Praxis Continuing Education & Training Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT) Foundations for Behavior Analysts
Praxis Continuing Education & Training Acceptance And Commitment Therapy (ACT) Foundations for Behavior Analysts is organized by Praxis Continuing Education and Training (CET), Inc..
Release Date: 02/02/2023
Expiration Date: 02/28/2026
Description:
ACT Foundations for Behavior Analysts is designed to provide you with a solid understanding of acceptance and commitment training (ACT) along with practical steps for integrating it into your practice so you can address the most challenging behaviors with confidence — and make a profound difference in the lives of those you serve.
In this course created by — and for — behavior analysts, you’ll learn the ACT model along with its roots in behavioral science.
From there, you’ll learn how to perform an ACT-based functional assessment and analysis, write a treatment plan, and measure outcomes, all while staying firmly within your scope of practice.
With everything you learn in the course, you’ll be equipped with powerful new tools to show you a way forward — even when you’re facing behavioral challenges like aggression, self-injury, and tantrums.
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Learning Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
• Describe the historical trace from the early writings of Skinner, through the rule-governed behavior research and conceptualizations of language, to the contemporary account of relational frame theory as an explanation for human language and cognition.
• Describe the empirical and conceptual limits of behavioral theories of verbal behavior and how relational framing handled them.
• Explain the rationale for adopting psychological flexibility as a primary treatment focus in clients with sufficient verbal ability.
• Describe the six primary flexibility processes and explain them in behavioral terms.
• Give an example of how to create an expanded form of functional analysis using the ACT model as a basis.
• Describe how to know which areas of this functional analysis to target most effectively on a client-by-client basis.
• Explain how the ACT model can be used in a way that is consistent with the scope of ABA practice.
• Describe how to do assessment, analysis, and intervention for each of the six psychological flexibility processes in a way that is consistent with ABA practice.
• Discuss the role of ongoing assessment, documenting client progress, and how to evaluate indirect and direct measures of behavior change.
• Describe the broad applicability of ACT across many different areas of ABA practice.
• Explain the benefits and importance of integrating ACT with more traditional ABA approaches.
• Describe the importance of the individualized approach ACT takes and how this fits with the best of the behavior analytic tradition.
• Describe future vistas for ACT and how it may be integrated further into ABA practice as the field evolves.