Association for Contextual Behavioral Science Polska (ACBS Polska)
Affiliated 2016
Click here to join the Poland Chapter - Some chapters have additional requirements to join, in that case, you will be sent an email with more information.
Poland Chapter website: http://acbs.pl/
Contact Information
Lidia Baran
University of Silesia in Katowice
Katowice, Poland
Board
President: Lidia Baran
Vice president: Barbara Anna Kossakowska
Members at Large: Hubert Czupała, Diana Singh, Piotr Suchanek
Members of the Review Committee: Agnieszka Wroczyńska, Juliusz Połatyński, Mateusz Fudali
Secretary/Treasurer: Joanna Gawrońska
Student Representative:
Mission/Objectives
Chapter mission is to alleviate human suffering and improve the quality of human life. Intermediate objectives that support the achievement of the main objective are to support the development of research in Poland and practice within a functional contextualism, in accordance with the fields of cognitive psychology and behavioral therapy.
Description of Chapter Activities
1) Follow our work on: YouTube, Facebook, website.
2) Conferences: International Scientific and Educational Conference "Curiosity builds bridges"
3) An initiative to adapt ACBS questionnaires to Polish:
Polish Version of the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire-II (AAQ-II)
Psychological flexibility. Polish adaptation of measurement tools for practitioners and researchers.
4) Polish language materials
Description of Membership
To become a member a person must complete a form on the website of the Association and pay the annual membership fee. To remain a member, a person must not fall behind with any contributions or debts, both in the ACBS Polska, as well as the ACBS. The members of the ACBS Polska may be individuals interested in the development of functional contextualism in the field of science and practice.
The types of membership: Professional Member, Student Member, Associate Member, Honorary Member. Membership fees are determined annually by the Commission Board and paid to the ACBS Polska.
Fee: minimal - 60PLN, recommended - 100PLN.
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