New Resource for Implementing 1-Day Community-Based Acceptance and Commitment Training Workshops

About

The ACT on Health Toolkit helps VA medical center mental health leadership and clinicians implement 1-day acceptance and commitment training (ACT) workshops in community-based settings.

• Supports collaboration between VA staff and partners at community-based organizations.
• Provides brief overview of ACT and the ACT evidence base.
• Toolkit organized into the workshop’s implementation phases:
  • Establishing community partnerships
  • Obtaining training and skills for workshop clinicians
  • Organizing and conducting workshops
  • Options for offering virtual online workshops and follow-up ‘drop-in’ sessions for Veterans who complete a workshop
  • Methods for gathering evaluation data if desired
• Resources section details products that can be used to engage VA/community stakeholders and workshop participants.
• Includes links to online trainings and cyber-seminars. Also has links to brief videos to publicize the workshops and train ACT clinicians.
• NOT a “how-to” guide on becoming an ACT therapist.
• Published 2022

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About Us

The mission of the South Central MIRECC is to promote equity in engagement, access, and quality of mental health care for Veterans facing barriers to care, especially rural Veterans. The South Central MIRECC strives to promote and celebrate a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion among our staff, across our sites, and in the work we do to improve mental health care for rural and other underserved Veterans. New and featured clinical education product updates are produced by the SC MIRECC Education Core. Email us at VISN16SCMIRECCEducation@va.gov. Visit us at https://www.mirecc.va.gov/VISN16/index.asp.