Get Your ACT Together: Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Military, Day 2

May 23, 2024

Program Description

This training is intended for clinicians and students in the behavioral health field looking to better understand and implement Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as an additional transdiagnostic psychotherapy to improve the functioning and decrease the suffering of military mental health patients. This will be accomplished in a 2-day, in-person training at Andrews AFB with didactical and experiential components.

Target Audience

This activity provides continuing education for physicians, social workers, and psychologists. A certificate of attendance is available for other attendees.

Learning Objectives

  1. Demonstrate skills in the domain of acceptance and cognitive diffusion.
  2. Apply metaphor and experiential exercises with patients after practicing and receiving feedback during the training.
  3. Summarize how to apply Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to a service member with deployment-related trauma.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Course activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 5.50 APA
    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The DHA, J7, CEPO maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this activity for a maximum of 5.50 CE credits. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. There is no cost to participate.
  • 5.50 ASWB
    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA J7 CEPO is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 5.50 ASWB continuing education credits.
  • 5.50 Certificate of Attendance
  • 5.50 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 5.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
Course opens: 
05/15/2024
Course expires: 
06/06/2024
Event starts: 
05/23/2024 - 8:00am EDT
Event ends: 
05/23/2024 - 4:00pm EDT
Part of: 
Get Your ACT Together: Introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in the Military
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Joint Base Andrews
Camp Springs, MD
United States

Air Force Major John Blue Star, Ph.D., ABPP-CHP. Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

Air Force Major Marc Patience, Ph.D. Presenter has no financial or non-financial relationships to disclose.

 

Disclosure: DHA J-7 staff, Planning Committee Members and reviewers have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose. All faculty members have no financial or non-financial interest to disclose.

Available Credit

  • 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    DHA J-7 CEPO is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. DHA J-7 CEPO designated this Course activity for a maximum of 5.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 5.50 APA
    Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The DHA, J7, CEPO maintains responsibility for the content of the programs. DHA, J-7, CEPO designated this activity for a maximum of 5.50 CE credits. The instructional level of this activity is intermediate. There is no cost to participate.
  • 5.50 ASWB
    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, DHA J7 CEPO is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 5.50 ASWB continuing education credits.
  • 5.50 Certificate of Attendance
  • 5.50 IPCE
    This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners can receive up to 5.50 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change. In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by DHA, J-7, CEPO. DHA, J-7, CEPO is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA), the Association of Regulatory Boards of Optometry's Council on Optometric Practitioner Education (ARBO/COPE), the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Dental Association’s Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP), and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) to provide continuing education for the health care team.
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Accommodations: CEPO provides captions and transcripts to hearing-impaired learners upon request. For real-time closed captioning, contact CEPO at least three (3) business days before the event. If we cannot arrange for live captioning, a video recording and audio transcript will be provided after the event, typically within ten business days. For events delivered by CEPO’s partners, please contact the course instructor to inquire about accommodations.

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