The Behavior Analyst’s Guide to Working with Parents
On sale
27th July 2023
Price: £66.99
Genre
Complementary Therapies, Healing & Health / Coping With Illness & Specific Conditions / Self-help & Personal Development
Selected:
Paperback / ISBN-13: 9781648480904
As a board-certified behaviour 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 Behaviour 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® 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.
The Behaviour 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® 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.
Reviews
The board-certified behavior analyst (BCBA) professional is aware of the practical constraints in reaching the parents of their clients, despite knowing they must. Alyssa Wilson has provided a road map for doing something about this that fits with the current way ABA services are defined, authorized, and delivered. Parents of children with complex health needs facing their own mental health challenges will benefit greatly from this book.
Alyssa Wilson provides a comprehensive account of ACT as a behavior-analytic intervention within the area of parent training and coaching. The chapters build on each other to provide a broad understanding of the components of ACT as behavioral repertoires, and specific guidelines and practical steps to pave the way for implementation. Essential reading for any behavior analyst working with parents, families, and caregivers.
The Behavior Analyst's Guide to Working with Parents provides a practical conceptualization for how behavior analysts can incorporate acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with caregivers within their scope of competence. Alyssa Wilson conveys technical content in a conversational and engaging way. I appreciated the emphasis on creating reinforcement-rich environments for caregivers. I will refer to this work often and suggest it to behavior analysts learning ACT.