OrangaTamariki Specialist Training- May 2022

The first week of a DBT Intensive training run exclusively for Oranga Tamariki Staff. This training is only available to eligible Oranga Tamariki Staff.

You will need a special registration code to start your signup - please see your team leader or contact us.

You can review the typical content of a DBT intensive training here.

Trainers

Dr Emily Cooney is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the US, the UK, and New Zealand with children and adults in a range of inpatient and outpatient settings, with a particular focus on DBT. She is a senior lecturer at the Otago School of Medicine at Wellington, and an assistant clinical professor at the Yale School of Medicine. Emily served as a research therapist on two trials of DBT under Dr Marsha Linehan, and was the principal investigator on two DBT feasibility trials in New Zealand. One examined DBT for self-harming adolescents, and the other trialled DBT skills training for men with anger-related problems. She provides training in DBT via Behavioral Tech as well as DBTNZ, and loves working in Aotearoa.

Dr Kirsten Davis is a Clinical Psychologist who specialises in working with children, young people and their families. Kirsten has been involved in development, implementation and coordination of a DBT Programme for young people and their families at the Kari Centre (an outpatient child and adolescent community mental health service in Auckland). Kirsten was a co-investigator in a randomized feasibility trial of DBT for adolescents and their families in New Zealand and has provided DBT training both within mental health services and has been a co-trainer for several Behavioural Tech licensed events. Kirsten provides DBT supervision and consultation to both individuals and DBT consultation teams within both adult and adolescent community mental health services.

1. All registrations must be approved according to Behavioral Tech criteria prior to acceptance for the training.
2. All registrations are confirmed only when payment is received.
3. Payment must be made before the training. By registering you accept liability for the costs of the training.
4. Cancellations must be notified to us by email (or the website contact form) with full identifying information.
5. All cancellations notified prior to approval incur no costs. Cancellations received more than a month out from the training will receive a 90% refund.  Refunds cannot be given after that date. Refunds will not be available until after the event.
6. If you have been accepted for the training you may request a team member be substituted in your place. However that replacement team member must complete their own Individual Application Form and their acceptance is subject to the same criteria. If DBTNZ determines that the replacement team member does not meet the Behavioral Tech criteria then the substitution will not be accepted. Applications to substitute a team member must be made to by email or our contact form at least 2 weeks before a training event.
7. Online certificates of completion are available for all participants who attend 100% of the training and complete all the required self-study and homework tasks. See our FAQ page for more info. Printed certificates of attendance are not available for this event.
8. In the unlikely event the training is cancelled by the organisers, registration will be fully refunded but no liability will be accepted for travel, accommodation or other costs/expenses incurred to registrants.