Open AccessAcceptance and Commitment Training Within the Scope of Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis
Author(s) -
Jonathan Tarbox,
Thomas G. Szabo,
Megan Aclan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
behavior analysis in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2196-8934
pISSN - 1998-1929
DOI - 10.1007/s40617-020-00466-3
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , acceptance and commitment therapy , mainstream , applied behavior analysis , psychology , scope of practice , field (mathematics) , conceptual framework , behavior change , training (meteorology) , functional analysis , applied psychology , psychotherapist , social psychology , engineering ethics , sociology , developmental psychology , computer science , social science , political science , health care , engineering , mathematics , psychiatry , law , intervention (counseling) , autism , programming language , pure mathematics , chemistry , biochemistry , physics , meteorology , gene
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a contemporary behavior-analytic approach to intervening on verbal behavior for the purposes of bringing about socially meaningful overt behavior change. Although originally developed as a behavior-analytic approach to psychotherapy, the conceptual functional analyses and procedures that form the core of ACT have been disseminated broadly outside of clinical psychology, including within the field of applied behavior analysis (ABA). This article discusses the use of ACT within mainstream ABA practice and provides preliminary conceptual functional analyses and practical guidelines for incorporating ACT within the scope of practice of applied behavior analysts.