DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers

Dialectical Behavior Therapy is for children who have difficulty managing their emotions and behavior.

Dysregulated children may display behaviors such as physical aggression, yelling, demanding, refusing to comply with requests, shutting down, and irritability. DBT Therapeutic Activity Ideas for Kids and Caregivers gives caregivers and therapists activities to help children learn effective strategies to cope and manage emotions, behaviors, relationships and cognitions.

The book has reproducible handouts and worksheets to use in teaching and practicing each skill. The book covers all four modules of DBT including: mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

The last section of the book is specifically for caregivers. This section teaches caregivers acceptance and change strategies including validation and behavior modification techniques.