Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - Core Concepts/ Big Six Hexaflex Bundle (SEL)

Use this mega-bundle to introduce, model, and engage in ACT's Core Concepts and Processes - with quality, child-friendly activities, exercises, crafts, and games that relate to each element of the Hexaflex. These packets are all ready for you to use to teach learners and clients ways to engage and live more fully in the present moment, embrace life with compassion and kindness and commit to actions that enrich their lives.

I am an educator, Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA), Registered Mental Health Nurse, and author of the children’s SEL book Lotus Flowers and Superpowers - which is interwoven with the ACT. I am lucky to have spent over 25 years collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in both education and mental/behavioral health settings.

This ultimate ACT bundle includes the following:

1. Core Concepts Packet (54 pages)
2. Big Six Hexaflex Bundle (104 pages)

THIS PACKET: Core Concepts

ACT in a Nutshell: Informational Flyer for Families & Educators

• What is ACT?
• Who uses ACT
• What is Psychological Flexibility
• Intro to the ACT Hexaflex
• Six Core Process
• Mindfulness - Mindfulness and ACT
• ACTs Four Psychological Skills

Acceptance and Action Questionnaire

• Acceptance and Action Questionnaire with instructions
• Scoring and Interpretation of Information

ACT Hexaflex

• Visual – ACT Hexaflex

ACT Matrix

• Example
• Blank Worksheet

ACT Bullseye

• What is the ACT Bullseye? Identifying Your Values
• Part 1. Identifying Your Values (Worksheet)
• Part 2: Locating How Fully You Are Living Your Values (Worksheet)
• Values Bullseye (Activity)
• Part 3: Identify Barriers or Obstacles that Interfere with Living Consistent with Your Values (Worksheet)
• Part 4. My Values Action Plan (Activity)
• This week – My Action Plan (Worksheet)

Choice Point

• What is Choice Point?
• Choice Point helps us to ….
• Choice Point Visual
• My Choice Point (Worksheet)

Fusion V Defusion

• What are Fusion and Defusion?
• What is the aim of Defusion? Big Questions we should be asking ourselves. Examples
• Try it yourself (Worksheet)

THIS PACKET: Big Six Hexaflex Bundle:

These engaging activities, games, crafts, exercises, and worksheets are perfect for introducing, exploring, modeling, and practicing ACT’s six core principles 1:1 or in a group.

In a therapeutic setting, ACT professionals use these processes to help reduce psychological rigidity and develop psychological flexibility - known as "The superpower of mental health and well-being."

In a classroom, these same core processes can provide a framework for weaving social-emotional learning skills in a more flexible, principle-driven way using strategies to help learners:

• Develop a different perspective on their thoughts and emotions.
• Learn how to remain present (mindfulness) and adapt to life's challenges.
• Explore ways to take purposeful action even when things are complicated and stay true to their values.

INCLUDED IN THIS BUNDLE:

ACCEPTANCE

Acceptance in a Nutshell

• What is Acceptance in ACT?
• Acceptance is a Process – (Example & Exercise)

Acceptance Glasses

• Practicing acceptance and seeing things clearly (Worksheet)
• Comparing Responses with/without acceptance glasses – (Role Play)
• How does practicing acceptance alter our words & behavior (Worksheet)

Four ACT Metaphors

Conversation Prompts & Writing/Drawing Worksheet with each:

• Theme Park and Swamp Metaphor
• Pool Ball Metaphor
• Trail to the Top Metaphor
• Passengers on a Bus Metaphor

Gratitude Journal

• How gratitude affects our quality of life – (Discussion with prompts)
• Daily Gratitude Journal (Worksheet)

Hands as Thoughts

• Getting hooked by our thoughts – (Worksheet)
• Practicing tasks with and without distracting thoughts – (Role-Play)
• Reflection on role-play – (Worksheet or Discussion) - with prompts

Passengers on a Plane

• Discussing Goals - our life’s destinations
• Barriers to reaching our goals – (Worksheet/Drawing)
• Identifying unhelpful thoughts, feelings, and emotions.
• How acceptance enables us to keep moving in the direction of our values – (Worksheet or Discussion) with prompts

Practicing Acceptance

• Things we do and do not have control over – (Worksheet /Discussion)
• Identify a problem, isolating the facts and our typical thinking responses – (Drawing/Writing Worksheet)
• Things we know for sure about acceptance – Individual/Group Discussion
• Using what we know to help us think differently & practice acceptance – (Worksheet)

DEFUSION

Defusion in a Nutshell

• ACT and Defusion
• Defusion helps us….
• The aim of Defusion is....
• Big questions…
• Three Simple Defusion Exercises - Silly Voices, Befriending Your Inner Critic, Just Noticing

“I Can’t” (Disobey on Purpose)

• Challenging “I can’t” thoughts to illustrate that our thoughts are just thoughts, not always true or helpful - Activity and Game
• Reflection on the “I can’t” exercise - Worksheet or Discussion
• Brain Break – Color Bookmark

A Word is a Word is a Word

• Looking at our thoughts differently - Discussion
• Connecting these concepts with our own personal experiences - self-critical /hurtful thoughts or comments and their effects – Worksheet
• Learning how to think flexibly, look at our thoughts differently, and change how they affect us - Drawing/Coloring Exercise
• Reflection/Discussion and drawing activity.

