Diversity/Advocacy Committee
Current projects needing assistance:
- Educate providers in various medical settings (emergency rooms, medical providers, primary care providers, OBGYNs, front line providers, PET team, police, CPS) about harm-themed OCD symptoms to reduce inaccurate diagnoses and potentially harmful treatment outcomes
- Provide training resources to clinicians with an aim of increasing cultural sensitivity
Related Tasks/Roles:
- Social media volunteers/advocates to connect ACBS OCD SIG to mental health organizations/influencers
- Researcher to identify statistics re: missed diagnosis of OCD
- Create a cheat sheet resource that could be offered on the website, different tiers, how to reach out to and connect with non-OCD providers
- Generate listing of OCD-informed psychiatrists accepting insurance
- Gather/produce resources to advocate for our clients and when collaborating with other medical providers
- Gather/produce resources for understanding different levels of care and what will meet clients' specific needs
- Increase advocacy and awareness at the IOCDF conference with other ethnic-minority clinician organizations
Additional Opportunities:
- Contribute to blog posts
- Peer consultation group participation and development
- Training participation and development
- Outreach and advocacy efforts
- Resource development for new clinicians interested in learning more about OCD, ACT, and serving marginalized communities
- Resource development for providers in various medical settings and parents
- Collaborate with other committees and SIGs (e.g., International, DEI, Training, Research etc.)
- Access to ACBS resources (e.g., training, conference information etc.)
Time commitment:
6-12months; attend approx. 4 virtual meetings/year
Contact person - Annabella Hagen, azhagen@gmail.com
Research and Dissemination Committee
Current projects needing assistance:
- Conduct meta-analysis/research review on ACT for OCD and related disorders
- Update website with relevant research
Related Tasks/Roles:
- Conduct literature reviews
- Evaluate articles on website to determine which representative articles are missing
- Communicate within OCD Sig, ACBS, and other organizations to recruit new committee members and survey research interests
- Assess current status of ACT research (using Chambliss et al. (1998)/Tolin et al. (2015)/Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology criteria
Additional Opportunities:
- Mentorship by committee chairs
- Communication to lay community/professionals on research findings
- Collaboration on manuscripts and professional presentations
- Development/collaboration on research projects (e.g. process-based therapy)
- Collaboration with other committees and SIGs (e.g. Clinical, Advocacy/Diversity)
Time commitment:
Minimum 1 semester; variable monthly time commitment depending on project
Contact person - Michelle Miller, mlm41@iu.edu
Clinical Training Committee
Current projects needing assistance:
- Create ACT for OCD training workshops
- Update website with training resources for professionals
- Develop self-assessment tool to guide clinicians to appropriate training opportunities
Related Tasks/Roles:
- Contribute to training resource bank
- Collect and create vignettes, role plays, exercises to understand what it is like to have OCD, other experiential exercises
- Search for and review materials to include on website for trainees/professionals
- Identify existing consultation groups for providers and/or develop group opportunities
- Identify pre-existing trainings that are ACT consistent
Additional Opportunities:
- Organize/participate in a reading group for professionals
- Draft communications to professionals
- Create recommended readings list with annotated bibliography for different skill levels
- Collaborate with other committees and SIGs (e.g. Research, Advocacy/Diversity)
Time commitment:
6-12 months; variable monthly time commitment depending on project
Contact person - Kristin Fitch - dr.kfitch@gmail.com
Communications Committee & General Involvement
Current projects needing assistance:
- Website development
- Social media
- Outreach/community building
- Develop and maintain listserv
Related Tasks/Roles
- Identify and/or review general resources for website (e.g., books, apps, podcasts, videos, blogs, websites, workshops, webinars, etc. for the public and professionals)
- Develop social media accounts/presence for general public and/or groups for professionals
- Compile directory of members for dissemination within the SIG Outreach to other organizations, clinics, universities, etc. to recruit SIG members
- Create listserv posts to prompt discussion and share resources
Additional Opportunities
- SIG leadership positions
Time commitment
3-12 months; variable depending on project
Contact person - Kristin Fitch, dr.kfitch@gmail.com