Registration will go live September 4th!

by Kelly | Sep 2, 2014 | Conference

Just an update. Registration will go live on Thursday, Sept 4th (not the 1st). We will post the Conference Workshop Choices ahead of registration opening so that registrants will be able to make their selection for their workshop choice during the registration process. You will be asked to make a Workshop Selection during the registration process.

Poster Submission Update — Good News!

by Kelly | Aug 25, 2014 | Conference

Dear all,

As we are closing in on the submission deadline for posters (Sept. 12) I wanted to share some good news. The ISITDBT Board has confirmed that ISITDBT is a non-competitive conference. This means that if you are presenting your DBT-related data at another conference (like ABCT), you can also present it at ISITDBT!

We will provide some specific language to add to posters about this, but now you have the chance to double your citations in one fell swoop.

Please feel free to backchannel with any questions to isit@isitdbt.net.

Cheers!

PAST AWARD WINNERS

by Kelly | Aug 15, 2014 | Conference

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Some folks are wondering who has won awards before… well here you go.

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Poster Submission Deadline

by Kelly | Aug 13, 2014 | Conference

There have been some questions about the deadlines for poster submissions. Submissions are due September 12. You still have time!

Please send submissions to isit@isitdbt.net.

Thank you!!

ISITDBT 2014 Call for Posters and Award Nominations

by Adam Payne | Aug 10, 2014 | Conference

We are just a few months away from this year’s International Society for the Improvement and Teaching of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (ISITDBT) conference, which will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2014 in Philadelphia, PA. Once again, it will be held in conjunction with the annual conference of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT; www.abct.org). Here is some information to start getting you excited!

REGISTRATION: Registration will open up on or near September 1, 2014. All registration will occur online through our website and only credit cards will be accepted for payment. For an additional small fee, we will provide 6 hours of CE credits for psychologists and social workers.

CALL FOR POSTERS

At long last, we are officially ready to receive your submissions for posters. Our poster session will be held at the end of the day in conjunction with a cocktail hour. There is always a lively and engaged audience! Appropriate topics include pilot trials of an adaptation or novel use of DBT, or, basic studies on DBT-relevant topics such as emotion regulation, borderline personality disorder, suicidal behavior, and/or team or therapist behaviors. Submissions should include a title, list of authors and affiliations, and an abstract, and should not exceed one page in length. ***Please clearly note in your submission if the first author is a student. Submissions are due September 12, 2014 and should be sent to isit@isitdbt.net.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR ISITDBT SERVICE AWARD

The award recognizes outstanding service to the field of DBT. This includes those individuals who have contributed to the field in some notable way, either through training, dissemination of services, or in some other fashion.  Please take a moment to recognize either yourself or a colleague who you feel has contributed their time and effort to furthering the mission of the DBT community.  Some prior recipients of this award include Dr. Alec Miller (2002) and Valerie Porr (2001). The due date for nominations for the 2014 ISITDBT Service Award is September 12, 2014.  Please consider honoring your colleague by taking the time to write your rationale for a deserving member of the DBT / BPD clinician/research community.  

The submission requirements for the DBT Service Award are as follows:

1. A minimum of 1 nomination letter (self-nominations are welcome)

2. Nominee’s CV

Please send submissions to isit@isitdbt.net.

Please disseminate this notice widely and forgive any cross-postings of this email. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me at isit@isitdbt.net. I look forward to seeing you in November!

Best wishes,

Lynn McFarr, PhD, Program Chair
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center

Lily Brown, MA
Program Committee Member

ISITDBT 2014 News!

by Kelly | May 9, 2014 | Conference

Posted on May 9, 2014
Good news from ISITDBT 2014. Hot off the presses.

(ABCT) is the source of our room availability for our ISITDBT Conference space each year. Mary Ellen Brown at ABCT has been a wonderful supporter of our efforts each year and she grants us as much space as she possibly can spare from the other ABCT events that are ongoing on ABCT Thursday.  I have just heard back this morning from Mary Ellen about what she is able to provide for ISITDBT for 2014.

As you may remember we were able to have both large and small workshops at ISITDBT last year. Thank you Adam Payne and Mary Ellen Brown for making that so. Mary Ellen has worked her magic again! We will be able to have one larger workshops and FOUR niche workshops (50 people).

So once again the door is open for workshop submissions of all kinds and will allow the Program Committee greater flexibility of options as we plan out our 2014 ISITDBT Program.

Since the last few years have not afforded us the options for smaller workshops (e.g., workshops from 30 to 50 people), people may not have been thinking along those lines.  As such, I am extending the Workshop Submission date and the Research Submission date to June 15, 2014 this year.  Submissions should be sent to

We still do have other budgetary and logistical constraints, so we will have to “crunch the numbers” after we see what the DBT community may propose to do for this year’s ISITDBT workshops.  We are excited that we can start with a wider net this year.

•  Workshops will be 90-105 minutes in length and should advance a participant’s knowledge of DBT. As noted above, both “broad spectrum DBT” and “niche DBT” workshops submissions will be accepted, although quality submissions will be the main variable used for workshop selection. Experiential components are encouraged for all workshops. Submissions should include a workshop title, list of presenters and affiliations, 3 learning objectives, and abstract. In addition, please specify whether material will be geared to one of three levels: basic (will be useful to all participants), novice (useful to individuals who are relatively new to DBT), or intermediate (requires a moderate degree of familiarity with DBT). Submissions should be no more than 1 page in length.

• Research Papers. As in previous years, we will have a research panel in which individuals will present new data on DBT and DBT-informed studies. Appropriate studies include: randomized clinical trials, pilot trials of an adaptation or novel use of DBT, or basic studies on DBT-relevant topics such as emotion regulation, borderline personality disorder, suicidal behavior, and/or team or therapist behaviors. Submissions should include a title, list of authors and affiliations, and an abstract and should not exceed one page in length.