{"id":5085,"date":"2016-07-27T10:22:39","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sunrisertc.com\/?p=5085"},"modified":"2016-07-27T10:22:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:22:39","slug":"a-lesson-through-dbt-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunrisertc.com\/a-lesson-through-dbt-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"A Lesson Through DBT"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pro\u2019s and Con\u2019s of DBT work in a Residential Treatment Center<\/a><\/h3>\n

I have what you may call a unique job, I teach science at a Residential Treatment Center. I work with young women that can struggle with a wide range of debilitating emotional problems.\u00a0 Not only do they come to school <\/a>and go to school together, they also live together.
\nI grew up in a very large family with 10 brothers and sisters who I love now but absolutely despised growing up in our small house. I\u00a0got into many arguments and many fights with my siblings in my younger years and I have to say that my mother, god bless her, dealt with us in a very fair and understanding way.
\nIt is then usually no surprise to me when I hear of my students getting into some sort of altercation in their living environment after they leave the school and return back to school the next day. I often wonder how they manage to deal with all of this emotion, and then I get the answer when they put their fist through a wall. This is where we come to the Pro\u2019s and Con\u2019s card<\/a> in their DBT <\/a>cards they carry around. I will lay out an example of how it looks.
\nOn one side of the card we have:<\/strong>
\n\"What
\nOn the other side of the card it reads:<\/strong>
\n\"Advantage<\/p>\n

Turning Actions into a Real-Life Lesson<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I like to refer to this card when I talk with one of my students after such and occasion. \u00a0I ask them do you feel better or do you feel remorse? I often get a similar response to the offender or the girl who punched the wall \u201cat least I didn\u2019t punch the girl who made me mad.\u201d I totally understand where they come from because as a young man I punched many holes in many walls. This is where I take this card and refer to the long-term consequence that they have to deal with, I ask them, well how you are going to fix the hole in the wall. I usually get a similar answer to this question as well \u201cI don\u2019t know how to fix it so someone else will.\u201d I flash back to when I was young and had to\u00a0spackle, sand and paint every hole from my youth.
\nI decided this week that it was time we had\u00a0a lesson on home improvement.\u00a0 This week we made 12-inch x 12-inch \"DBTboxes with 1×2 inch wood and placed a 12×12 piece of drywall on top. We then fastened the drywall to the frame and went outside. I have to say that some days I really love my job and today was one of those days. Once and for all my students had the go-ahead to lay their best haymaker on this homemade square.
\nOne by one they walloped the drywall, some hands made it through very easily some took a few punches and ended up with a red knuckle. Then it was back to the classroom where they cut holes around the damage, made patches and mudded around the patch. They had a good time making a mess but also got an appreciation of what it takes to fix a problem they had made.<\/p>\n

A New Skill Set\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I heard from my students many times, I always wondered how my dad\/mom fixed this when I was at home, now at least I can fix it and they will not have to. I love to see these girls make something with their own hands and take an appreciation for their work. So I would like to challenge all of you out there to take your child, younger, older or teenager and do a DIY activity, it is a great bonding time for both of you and hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I did today as well as giving your child an understanding of a long-term CON<\/strong> when you decide to put a hole in a wall.
\nBy Jacob Grimm
\nScience Teacher Sunrise Academy
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