Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts
Author: Mark R. Dixon
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2023-03-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000836185

This book provides a thorough discussion of acceptance and commitment therapy or training (ACT) and a guide for its use by behavior analysts. The book emphasizes how the intentional development of six core behavioral processes – values, committed action, acceptance, defusion, self-as-context, and present moment awareness – help establish the psychological flexibility needed to acquire and maintain adaptive behaviors that compete with maladaptive behavior patterns in verbally able clients. Split into three parts, the book discusses the history and controversy surrounding the rise of acceptance and commitment strategies in behavior analysis and shows how the processes underlying ACT are linked to foundational behavioral scientific principles as amplified by stimulus equivalence and relational learning principles such as those addressed by relational frame theory. In a careful step-by-step way, it describes the best practices for administering the acceptance and commitment procedures at the level of the individual client, organizational systems, and with families. Attention is also given to the ethical and scope-of-practice considerations for behavior analysts, along with recommendations for conducting on-going research on this new frontier for behavior analytic treatment across a myriad of populations and behaviors. Written by leading experts in the field, the book argues that practice must proceed from the basic tenants of behavior analysis, and that now is the opportune moment to bring ACT methods to behavior analysts to maximize the scope and depth of behavioral treatments for all people. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts will be an essential read for students of behavior analysis and behavior therapy, as well as for individuals on graduate training programs that prepare behavior analysts and professionals that are likely to use ACT in their clinical practice and research.

ACT and Applied Behavior Analysis

ACT and Applied Behavior Analysis
Author: Thomas G. Szabo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781684035816

Quickly master a proven-effective behavior therapy that will allow you to expand the effectiveness of your practice. As a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA), you work with a wide range of clients, particularly those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some of these clients may not be verbal at all on one end of the spectrum, while some may have very advanced language skills on the other. For these clients and their families, you need a flexible and adaptable therapeutic framework to ensure the best behavior outcomes. Drawn from relational frame theory (RFT)--the psychological theory of human language--acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can help. With this definitive professional manual, you'll learn to conceptualize your cases using ACT, create your own exercises, generate metaphors, be present with the unique individual learner in front of you, and practice the core ACT skills flexibly to ensure better behavior outcomes for clients and their families. You'll find an overview of the theoretical connections between behavior analysis, RFT, and ACT, as well as the core act skills, including present-moment awareness, flexible perspective taking, committed action, and values work. Finally, you'll find information on cultural competency and diversity to help you service a wide range of clients. If you're like many BCBAs, you need specialized resources when working with linguistically sophisticated clients, as well as their parents and caregivers. Let this book be your comprehensive guide to incorporating ACT into your work.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Behavior Analysts
Author: Sheldon Young
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-03-16
Genre:
ISBN:

Applied conduct analysis (ABA) is a sort of therapy that shows abilities and anticipated conduct by utilizing support. A few specialists guarantee that it's the "best quality level" for mental imbalance treatment. Supporters of ABA therapy refer to its progress in assisting mentally unbalanced individuals with acquiring ways of behaving and abilities. The individuals who are against it say that ABA is difficult for medically introverted children and powers them to adjust to others' thoughts of "typical" conduct.

Multiculturalism and Diversity in Applied Behavior Analysis

Multiculturalism and Diversity in Applied Behavior Analysis
Author: Brian M. Conners
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2024-09-30
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1040115187

This textbook provides a theoretical and clinical framework for addressing multiculturalism and diversity in the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA). Featuring contributions from national experts, practicing clinicians, researchers, and academics which balance both a scholarly and practical perspective, this book guides the reader through theoretical foundations to clinical applications to help behavior analysts understand the impact of diversity in the ABA service delivery model. This fully updated second edition includes updates applicable to the new BACB® Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts. Chapters contain case studies, practice considerations, and discussion questions to aid further learning. Accompanying the book is an online test bank for students and instructors to assess the knowledge they have learned about various diversity topics. This book is essential for graduate students and faculty in ABA programs, supervisors looking to enhance a supervisee’s understanding of working with diverse clients, and practicing behavior analysts in the field wanting to increase their awareness of working with diverse populations.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Author: Steven C. Hayes
Publisher: Theories of Psychotherapy
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781433811531

