Occupational Therapy & ACT SIG

Occupational Therapy & ACT SIG

Occupational Therapy & ACT SIG (OT-SIG)

Affiliated 2018

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SIG Leaders

Tania Del Rio

Carlyn Neek 

Rachel Pecter

Mission/Objectives

The mission of the OT-SIG includes the following:
1. To promote collaboration within a growing community with an interest in how Contextual Behavioral Science informs Occupational Therapy Practice and how Occupational Therapy Practice may inform Contextual Behavioral Science.
2. Collaboration may include efforts to support clinical application, education, research, resource development, and/or publication specific to the application of Contextual Behavioral Science to Occupational Therapy.

General Interest Area to be Specifically Addressed

Quality of life with a focus on daily Occupation (Self-care, Productivity and Leisure) is the core of Occupational Therapy Practice. This group would focus on the performance components of Occupation which are Volition (Values, Interests, Personal causation), Performance Patterns (Habits, Roles, Routines) and Performance Capacity (Mental and physical attributes including lived experiences) and how this relates to psychological flexibility in daily practice.

SIG Activities

The group is having a great start as new members are becoming members of ACBS and OT-SIG!  The OT-SIG has a listserv and a webpage containing a list of resources.  The SIG has an annual meeting at the ACBS World Conference.

Description of Membership

All members of ACBS are welcome.

Community

Occupational Therapy & ACT SIG Resources

Occupational Therapy & ACT SIG Resources

Occupational Therapy & ACT SIG Resources

  • Division 12 of the APA lists ACT as supported for chronic pain with strong research evidence. http://www.div12.org/psychological-treatments/treatments/
  • The World Health Organization lists ACT as empirically supported ("moderate certainty") in the reduction of functional disability in children and adolescents with chronic pain. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240017870
  • The Netherlands Institute of Psychologists (NIP) recommends ACT for patients with MS with depressive symptoms
  • The Swedish Association of Physiotherapy (physical therapy) includes ACT as a physiotherapeutic theory and practice in the definition of the profession.

Webinars

Podcasts

Videos

Books and Articles

Posters

Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (fACT)

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