Act And Applied Behavior Analysis

A Practical Guide to Ensuring Better Behavior Outcomes Using Acceptance and Commitment Training

By: Thomas G. & Tarbox, Jonathan Szabo

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Paperback | 1 October 2023

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Quickly master a proven-effective behavior therapy that will allow you to expand the effectiveness of your practice.

As a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA), you work with a wide range of clients, particularly those with autistism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some of these clients may not be verbal at all on one end of the spectrum, while some may have very advanced language skills on the other. For these clients and their families, you need a flexible and adaptable therapeutic framework to ensure the best behavior outcomes. Drawn from relational frame theory (RFT)--the psychological theory of human language--acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can help.

With this definitive professional manual, you'll learn to conceptualize your cases using ACT, create your own exercises, generate metaphors, be present with the unique individual learner in front of you, and practice the core ACT skills flexibly to ensure better behavior outcomes for clients and their families. You'll find an overview of the theoretical connections between behavior analysis, RFT, and ACT, as well as the core act skills, including present-moment awareness, flexible perspective taking, committed action, and values work. Finally, you'll find information on cultural competency and diversity to help you service a wide range of clients.

If you're like many BCBAs, you need specialized resources when working with linguistically sophisticated clients, as well as their parents and caregivers. Let this book be your comprehensive guide to incorporating ACT into your work.

Industry Reviews

“Applied behavior analysis (ABA) has waited a long time for this book. Behavior analysts will be delighted at the clear, pragmatic approach this book takes in guiding them toward the incorporation of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) into behavior analytic practice. The many examples and vignettes are relevant and representative. The book underscores how ACT synthesizes with the behavior analyst’s competencies, including implementing interventions based on functional analysis. The writing style is engaging, and will keep the reader smiling.”
—Ruth Anne Rehfeldt, dean at Waubonsee College; past president of the Association for Behavior Analysis International; and fellow of the Associations for Behavior Analysis and Contextual Behavior Science

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