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The '''Association for Contextual Behavioral Science''' ('''ACBS''') is a worldwide nonprofit professional membership organization associated with [[acceptance and commitment therapy]] (ACT), and [[relational frame theory]] (RFT) among other topics.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=JlqqlVJ1iTUC&pg=PA256#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Acceptance and Mindfulness in Cognitive Behavior Therapy |author1=James D. Herbert |author2=Evan M. Forman |publisher=John Wiley & Sons|date= Nov 2010 |accessdate=30 January 2012|isbn=9780470912485 }}</ref> The term "contextual behavioral science" refers to the application of [[functional contextualism]] to human behavior, including contextual forms of [[applied behavior analysis]], [[cognitive behavioral therapy]], and [[evolution]] science.{{Dead link|date=September 2021}} In the applied area [[Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]] is perhaps the best known wing of contextual behavioral science, and is an emphasis of ACBS, along with other types of contextual CBT, and efforts in education, organizational behavior, and other areas. ACT is considered an empirically validated treatment by the [[American Psychological Association]], with the status of "Modest Research Support" in depression and "Strong Research Support" in chronic pain, with several others specific areas such as psychosis and work site stress currently under review.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APA website on empirical treatments |url=http://www.div12.org/PsychologicalTreatments/treatments.html |accessdate=2009-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005034058/http://www.div12.org/PsychologicalTreatments/treatments.html |archivedate=2010-10-05 }}</ref> ACT is also listed as evidence-based by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration of the United States federal government which has examined randomized trials for ACT in the areas of psychosis, work site stress, and obsessive compulsive disorder, including depression outcomes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SAMHSA's National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices |url=http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=191 |accessdate=2011-09-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823110657/http://nrepp.samhsa.gov/ViewIntervention.aspx?id=191 |archivedate=2011-08-23 }}</ref> In the basic area, [[Relational Frame Theory]] is a research program in language and cognition that is considered part of contextual behavioral science, and is a focus of ACBS.<ref>Blackledge, J.T. (2003). [http://www.pegahuman.no/BAT-34.pdf#page=61 An Introduction to Relational Frame Theory: Basics and Applications] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903090918/http://www.pegahuman.no/BAT-34.pdf#page=61 |date=September 3, 2013 }}. ''The Behavior Analyst Today'', 3, 421–34.</ref> Unlike the better known behavioral approach proposed by [[B.F. Skinner]] in his book ''[[Verbal Behavior]]'', experimental RFT research has emerged in a number of areas traditionally thought to be beyond behavioral perspectives, such as grammar, metaphor, perspective taking, implicit cognition and reasoning.<ref name="Barnes-Holmes04">Barnes-Holmes, Y.; Barnes-Holmes, D. & McHugh, L. (2004). [http://www.baojournal.com/JEIBI/JEIBI-VOL-1/JEIBI-1-1.pdf Teaching Derived Relational Responding to Young Children] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111215160214/http://www.baojournal.com/JEIBI/JEIBI-VOL-1/JEIBI-1-1.pdf |date=2011-12-15 }}. ''JEIBI'', 1, 4–16.</ref><ref name="Cullinan08">Cullinan, V. & Vitale, A. (2008). [http://www.baojournal.com/SLP-ABA%20WEBSITE/SLP-ABA-VOL-3/SLP-ABA-CS202-4-3-1.pdf The contribution of Relational Frame Theory to the development of interventions for impairments of language and cognition] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229143829/http://www.baojournal.com/SLP-ABA%20WEBSITE/SLP-ABA-VOL-3/SLP-ABA-CS202-4-3-1.pdf |date=December 29, 2010 }}. ''Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis'', 2(4)–3(1), 122–135.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://psychology.nuim.ie/IRAP/IRAP_1.shtml|title=Maynooth University Department of Psychology|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=11 September 2016}}</ref>
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** The ACBS site also hosts a podcast series available from [[iTunes]] called ''ACT in Context''.<ref>[https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/act-in-context/id428173950 https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/act-in-context/id428173950]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The association's website contains resources such as therapist tools, workshops, metaphors, protocols, and assessment materials,<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WCyFy08VilIC&pg=PA287#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Social workers' desk reference |author1=Albert R. Roberts |author2=Julia M. Watkins |publisher=Oxford University Press 2009 |year=2009 |accessdate=30 January 2012|isbn=9780195369373 }}</ref> and provides information on recent books on [[acceptance and commitment therapy]] (ACT), Relational Frame Theory (RFT), and Contextual Behavioral Science (CBS).<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gA2ul02-64YC&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Coping with OCD |author1=Bruce Hyman |author2=Bruce M. Hyman |author3=Troy DuFrene |publisher=New Harbinger Publications|date= 1 Jun 2008 |accessdate=30 January 2012|isbn=9781608820511 }}</ref>
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