Learn powerful ACT training skills to foster parental collaboration
and achieve therapeutic goals.
As a board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) working in the field, you
understand how essential it is to enlist the support of parents when
working with autistic children. This book offers proven-effective
acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) training skills to get parents
on the same page and working with you to achieve measurable results.
The Behavior Analyst's Guide to Working with Parents offers a
comprehensive conceptual framework for using ACT in parent training
contexts. With this clinical guide, you will find a brief overview of
relational frame theory (RFT), rule governance, and how these core
concepts and principles align within the ACT model. The book also
provides:
- Empirical evidence for using ACT within parent training contexts
- Virtue-based ethics and specific BACB(R) ethical codes to consider
- Step-by-step processes for using ACT in parent training contexts
- Informed consent processes
Finally, you'll find an overview of specific ACT components that
highlight detailed assessment considerations and metaphor development
for each component--such as present moment awareness, acceptance,
flexible perspective taking, and values-based action.
If you're looking for strategies to improve parental collaboration, this
book has everything you need to get started.
