Creative DBT Activities for Children Using Music
- Editor: Bonavitacola, Lauren
- Editor: Makary, Suzanne
- Editor: Spiegel, Deborah
Creative DBT Activities for Children Using Music
- Editor: Bonavitacola, Lauren
- Editor: Makary, Suzanne
- Editor: Spiegel, Deborah
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Are you looking for ways to help children and young teens improve their social and emotional skills? This book includes a range of activities and songs through which children can learn skills DBT skills for emotional regulation, interpersonal relationships, impulse control, and decision making. No musical training necessary.
The activities included range from one-to-one interventions to whole classroom experiences that may be used as one-and-done lessons or utilized on a daily basis. Each lesson also comes with an implementation plan and access to video resources that can help guide the instructor or be used to teach the skill itself.
Contents
- Foreword
- I. Introduction
- A. Explanation of DBT and how it can be used to help children
- B. Overview of how music can be incorporated into DBT activities
- C. How to use this book
- II. Principles of Dialectics
- A. Explanation of dialectics, its importance in DBT
- B. Music activities for teaching the concept of dialectics to children
- Dialectics: Opposites
- Change: Move My Statue
- Truth in Different Interpretations: Draw and Describe
- III. Mindfulness
- A. Explanation of mindfulness, its importance in DBT
- B. Music activities for teaching mindfulness skills to children
- General Mindfulness: Mindfulness
- Wise Mind: Musical States of Mind
- What skills/Observe: Notice my Breath
- What Skill/ Observe: Catch the Breath
- What Skill/ Observe: Rainbow
- What Skill/ Observe: Use My Senses
- What Skill/ Describe: The Train
- What Skill/ Participate: I Like the Flowers
- What Skill/ Participate: Listen for the Word
- What Skill/ Observe, Describe, Participate: Name That Instrument
- What Skill/ Observe, Describe, Participate: Song Listening
- How Skill/Stay Focused: Dance it Out
- How Skill/ Stay Focused: Musical Workout
- How Skill/ Don't Judge: Row Row Fact or Foe
- How Skill/ Do What Works: New Moves
- Mindfulness Review: Wise Mind, What Skills: Roller Coaster Ride
- Mindfulness Review: Participate, Don't Judge, Do What Works: Loving Kindness
- All Mindfulness Skills: Mindfulness Monsters
- IV. Distress Tolerance
- A. Explanation of distress tolerance and its importance in DBT
- B. Music activities for teaching distress tolerance skills to children
- STOP: Healthy Choices Freeze Dance
- STOP: Stop and Sing
- STOP: Shake Don't Shout
- Wise Mind ACCEPTS/Activities: Favorites
- Wise Mind ACCEPTS/ Contributing: Help One Another
- Wise Mind ACCEPTS/ Comparison: Colors
- Wise Mind ACCEPTS/with other EmotionsMusic to Change My Mood
- Wise Mind ACCEPTS/Push Away: Lock and Key
- Wise Mind ACCEPTS/with other Thoughts: Changing Our Thoughts
- Wise Mind ACCEPTS/Senses: Shocking Senses
- IMPROVE the moment/Imagery: Create Your World
- IMPROVE the moment/ Meaning: Rainy Days
- IMPROVE the moment/Prayer: Reflections
- IMPROVE the moment/Relaxing Actions: How I Relax
- IMPROVE the moment/One Thing in the Moment: One Moment Please
- IMPROVE the moment/Vacation: Vacation Spots
- IMPROVE the moment/Encouragement: I Know I Can
- IMPROVE the moment/ Self-Encouragement: It is Me
- TIP: Tea Pot Tip
- TIP: Grizzly Bear Grump
- TIP: Breathe
- Self Soothe: Calming Senses, Big Emotions
- Pros & Cons: Pros & Cons Song
- Radical Acceptance: The Acceptance Tree
- Radical Acceptance: Turn the Mind
- Radical Acceptance/Willingness and Willing Hands: Willing to Try
- V. Emotion Regulation
- A. Explanation of emotion regulation and its importance in DBT
- B. Music activities for teaching emotion regulation skills to children
- Functions of Emotions: What Do My Emotions Do
- Understanding Emotions: Name My Emotions
- Understanding Emotions: Musical Chairs Meet My Feelings
- Understanding Emotions: My Body My Emotions
- Changing Emotions/Checking the Facts: Checking the Facts
- Changing Emotions/ Opposite Action: Act Opposite
- Changing Emotions/ Problem Solving: I've Been Working on a Problem
- Decreasing vulnerabilities/ Accumulating Positives: Find the Fun!
- Decreasing vulnerabilities/ Accumulating Positive Experiences in the Long Term: Make New Friends
- Decreasing vulnerabilities/ Building Mastery: Cups & Claps
- Decreasing vulnerabilities/Cope Ahead: I Think I Can
- Decreasing vulnerabilities/ PLEASE : I'm Going on a Picnic
- Decreasing vulnerabilities/ ABC: ABC Skills Review
- Decreasing vulnerabilities/ Mindfulness of Current Emotions -The Wave Skill: Ride the Wave
- VI. Interpersonal Effectiveness
- A. Explanation of interpersonal effectiveness and its importance in DBT
- B. Music activities for teaching interpersonal effectiveness skills to children
- DEARMAN/ Entire skill: Dearman song
- DEARMAN/Describe: Describe
- DEARMAN/Express and Assert/ask: Stop Friend
- DEARMAN/Reinforce: Reinforce, Thank you
- GIVE/Gentle: G is for Gentle
- GIVE/Act Interested: Act Interested
- GIVE/ Validate: Active Listening
- GIVE/ Easy Manner: Easy Expressions
- FAST: Fast Friends
- VII. Using Music to Reinforce DBT Skills at Home
- VIII. Conclusion
- A. Summary of key takeaways from the book
- B. Additional resources for further study and implementation of music-based DBT activities for children.
