What is ACT Therapy? Acceptance and Commitment with Dr. Jonathan Tarbox

Dr. Mary Barbera and Dr. Jonathan Tarbox discuss ACT therapy and how it can help children with autism, and parents and professionals working with kids with autism.
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Dr. Jonathan Tarbox is the Founder and Program Director of the Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis program at the University of Southern California, as well as Director of Research at First Steps for Kids. Dr. Tarbox is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Behavior Analysis in Practice. He has published five books on applied behavior analysis and autism treatments, is the Series Editor of the Elsevier book series Critical Specialties in Treating Autism and Other Behavioral Challenges, and an author of over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in scientific texts. He is an advisory board member of the Women in Behavior Analysis convention and the ABA Task Force for Social Justice. His research focuses on behavioral interventions for teaching complex skills to individuals with autism, applications of Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) inside of applied behavior analysis, and applications of applied behavior analysis to issues of diversity and social justice.

In today’s video you’ll learn:
✔️ What is ACT and how can it serve parents and professionals?
✔️ The six overarching general skills that ACT teaches.
✔️ Jonathan’s favorite visualization technique that teaches a person how to refocus their attention.
✔️ When ACT is not a helpful technique to employ.

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Dr. Mary Barbera. I fell into the autism world as an autism mom in 1999 when her first-born son, Lucas, was diagnosed with autism. Since then, she became a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and best-selling author of The Verbal Behavior Approach. Since 2015, she’s created 3 autism online courses based on applied behavior analysis for professionals and "gung-ho" parents. Whether you’re looking for autism parenting strategies, working with development delays in children, or in search of autism help for professionals, I can encourage you to subscribe to the channel and join me on my journey. I’ll be providing weekly autism resources that you don’t want to miss.