e-Family Foundations (e-FF) is an online and interactive self-study adaptation of the Family Foundations (FF) parenting education program designed for couples expecting their first child. e-FF aims to help couples develop a team approach to caregiving, maintain family bonds, reduce stress, and promote adult and child well-being. In e-FF, couples are defined as any two individuals who plan to care for the child together and can include the parent and another individual such as a grandparent or new romantic partner. Couples participate in e-FF together and typically begin e-FF classes during pregnancy.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) – Standard Protocol is a psychotherapy treatment for children and adults aimed at minimizing distress associated with traumatic memories and other adverse life experiences. It is based on the Adaptive Information Processing (AIP) model, which assumes unprocessed experiences are the basis for clients’ present dysfunctional reactions and mental disorders. EMDR – Standard Protocol aims to reduce symptoms by having clients process the components of the distressing memory and link the memory with other more adaptive information while focusing on an external stimulus (e.g., clinician-directed lateral eye movements, hand-tapping, audio stimulation).
ezPARENT is a self-administered app-based adaptation of the Chicago Parent Program that aims to promote positive parenting skills and to prevent behavior problems in children ages 2–8. Parents complete six 1-hour modules sequentially. Modules 1 and 2 focus on building parents’ positive relationships with their children. Modules 3, 4, and 5 cover child behavior management skills. Module 6 addresses stress management and problem-solving skills. Each module includes video clips of parents interacting with their children, knowledge questions to check understanding, interactive activities, and practice assignments.
Familias Fuertes is a family skills training program adapted from the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14. Familias Fuertes is designed to serve Spanish-speaking Latin American families with youth ages 10–14. Familias Fuertes aims to help parents increase their youth’s protective factors, such as pro-social peer relationships, and reduce their youth’s risk factors for psychotropic substance abuse and HIV/AIDS. Familias Fuertes consists of multi-family group sessions. Each session contains three components: parent sessions, youth sessions, and family sessions. During the first half of each session, parents and youth meet separately for parent sessions and youth sessions. During the second half of each session, parents and youth meet together for family sessions. Throughout all sessions, group facilitators use narrated videos of common youth-parent scenarios to help deliver the program.
Familias Unidas is a family-centered intervention that aims to prevent substance use and risky sexual behavior among Hispanic adolescents. Familias Unidas aims to empower parents by increasing their support network, teaching them about protective and risk factors, improving parenting skills, enhancing parent-adolescent communication, and facilitating parental involvement and investment in adolescents’ lives.
Familias Unidas – eHealth is a family-centered online intervention that aims to prevent substance use and risky sexual behavior among Hispanic adolescents. Familias Unidas – eHealth aims to empower parents by teaching parents about protective and risk factors, improving parenting skills, enhancing parent-adolescent communication, and facilitating parental involvement and investment in adolescents’ lives.
Families Actively Improving Relationships (FAIR) is an intensive, trauma-informed in-home treatment designed to serve families referred to child welfare services for parental substance use issues. FAIR uses components of parent management training and reinforcement-based therapy interventions to help parents with parenting skills, substance use, mental health, and other needs parents identify.