Aldo Hernández Barrios and Vladimir Bernal Alfonso have developed a program that will allow undergraduate psychology students at the Universidad Católica de Colombia, Unidad de Servicios Psicológicos, to fulfill their professional practice work in a clinical setting. The curriculum has two main parts, the first covering behavior therapy, the second, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The following topics are covered in the first part: the philosophical underpinnings of behavior analysis and their implications for clinical practice; single-case methodology; appropriate ways to molecularize and identify clinically relevant behavior; and sensitive data collection, measurement, and interpretation strategies; and standard categorization systems. The second part of the curriculum focuses on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and includes coverage of experiential avoidance, the differences between contingency-shaped and rule-governed behavior, the role of verbal behavior and private events in clinically relevant behaviors, as well as intervention strategies with respect to value systems and for belief revaluation. The program will finish by drawing parallels between behavior therapy and Acceptance and Commitment and Therapy. The program takes 30 academic weeks to complete.
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