Training Expectations

One-day face-to-face TBT-S training, or
6 hours of virtual video TBT-S trainings, accessible to view any time,
There are more than 6 hours of TBT-S Training Videos offered. Professionals can choose the virtual trainings that best fit their practices or educational settings.
Both face-to-face and virtual options offer handouts.
Video trainings range from 15 minutes ($5.00), 1/2 hour ($9.00), & 1 hour ($18.00).
Each video is followed by quiz questions.
Professionals and Peer Supports are eligible for Level 1.
A Certificate of Completion is awarded when Level 1 requirements are met.

Level 2: Intermediate TBT-S Training is all about application and practice.
This is a 3-day TBT-S Training.
All Level 2 Trainings are face-to-face.
TBT-S clinical and client tools and modules are "tried on" and practiced while being coached on how, when, why and where the tools could be applied to augment ongoing therapies.
Professional medical, dietary and mental health workers, or university faculty, are eligible for Level 2.
State and province board and legal requirements require having liability insurance, or one's clinical program or educational site covers liability.
There are two versions of Level 2:

Child/adolescent and young adult TBT-S Training addressing child and young adult development and how TBT-S builds upon family therapy.
Adult TBT-S Training (18 yrs. and above). This includes tools for Severe-and-Enduring Anorexia Nervosa.

Prerequisites:

Four two-hour trainings offered over a 1-year period of time.
Level 3 is all live virtual case consultations.
Level 3 integrates and synthesizes TBT-S clinical and client tools and modules into clinicians' ongoing eating disorder treatment programs or outpatient practices.
Professional medical, dietary and mental health workers, or university faculty, are eligible for Level 3.
Clinicians bring case examples and ongoing questions for supervision and exploration of TBT-S integration.
Level 3 is tailored to each practice setting and clinician needs.
Upon completion of Level 3, professionals are "TBT-S Certified!"

Prerequisites:

Read the Temperament Based Therapy with Support book by Hill, Peck and Wierenga, 2022.
Licensed professionals or university medical, clinical or mental health faculty are eligible to be a TBT-S Certified Trainer.
Complete and pass quizzes in Level 1 video courses on the website, or face-to-face training.
Coached and supervised by one of the Co-Developers during a Level 2 Training face-to-face.
Supervised during the 8 hours (2 hours a month over one year) of virtual Level 3 TBT-S training.
Provide a TBT-S Training, collecting participant feedback under observation and feedback from a TBT-S Co-developer.
Take and pass an exam on TBT-S.
Participate in Certified TBT-S Trainers' meetings two times a year to discuss new neurobiological research and treatment tools.

TBT-S Professional Training Expectations