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Discovery Residential Program Welcome to Discovery: a residential program for people with developmental disabilities and mental illness with Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) as its focus. "There is no place like home," the enduring theme of The Wizard of Oz, offers a creative and innovative approach for discovering and enhancing the quality of residential services at Liberty Corner Enterprises. Historically, individuals with borderline personality disorder and mental retardation have been the tornado, swirling as the most difficult, most costly, and the most ineffectively served. How does one provide safe havens and homes for those filled with fear, anger, sadness, abandonment, abuse and neglect? The answer, if found with our brain, our heart, and our courage, is to find the wizard: Effective treatment, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, aims to change problem behavior, teach new skills, improve quality of life and help people learn to value themselves and each other. (Dr. Marsha Linehan, Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder.) The brain discovers and learns. Courage enables us to participate in DBT as treatment for ourselves and the individuals we support. Our heart is filled with the gifts of compassion and commitment. As a combination of behavior and cognitive therapy, DBT can be adapted for individuals with developmental disabilities. It requires thinking about what we feel in our heads and in our hearts to arrive at our wise mind and, ultimately, to manifest our unfolding capacities. "There Is No Place Like Home" Discovery Program was developed in April 2000 with support, guidance and instruction from Christina Carter who trained directly with Dr. Marsha Linehan. This program utilizes Dialectical Behavior Therapy as a treatment model, including:
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