"There is no ACT certification process. ACBS, as a community, has decided to forego this, as it could create a hierarchical and closed process which would be antithetical to our values. Rather, we aim to foster an open, self-critical, mutually-supportive community which, working together, builds a progressive psychology more adequate to the challenges of human suffering. There is no such thing as an officially certified ACT therapist."

~Association for Contextual Behavioral Science

The educational videos are pre-recorded and available to you indefinitely. The live Zoom Q & A and Case Study calls will be scheduled with a couple of time options based on the geography of the participants who register. Recordings of these discussions will be available to your cohort.

Whether you are new to ACT or have taken an ACT course but haven't started using it, this course will give you the skills and confidence to put ACT into practice in your OT work.

This course is meant to give you the basics of ACT and focus more heavily on HOW to use ACT in your OT practice. This course doesn't replace a comprehensive ACT training course or text book but it will help you start to apply ACT right away.

You will be sent a certificate of completion when you complete the modules. The learners that register create a rich international community that makes it impossible to seek certification / registration with the many regulatory organizations.

*Your instructor, Carlyn Neek, is a Canadian OT who values lifelong learning and comes from a professional culture of continuing competence where the OT is responsible for their own continuing competence and professional development, including self-evaluation through reflective practice, determination of one's own learning needs, and independence in choosing ongoing professional enhancement opportunities through learning in a variety of ways. This naturally differs from regulatory environments where CEUs are central in continuing competence programs.

Minimum of 7 Hours of Recorded Material:

There pre-recorded modules contain approximately 3 hours of video. The feedback-informed module will be about 1 hour. The two live discussion calls will be approximately 90 min each, for 3 more hours.

Optional Learning Enhancement Time:

Because there will be a few times offered for each of the live calls, you'll have access to multiple live discussion calls if you choose to watch them. Each learner's time investment in the online community will vary. In the past, the online community has stimulated rich asynchronous discussion, reflection, sharing, and sharing of resources that complement the course. The resource library contains several resources the instructor has created but also contains links to other extensive collections of ACT resources. In combination, there are endless opportunities for ongoing learning. Ideally, this course will set you on a path of lifelong ACT learning*. 🤓

*Your instructor, Carlyn Neek, is a Canadian OT who values lifelong learning and comes from a professional culture of continuing competence where the OT is responsible for their own continuing competence and professional development, including self-evaluation through reflective practice, determination of one's own learning needs, and independence in choosing ongoing professional enhancement opportunities through learning in a variety of ways. This naturally differs from regulatory environments where CEUs are central in continuing competence programs.

Email Carlyn at cneek@balanceworksot.ca.