Brad Beach. Personal Information: Education: Advanced Training: Professional Positions:

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1 Brad Beach Personal Information: Work Address: Echo Glen Children s Center SE 99 Street Snoqualmie, WA Education: BA, Seattle Pacific University, 1981 Major: Psychology Advanced Training: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Intensive (100 hours) Trainer: Marsha Linehan, Ph.D. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Specialized Training and Consultation March 1997 (8 hours) Trainer: Kelly Koerner, Ph.D. Dialectical Behavior Therapy in Corrections March 1998 (8 hours) Trainer: Kelly Koerner, Ph.D. Behavior Therapy-Dialectical Behavior Therapy Series in Corrections-September June 2000 (36 hours). Trainer: Kelly Koerner, Ph.D. Dialectical Behavior Therapy Dialectical Dilemmas August 2000 (4 hours) Trainer: Henry Schmidt,Ph.D. Various Advanced Trainings in DBT and CBT (2000-present) Professional Positions: Trainer- Behavioraltech, LLC (1999-present) Primary Duties- Provide training and expert consultation for correctional, adolescent and outpatient mental health facilities in the areas of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and treatment for multi-diagnostic difficult to treat clients. Provide consultation on dissemination of DBT throughout the United States and Canada. Associate Superintendent- Echo Glen Children s Center (2003-present) Primary Duties- Provide Clinical Direction for 172 bed juvenile correctional facility, supervise six living units, supervise contracted psychologists and psychiatrists. Program Director- Copalis Cottage Mental Health Unit, Echo Glen Children s Center ( ) Primary Duties: Coordinate treatment for a sixteen-bed co-ed maximum-security mental health unit. Supervise clinical staff, develop and implement treatment programs and protocols. Conduct individual and group therapy. Provide direction and training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy for a large juvenile

2 correctional facility. Serve as Officer of the Day and Medical director Designee (since October 2000) providing consultation for crisis situations,conducting suicide assessments and other campus issues. Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration Crisis Response Team (1990-present) Primary Duties: Respond to completed suicides, major assaults and murders and debrief first responders and other individuals traumatized by the event. Train new crisis team members and consult with administrators of juvenile correctional facilities on management of major crisis situations. Juvenile Rehabilitation Residential Counselor ( ) Primary Duties: Conduct individual, group and milieu treatment for mentally ill juvenile offenders in a maximum security-mental health unit. Served as unit mental health specialist, designing programs and acting as laison with psychiatric team. Teaching Experience: Suicide Prevention-Juvenile ( ) Conducted training on suicide prevention for juvenile corrections staff. Criminal Justice Training Commission ( ) Conducted training on mental health issues with juvenile offenders. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (1997-present) Train juvenile corrections staff and teachers on the principles and application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (1999-present) Train and consult with clinical staff in various settings on principles and application of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (through Behavioral Technology Transfer Group). Washington Institute-Youth Co-Occurring Disorders Academy Faculty ( ). Teach treatment planning and engaging and connecting to adolescent chemical dependency and mental health providers using principles of Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Workshops: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied in Forensic and Criminal Settings For Female Offenders, Correctional Services of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, February 1999(two day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied in Forensic and Criminal Settings,Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo,Pueblo, Colorado,April 1999(five day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied in Forensic and Criminal Justice Settings For Female Offenders, Correctional Services of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, January 2000(two day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied in Criminal and Forensic Settings, Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, April 2000(two-day workshop).

3 Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Adolescents, Child Study and Treatment Center, Tacoma, WA.November&December 2000(three two-hour workshops). Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Adolescents, United Behavioral Health, Vancouver, WA.February, 2001(two day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to an Adolescent Unit,Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo,Children s Division,Pueblo, Colorado, March 2001(two day workshop and consultation). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Criminal and Forensic Settings, (conducted therapy sessions, modeling behavioral analysis and treatment strategies with actual clients) Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, April 2001(two-day workshop). Behavior Management Basics-Echo Glen Children s Center, May 2001(four hour workshop) Behavior Management Basics-Echo Glen Children s Center, June 2001(four hour workshop) Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Correctional Settings, Mental Health in Corrections-Forest Institute of Professional Psychology, June 2001, Kansas City, Missouri (two day workshop and consultation). DBT Applied to Difficult to Treat Clients, WSACDPTA, Counselor Camp, Morton, Wa, April 2002 DBT Applied to Substance Abusers, Merrill Lynch Symposium, Yakima, Wa. August, 2002 Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Substance Abusers, Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) June Olympia, Wash. ( two day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Substance Abusers, Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) June Seattle, Wash. ( two day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Substances Abusers ( adolescent and adult). Clallam County, Port Angeles, Wash. June 2003 (two day workshop). Advanced Topics in Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Special Emphasis on Adolescents, Portland, Oregon. September,2003. (two day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Adolescents, Second Chance, Lynwood, Wash. October, 2003 (two day workshop) Adolescent Depression Conference, Kaiser Permanente, Emeryville, Ca. November, 2003 ( one day presentation) Advanced Topics in Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Special Emphasis on Adolescents, Denver, Colorado, December, (two day workshop). Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Juvenile Offenders, Arizona Dept. Of Juvenile Corrections, Phoenix, Ariz. January, 2004 ( three day workshop) Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Adolescents, Youth Care, Draper, Utah, March 2004 ( two day workshop) Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Substance Abusing Adolescents, DASA, Seattle, Wa. April 2004 ( four day workshop)

4 Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Adolescents, Prince George, British, Columbia, May 2004 ( three day workshop) DBT on the Fly- Implementing Dialectical Behavior in a Juvenile Correctional Setting, CJCA, Chicago, Il. July, 2004 ( conference presentation) Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Substance Abusing Adolescents, DASA, Seattle, Wa. June 2004 ( two day workshop) DBT Individual Psychotherapy, Victoria, British, Columbia, March 2005, (two day workshop) Dialectical Behavior Therapy Applied to Adolescents and Foster Care, Ettie Lee, LosAngeles, Ca. June 2005(three day workshop) Grand Rounds: Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Adolescents,Children s Hosptial and Medical Center,Seattle,WA.,December Treating Client Aggression( Adolescents), Children s Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, Wa. April 2005 Consultations: Correctional Services of Canada (Female Federal Prisoners), Ottawa, Canada ( ) Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Pueblo Colorado (1999-present) Regional Psychiatric Centre (Female Mentally Ill Forensic Clients), Saskatoon, Canada (2000) Healing Lodge (Mentally Ill Chemically Dependent Adolescents), Spokane, WA. (2000) Acres Landing(developmental disabilties),(2000) Maple Lane Juvenile Correctional Facility (Mentally Ill Male Adolescent Offenders) Centralia, Wash. (2000) SeaMar/Visions Drug and Alcohol Program (Mentally Ill Chemically Dependent Adolescents) Bellingham, Wash. (2000) Hull Youth Services,Calgary,Canada(2001) Bedford Hills Correctional Center, New York (2001) Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo, Children s Division (2001) Awards:

5 Echo Glen Outstanding Employee 1990 Outstanding Employee-Regional and State Level 1990 Outstanding Team Award-Regional Level 1996 Outstanding Team Award 2000 Safety Award ( reducing unit assaultive and suicidal behavior by 90%) 2000 Echo Glen Outstanding Employee 2004 Publications: Trupin E., Stewart D. & Beach B., Effectiveness of Dialectical Behavior Therapy with Juvenile Female Offenders (1999). McCann, Ivanoff, Beach, Schmidt, DBT Implementation in Juvenile and Adult Forensic Settings,(2005) book chapter, in press