PROJECT SOARing

This study will examine the preliminary effectiveness of an adolescent group treatment delivered in a school-based setting. The purpose of the group is to teach adolescents Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills including: mindfulness, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and distress tolerance. The intervention is named SOARing (School-Based Opportunities for Adolescent Recovery).

This project is funded by a seed grant from the School of Behavioral Health at Loma Linda University and the Varda Shoham Clinical Science Training Initiative . 

Project SOARing Publications and Presentations

Conference Presentations

Mazzone, E., Antommarchi, C., Bagnara, G., Jutzy, H., & Boustani, M. M. (2021). School-Based Opportunities for Adolescent Recovery (SOARing): The Acceptability and Feasibility of a DBT Skills Pilot Program for At-Risk Adolescents. Paper presented at the 2021 Western Psychological Association Convention (WPA), online.

Antommarchi, C., Greenberg, S., Bagnara, G., Jutzy, H., Vogel, K., Banayan, T., Mazzone, E. & Boustani, M. M. (2021). School-Based Opportunities for Adolescent Recovery (SOARing): Preliminary feasibility of a universal DBT-based skills program for at-risk adolescents residing in an underserved community. Paper presented at the 2021 Western Psychological Association Virtual Convention.