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Mastering ACT Tools in Behavior Analytic Practice
This intermediate to advanced training workshop is designed to increase your competence in applying acceptance and commitment training (ACTr) within applied behavior analysis (ABA).
Led by Thomas Szabo, PhD, BCBA-D, some key revision will be provided in didactic format to help you gain a deeper understanding of ACT tools from a behavior analytic perspective. From there, you’ll have ample time for practice in:
1. Using the ACT matrix to develop intervention targets
2. Applying the ACTr Analysis of Self-Talk to verify your targets
3. Mastering and modifying classic ACT exercises, and
4. Implementing an ABA ACTr Intervention Task List
Tom is an ACTr expert renowned for his engaging presentation style and innovations in behavior analysis.
In this substantive 9-week course, he’ll provide in-depth guidance and extensive practice to help you gain fluency and confidence in applying ACT strategies within the ABA scope of practice.
Using ABA instructional strategies like multiple exemplar training, errorless discrimination, behavior skills training, lag schedules of reinforcement, and fading and programming for generalization, this course will help you acquire lasting repertoires, allowing you to:
- Make better hypotheses about what needs to be targeted and verify them through assessment
- Master classic ACT strategies and develop a system for mastering new ones as you encounter them
- Easily modify and create your own techniques, making you more flexible and effective
- Create a more collaborative environment where clients are invested in interventions and more engaged in your work together
- Become more sensitive to subtle shifts in the room that will guide your interventions
When you deeply understand the tools you’re using, you’ll be able to more quickly come up with creative modifications or even your own versions.
What’s more, with practice, you’ll become more comfortable experimenting and taking calculated risks to discover what works best for clients—all while still staying true to ACTr principles.
All of this will make your application more consistent with the ACT model, helping you bring about flexible behavior change whether you’re working with ABA clients, families, or staff.