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a unique empirically-based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness processes, and commitment and behaviour change processes to produce psychological flexibility. Steven C. Hayes, who helped develop ACT, and co-author Jason Lillis provide an overview of ACT's main influences and its basic principles In this succinct and understandable survey, the authors show how ACT illuminates the ways that language encourages unhelpful skirmishing in clients' psychic lives, and how to use ACT to help clients accept private experiences, become more mindful of thoughts, develop greater clarity about personal values, and commit to needed behaviour change. The latest edition in the Theories of Psychotherapy Series. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy examines the therapy's history and process, evaluates the therapy's evidence base and effectiveness, and suggests future directions in the therapy's development..

Acceptance and Mindfulness at Work

Acceptance and Mindfulness at Work
Author: Steven C. Hayes
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780789034793

'Acceptance and Mindfulness at Work' presents behavioural analysis of human language that's ready to use, with applied extensions proven to have a significant impact in organisational settings.

Prosocial

Prosocial
Author: Paul W. B. Atkins
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-08-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9781038726728

Based on the work of Nobel Prize winning economist, Elinor Ostrom, Prosocial presents a groundbreaking and comprehensive program for designing effective and socially equitable groups of all sizes to create positive world change-from businesses and social justice groups to global organizations.

The Behavior Analyst's Guide to Working with Parents

The Behavior Analyst's Guide to Working with Parents
Author: Alyssa Wilson
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2023-06-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1648480926

Learn powerful ACT training skills to foster parental collaboration and achieve therapeutic goals. As a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) working in the field, you understand how essential it is to enlist the support of parents when working with autistic children. This book offers proven-effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) training skills to get parents on the same page and working with you to achieve measurable results. The Behavior Analyst's Guide to Working with Parents offers a comprehensive conceptual framework for using ACT in parent training contexts. With this clinical guide, you will find a brief overview of relational frame theory (RFT), rule governance, and how these core concepts and principles align within the ACT model. The book also provides: Empirical evidence for using ACT within parent training contexts Virtue-based ethics and specific BACB® ethical codes to consider Step-by-step processes for using ACT in parent training contexts Informed consent processes Finally, you’ll find an overview of specific ACT components that highlight detailed assessment considerations and metaphor development for each component—such as present moment awareness, acceptance, flexible perspective taking, and values-based action. If you’re looking for strategies to improve parental collaboration, this book has everything you need to get started.

Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition

Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition
Author: Mitch J Fryling
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 662
Release: 2020-03-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1684031397

Written by leading experts in language and cognition, this groundbreaking behavior analysis textbook brings the study of verbal behavior into the 21st century with cutting-edge research. Students and clinicians in the burgeoning field of applied behavior analysis will find the theoretical foundation they need to effectively help the increasingly diverse clients seeking their services. The origins of behavior analysis can be traced to the pioneering work of B.F. Skinner. Skinner’s fundamental insights into how human behavior is shaped, maintained, and can be changed were powerful and far-reaching. Some of Skinner’s most innovative contributions were in the study of language. Behavior analytic work in the area of language and cognition did not stop with Skinner, however. Indeed, Skinner’s work in this area has inspired considerable expansion, particularly with an eye toward more sophisticated verbal and cognitive repertoires. This important volume provides an overview of the concepts and core behavioral processes involved in language and cognition. You’ll find a deeper exploration of complex linguistic and cognitive skills, including generative responding, learning by observation, and perspective taking. Also included are clinically supported interventions based in mindfulness, psychological flexibility, and emotion regulation to help clients improve complex language, social, and academic skills. The future of behavior analysis is here. With its focus on the importance of language and cognition, this textbook is a must-read for anyone studying or practicing in the science of behavior.