PreliminaryFindings for the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration?s Dialectic Behavior Therapy Programs

July 2002 Preliminary Findings for the Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration's Dialectic Behavior Therapy Program In response to concerns about mental health problems in its resident juvenile offender population, Washington State's Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration (JRA) initiated a pilot project called Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT). DBT was implemented during 1998 and 1999 at Copalis Cottage, a mental health unit within JRA's Echo Glenn Children's Center in eastern King County. By 2000, DBT was fully operational with an on-site DBT consultant and trained cottage staff. The Washington State Institute for Public Policy (Institute) was asked to evaluate the DBT . . .