DBT Skills in Elementary Schools : Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving in Grades K-5 (DBT STEPS-E)

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.