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ACT and Applied Behavior Analysis : A Practical Guide to Ensuring Better Behavior Outcomes Using Acceptance and Commitment Training / Thomas G. Szabo ; foreword by Jonathan Tarbox.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Szabo, Thomas G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acceptance and commitment therapy.
- Behavioral assessment.
- Autism spectrum disorders--Treatment.
- Autism spectrum disorders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, CA : Context Press, an imprint of New Harbinger Publications, Inc., [2023]
- Summary:
- This definitive professional manual teaches board-certified behavior analysts (BCBAs) the psychological flexibility model, as well as how to conceptualize their cases using acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). With this guide, behavior analysts will learn how to create their own exercises and generate metaphors, be present with the unique individual learner in front of them, and practice the core ACT skills flexibly to ensure better behavior outcomes for clients and their families.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. ACT in ABA, the Research That Got Us Here, and an RFT Primer
- Chapter 2. The View from Above: Six Repertoires to Practice Before the Going Gets Tough
- Chapter 3. ACT Functional Assessment and Functional Analysis
- Chapter 4. Learning ACT: A Three-Stage Plan
- Chapter 5. The ACT Matrix: A Launchpad for Other Activities
- Chapter 6. Metaphors
- Chapter 7. Active Exercises
- Chapter 8. Willingness
- Chapter 9. Defusion
- Chapter 10. Present Moment Awareness
- Chapter 11. Flexible Perspective-Taking
- Chapter 12. Valuing
- Chapter 13. Committed Action
- Chapter 14. Scope of Practice for the Behavior Analyst Using ACT
- The Future Is Green
- Appendix. The ABA ACT Core Competency Rating Form
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Szabo, Thomas G. ACT and Applied Behavior Analysis
- ISBN:
- 9781684035830
- 168403583X
- 9781684035823
- 1684035821
- OCLC:
- 1399170332
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