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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 |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.<ref>{{Deadcite web |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2212144712000087|title=Contextual Behavioral Science link|date=September14 February 20212022}}</ref> 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, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, mixed anxiety disorders, and psychosis, and "Strong Research Support" in chronic pain.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APA website on empirical treatments |url=https://div12.org/treatments/ |accessdate= 14 February 2022 }}</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). {{cite web |url=https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2014-44008-007.html |title=An Introduction to Relational Frame Theory: Basics and Applications |date=14 February 2022}} ''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). {{cite web|url=https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2014-51987-002.html |title=Teaching Derived Relational Responding to Young Children |date=14 February 2022 }} ''JEIBI'', 1, 4–16.</ref><ref name="Cullinan08">Cullinan, V. & Vitale, A. (2008). {{cite web |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275724912_The_contribution_of_Relational_Frame_Theory_to_the_development_of_interventions_for_impairments_of_language_and_cognition |title=The contribution of Relational Frame Theory to the development of interventions for impairments of language and cognition |date=14 February 2022 }} ''Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis'', 2(4)–3(1), 122–135.</ref>
==History==
** Listservs for professionals and the public<ref>{{cite web |url=https://contextualscience.org/emailing_lists#ACTPUBLIC |title=ACT for the Public listserv |publisher=Association for Contextual Behavioral Science |accessdate=14 February 2022}}</ref>. Most Special Interest Groups maintain email listservs as well. The largest listserv is on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and is for professionals who are ACBS members, with the second largest listserv focusing on Relational Frame Theory. (The ACT listserv for professionals spawned its own reference books of popular questions/topics called ''Talking ACT'' published by New Harbinger Publications and Context Press.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130129185537/http://www.newharbinger.com/bookstore/productdetails.cfm?PC=523 Talking ACT<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>) There is also a free listserv for members of the public who are reading ACT self-help books.
** A grant program for projects in contextual behavioral science.
** 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 |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 |title=Coping with OCD |author1=Bruce Hyman |author2=Bruce M. Hyman |author3=Troy DuFrene |publisher=New Harbinger Publications|date= 1 Jun 2008 |accessdate=3014 JanuaryFebruary 20122022|isbn=9781608820511 }}</ref>
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