Autism Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

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ACT is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (or Training). Brian describes ACT as a language model, how we use our language to relate to our experiences and everything that we experience internally. Through this process, we flexibly engage with our environment, allowing space to feel emotions and understand them.
Holding space and allowing emotions and behaviors, does not mean anything goes. Part of ACT is creating and maintaining firm boundaries. While a child is allowed to feel angry, there is an expectation of what that anger should look like (no dangerous or injurious behaviors). Brian uses the example of a child who was angry about the end of a party, a developmentally appropriate response to this situation. However, because his feelings were honored and he had been taught to acknowledge and process them with ACT, he was able to feel angry and move past it. Another important factor in ACT is values. Everyone has values, and in ACT, these are used as reinforcements to engage learners.
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I'm Dr. Mary Barbera and I fell into the autism world more than two decades ago when my first-born son, Lucas, was diagnosed with autism. Since then, I became a Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Host of the Turn Autism Around podcast (with more than 1 million downloads), and best-selling author of two books (including my newest book Turn Autism Around: An Action Guide for Parents of Young Children with Early Signs of Autism).
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