ACT Case Consultation for Behavior Analysts: Practicum Style

ACT Case Consultation for Behavior Analysts: Practicum Style

16
CE Hours available
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Thomas Szabo, PhD, BCBA-D
Behavior analyst, trainer, and author

When practicing acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with clients, it’s sometimes hard to know what area of the hexaflex to intervene on. It often feels like there are several directions you might go—and even master ACT clinicians don’t know for sure which is the right direction. Becoming a competent, fluent ACT practitioner is about learning to know based on evidence found in the client’s in-session behavior where the best intervention may be in context. This case consultation course will help you develop your intuition and fluency when working with the processes of the ACT hexaflex with clients.

In the didactic segments of this course, you will first learn state-of-the-art methods for conducting ACT functional assessment in ways that are practical, efficient, and consistent with other quantitative FA procedures used in ABA. This critical component is sometimes absent in ABA iterations of ACT. Learning to do this in a pragmatic, efficient manner is critical to the use of ACT inside the scope of ABA practice.

Next, during case-consultation sessions during this course, a number of attendees will present information about client backgrounds, baselines, and current data. Then, they’ll discuss treatment that has been provided, where it went right, and where it went wrong. Colleagues will ask questions, provide options, and then role-play to develop new strategies and approaches. Later, case presenters report back to the group about how it all landed.

If you are a behavior analyst who has taken an ACT training or two and you are now implementing ACT in your ABA practice, this course will take you to the next level. ACT Case Consultation for Behavior Analysts: Practicum Style is designed to help you advance your ACT practice so that you no longer need pre-made lesson plans to guide you. The aim is to build your skills so that you can conduct functional assessments of indirect-acting contingencies and create ACT interventions on the fly. You will practice ACT skills in an intimate group of ABA practitioners that share your scope of practice, and work in similar environments

Space is extremely limited, so sign up today to secure your spot.

This training is worth 16 CE credit hours if attended live. While we can only provide CE to those who are present – i.e. logged in – for live presentation(s), all Praxis webinars are recorded for later viewing. Registrants may then access these recordings at any time for up to six months from the conclusion of the training to which they pertain.

Prior to registering, please review speaker-planner conflict of interest disclosures.–

Session 1: April 1, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Introductions and a brief overview of ACT, ACT functional assessment, and the ACT Matrix. Scheduling of case presentations for the next 7 sessions. Initial course readings will be assigned. Intense ACT functional assessment behavior skills training (BST).

Session 2: April 8, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Hour 1: Advanced ACT matrix training.
Hour 2: Case Presentation 1. Questions and feedback from colleagues. Role-plays and real-plays.

Session 3: April 15, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Hour 1: Catching metaphors BST.
Hour 2: Case Presentation 2. Questions and feedback from colleagues. Role-plays and real-plays.

Session 4: April 22, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Hour 1: Physicalizing metaphors BST.
Hour 2: Case Presentation 3. Questions and feedback from colleagues. Role-plays and real-plays.

Session 5: April 29, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Hour 1: Descriptive FBA + ACT Trigger Analysis BST + physicalizing a metaphor
Hour 2: Case Presentation 4. Questions and feedback from colleagues. Role-plays and real-plays.

Session 6: May 6, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Hour 1: Matrix + Descriptive FBA + ACT Trigger Analysis + physicalizing a metaphor BST
Hour 2: Case Presentation 5. Questions and feedback from colleagues. Role-plays and real-plays.

Session 7: May 13, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Hour 1: Behavior Planning Worksheet
Hour 2: Case Presentation 6. Questions and feedback from colleagues. Role-plays and real-plays.

Session 8: May 20, 2022, 1 pm-3 pm EDT
Hour 1: Matrix + Descriptive FBA + ACT Trigger Analysis + Physicalizing Metaphors + Behavior Planning Worksheet BST
Hour 2: Case Presentation 7. Questions and feedback from colleagues. Role-plays and real-plays.

