ACT and The Scope of Practice in ABA by Dr. Szabo becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside school teams and classroom routines.
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Join Free →ABA practitioners are reading about Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) in empirical journals and social media but most graduate schools do not yet offer formal training or supervision in this modality of treatment. Credentialed behavior analysts are required to work within their scope of competence; therefore, it is incumbent upon them to seek training, consultation, or supervision before using treatments for which they have not yet developed proficiency. Additionally, because ACT was originally developed as a mode psychotherapy, behavior analysts using ACT must learn critical boundaries between ACT used in psychotherapy and ACT used in ABA treatment. This webinar provides a very brief overview of the ACT model of psychological flexibility, how it fits in the broader landscape of psychology, how it can be used in ABA, where to get training and where to get consultation or supervision.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Thomas G. Szabo, PhD., BCBA-D is a professor at Florida Institute of Technology. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno under the mentorship of W. Larry Williams and Steven C. Hayes. Over the last 15 years, Tom has sought to develop iterations of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy suitable to the needs of ABA practitioners and within their specialized scope of practice. He has offered ACT training to parents, children, senior executives and frontline staff, and couples learning effective partner skills. With his students, Dr. Szabo is currently investigating ACT and RFT strategies to promote learning and improved performance as well as Prosocial in the workplace. Dr. Szabo is also the second chair of an international non-governmental organization, Commit & Act, which teaches women, children, and couples in Sierra Leone behavior-based strategies for partnership and empowerment. He has published empirical and conceptual papers, book chapters and is currently writing a skills manual for behavior analysts learning ACT.
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All behavior-analytic intervention is individualized. The information on this page is for educational purposes and does not constitute clinical advice. Treatment decisions should be informed by the best available published research, individualized assessment, and obtained with the informed consent of the client or their legal guardian. Behavior analysts are responsible for practicing within the boundaries of their competence and adhering to the BACB Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.