What we do

The function of the Board of Certification and Accreditation is to provide the following services:

 

Certification of Providers:

  1. Certify Mental Health practitioners who deliver DBT in individual therapy and/or skills training groups.
    1. Certification of an Individual Therapist will include assessing the knowledge base required to provide individual DBT as well as teach all DBT skills.
    2. Certification as a Skills Trainer will be focused on assessing the knowledge base for teaching the skills and the principles for managing a skills group.
  2. Generate a checklist of all requirements for Certification to aid potential applicants in assessing their readiness for application.
  3. Maintain responsibility for the content of all exams consistent with the evidence-based research and development of DBT and to assure its adherence to the treatment model of DBT as developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan.
  4. Provide descriptions of both the written and oral exam processes.
  5. Provide guidelines and study materials for oral and written examination preparation.
  6. Identify, train and qualify all examiners who will administer the required exams.
  7. Set the standards for the administration and scoring of all exams
  8.  Provide multiple exam questions across the domains of knowledge and for each key point within a domain so that exams are updated and varied.
  9. Maintain all records of the status of examinees during the Certification process.
  10. Maintain a registry of all Certified Individual Therapists and Skills Trainers on the Website.

 

Accreditation of Programs:

  1. Accredit DBT Programs that demonstrate fidelity to the evidence-based model of comprehensive DBT as developed by Dr. Marsha Linehan.
  2. Generate a checklist of all requirements for Accreditation to aid potential agencies in assessing readiness for application.
  3. Maintain responsibility for the criteria that will be assessed in order to determine if a program is delivering the treatment with integrity to the model based on evidence demonstrated in ongoing research on the delivery of DBT.
  4. Provide materials for preparing for the site visit assessment.
  5. Identify, train and qualify all site visit examiners who will visit the agency and conduct the evaluation.
  6. Create a uniform process for documentation of site visits with feedback to assist agencies in clearly identifying any remediation, if needed, to be implemented before Accreditation is granted.
  7. Maintain all records of the status of agencies during the Accreditation process.
  8. Maintain a registry of all Accredited Programs on the Website.

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