Participants will be able to:

  1. Discuss ACT functions based on verbal tells using descriptive ACT FBA procedures.
  2. Discuss hypothesized functions with ACT trigger analysis.
  3. Describe the processes of the ACT hexaflex
  4. Describe indirect-acting functions using descriptive and triggering procedure
  5. Describe how to use the ACT matrix for assessment purposes.
  6. Identify ways to listen for and develop metaphors with a client and describe why this is important.
  7. Discuss how to physicalize a client’s metaphor with the client.
  8. Identify one way to use descriptive and triggering ACT FBA procedures, then discuss how to catch and physicalize a client’s metaphor
  9. Discuss how to use the ACT matrix as an assessment / intervention tool, identify how to catch and physicalize a client’s metaphor
  10. Discuss one reason why the Behavior Planning Worksheet is important while working with clients
  11. Discuss how to evaluate your current repertoire and areas in need of further development using the checklist provided

Please review complete CE and conflict-of-interest disclosure information prior to registering. This live online course is sponsored by Praxis Continuing Education and Training and is approved for 16 CE Hours by the following listed below. There was no commercial support for this activity. None of the planners or presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Praxis CET maintains responsibility for the program with the CE approvals outlined below:

  • Behavior Analysts: PraxisCET is an approved BACB ACE Provider # OP-17-2718.
It is strongly recommended that participants have previously attended an ACT BootCamp®, one of the ACT 1 or ACT 2 classes, an ACT in Behavior Analysis 9-week consultation course and/or read widely within the ACT literature.
For behavior analysts (BCaBA, BCBA, or BCBA-D) or other mental health professionals who have either participated in ACT BootCamp, ACT 1, ACT 2, or read a range of ACT materials. You must be fully ready to employ ACT in your practice or already doing so. This is an intermediate-advanced level activity.

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Ebert, B., Bockarie, H., Stewart, C., Szabo, T. G., & White, R. G. (in press). Implementing ACT in Sierra Leone. In M. Levin, M. Twohig, & J. Krafft (Eds.) Innovations in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: Clinician Advancements and Applications in ACT. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications.

Szabo, T. G. (in press). Acceptance and Commitment Training to reduce inflexible behaviors in children with autism. Journal of Contextual Behavior Science. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2019.03.001

Szabo, T. G., Bockarie, H., White, R., Tarbox, J., Stewart, C., & Ebert, B. (under review). Microaggression, intimate partner gender-based violence, and behavioral flexibility training in Sierra Leonean couples.

Szabo, T. G. (2017). Problem-solving: Aligning Skinner’s framework with RFT’s pragmatic verbal analysis. In R. A. Rehfeldt, M. Fryling, L. Hayes, & J. Tarbox (Eds.) Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications.

Steinwachs, J., & Szabo, T. G. (2016). Elephants in the room: Straight therapists’ microaggression with GSM couples. In M. Skinta & A. Curtin (Eds.) Mindfulness and Acceptance for Gender and Sexual Minorities. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications.

Szabo, T. G., & Dixon, M. R. (2016). Contextual behavior science and education. In R. D. Zettle, & A. Biglan (Eds.) Handbook of Contextual Behavior Science. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications.

Szabo, T. G. & Tarbox, J. (2015). Beyond what “is” and what “is-not.” Journal of Contextual Behavior Science, 4, 220-224. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2015.05.005

Szabo, T. G., Long, D. M., Villatte, M., Hayes, S. C. (2014). Mindfulness in contextual cognitive behavioral models. In K. W. Brown, J. D. Creswell, & R. M. Ryan (Eds.) Handbook of Mindfulness: Theory and Research. New York: Guilford Press.

Gould, E. R., Tarbox, T., & Coyne, L. (2018). Evaluating the effects of Acceptance and Commitment Training on the overt behavior of parents of children with autism. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 7, 81-88. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2017.06.003

Dixon, M. R., Paliliunas, D, Belisle, J., Speelman, R. C., Gunnarson, K. F., & Shaffer, J. L. (2019). The effect of brief mindfulness training on momentary impulsivity. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 11, 15-20. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.11.003

Hahs, A. D., Dixon, M. R., & Palilunias, D. (in press). Randomized controlled trial of a brief acceptance and commitment training for parents of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.03.002

Chancey, C., Root, W. B., Rehfeldt, R. A., McCauley, D., Takeguchi, K., & Pritchard, J. (in press). The impact of mindfulness skills on interactions between direct care staff and adults with developmental disabilities. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Disorders. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2018.07.004

Castro, M., Rehfeldt, R. A., & Root, W. B. (2016). On the role of values clarification and committed actions in enhancing the engagement of direct care workers with clients with severe developmental disorders. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Disorders, 5, 201-207. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2016.09.003

Brazeau, K., Rehfeldt, R. A., Mazo, A., Smalley, A., Krus, S., & Henson, L. D. (2017). On the efficacy of mindfulness, defusion, and behavioral skills training on job interviewing skills in dulally-diagnosed adults with developmental disorders. Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science, 6, 145-151. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2017.04.002

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