DCYF Expert Stories: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Staff voice: ITM Consultant and DBT Expert Beth Rogers provides insight into Juvenile Rehabilitation’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Staff voice: ITM Consultant and DBT Expert Beth Rogers provides insight into Juvenile Rehabilitation’s Dialectical Behavior Therapy
As part of DCYF’s Strategic and Racial Equity Plan, the agency forms strategic partnerships to successfully transition youth into adulthood. A successful transition prepares youth for independence through education, employment, life skills, strong relationships, and more.
Seven high-achieving residents of Green Hill School have been invited to join Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. For more than 100 years, Phi Theta Kappa has helped millions of dedicated college students reach their full potential. Since 1918, 3.5 million students have joined 1,300 chapters worldwide.
The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is excited to announce the recruitment of interested and qualified individuals with lived experience to serve on the temporary Community Transition Services (CTS) Stakeholder Group, established by House Bill 1186
As we turn the corner into summer, several youth in Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) have been making strides in their education and are celebrating graduations and even job offers. DCYF strives to provide every JR student with an excellent education that prepares them for a healthy, productive life.
As part of his Eagle Scout project, 17-year-old Forrest recently hosted a school supply drive to support youth at Echo Glen Children’s Center. Knowing that he wanted his project to benefit young people, Forrest reached out to Echo Glen to find out their needs and then rallied his troop and family to collect donations.
Longtime DCYF volunteer Becky Schoen recently donated $10,000 to Echo Glen Children’s Center to support therapeutic programs for youth in our care.
In May 2021, Aaron Toleafoa, a bright young adult residing at Green Hill School, testified before Congress on the juvenile justice pipeline and the road back to integration.
As we move forward as an agency eliminating racial disproportionalities and advancing racial equity, it’s important to continue supporting the voices of BIPOC youth and acknowledge their history as an embedded part of our community every day of the year.
The residents of Green Hill School (GHS) have launched their first formal peer-to-peer mentoring program. The M.A.D.E. Men Peer Mentoring program puts making a difference every day (M.A.D.E.) at the center of its mission. The goal of the program is to support struggling residents who could benefit from peer support.