Five ACT Metaphors

• The power of Metaphors.
• Passengers on a Bus Metaphor
• Theme Park and Swamp Metaphor
• The Path up the Mountain Metaphor
• Tug of War with a Monster Metaphor
• Quicksand Metaphor
• Exploring the meaning of these metaphors - Worksheet

Leaves on a Stream

• Learning to be observers of our thoughts.
• Leaves on a Stream – Script'
• Brain Break – Drawing the image we created in our minds.

PRESENT MOMENT AWARENESS/MINDFULNESS

Mindfulness in a Nutshell

• What is Present Moment Awareness/Mindfulness
• Mindfulness and ACT
• ACT’s mindfulness psychological skills
• What does Mindfulness teach us?
• What does the research say?

Five Simple Mindfulness Exercises you can practice anywhere.

• Body Scan
• Mindful Listening
• 3 Minute Mindful Breathing
• Mindful Seeing
• The Observer Meditation

Box Breathing

• Benefits of Box Breathing
• Script
• Visual Aid

Dropping Anchor

• The Analogy
• Anchors
• Script

Notice Five Things

• Benefits of Noticing Five Things
• Script
• Notice Five Things 2
• Focusing on our five senses – Drawing/Written Worksheet
• Reflection on noticing activity.

Present Me

• Benefits of connecting with the present
• Practicing observing past, present and future thoughts – Worksheet

Tracking My Mindfulness Practice

• Tracking My Mindfulness Practice

Context, Exercise, Observations, Outcome

VALUES

Values V Goals

• Values are …
• Values are not ….
• Goals in ACT are …

What is in Your Heart?

• Identify everything that is deep within our hearts - the things that make life meaningful, the people, places, and things we love, the kind of person we want to be - Drawing/Writing Worksheet

Values Checklist

• Narrowing down our personal core values

Exploring My Values

• How does the paragraph that discusses ‘investing time and energy in ourselves, considering our options, and making intentional choices about our journey’ relate to ‘me? - Questions/Discussion
• Diving deeper into our core values - Worksheet

Totem

• How Totems are used in Native American Cultures to symbolize guides and how they want to live their lives - Discussion
• Finding ways to keep us grounded - Creating our own animal that reflects our values – Art Activity
• Creating a group Totem followed by reflection - Group Activity
• Ways to get back on track when we lose sight of our values – Prompts and Group Activity

Clarifying My Values and Planning for ACTion.

• What does the word ‘Confidence’ mean to you? – Discussion
• If I had unlimited confidence, how would it change how I live my life?
• Using the answers to narrow down our core values? - Worksheet
• Brain Break – Drawing/Coloring x 2
• What ACTion steps would I take as I develop unlimited confidence? – Worksheet or Discussion

COMMITTED ACTION

Committed Action in a Nutshell

• What is it?
• When does it happen? – Discussion Prompts
• The four-step process to committed action.

Goals in a Nutshell

• What are goals?
• Why set goals?
• How can we be SMART about setting goals? (Discussion)
• Benefits of setting goals. Tips.
• What does you achieving your goals look like? – (Drawing Activity)

My ACTion Plan

• Identifying our goals and values – Worksheet/Drawing Activity
• Recognizing unhelpful thoughts. Preparing for barriers.
• Figuring out resources and creating an ACTion plan.

SMART Goal Planner

• Identify goals and why they are important - Worksheet
• Making my goals SMART Goals
• Challenges I might face / Overcoming Challenges - Worksheet

SMART Goal Checklist

Through the Mud, Toward the Sun

• Naming our values and barriers to achieving them – Drawing/Writing Worksheet
• Comparing the challenges of being human to the difficulties and eventual transformation we see with the lotus flower – Worksheet or Discussion

Weekly Goal Plan

• Identify your Weekly Goals

Monthly Goal Plan

• Identify your Monthly Goals

SELF AS CONTEXT

Self as Context in a Nutshell

• What is Self as Context
• Self as Context and ACT

Cool Chameleon

• Becoming familiar with the “observing self.”
• Chameleons change color on the outside depending on their environment and situation but remain unchanged on the inside – Worksheet
• Identifying our multiple roles – Worksheet/Coloring
• “I am a kid that ….. “ We have many roles, but who we are on the inside observes our changing roles and yet remains the same.
• Reflection on Activities 1,2,3 (with prompts)

Road Trip

• How do the people, places, things, experiences, and a constantly changing environment influence our life journey? - Group Discussion
• Design a car that represents who you are – Drawing/Coloring Activity
• Complete your life roadmap. Add your personal details to the signposts, billboards, and thought bubbles along the side of the road - Worksheet
• Reflection – How the ‘inner you” driving the car remains constant and moving in the direction of the things that matter - Discussion

Sold as a Rock

• Rock Analogy
• Identifying our core values and the constantly changing environment (people, places, experiences, emotions) that happen around us – Writing/Drawing Worksheet
• Reflection on Solid as a Rock – How do we continue to move forward in the direction of our values when challenging situations arise? - Discussion
• Pebble in Your Pocket. A reminder that you are strong - Extension Activity

View from the Top

• Viewing our life from a different perspective - Discussion
• Making choices that align with our values. Was there a time when you didn’t? – Worksheet or Discussion
• Acting as our own life coach – Worksheet
• Write yourself a letter “Remember that time when… This is a chance to

go back in time and do things a little differently.

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As its name suggests, acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Training (ACT) teaches acceptance of the things we cannot control and a commitment to actions that improve and enrich our lives. It is founded on the understanding that we are all fundamentally human and that life can be messy and complicated. 

ACT’s purpose is to help us develop skills to deal more effectively with difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions and lessen their influence over us. The aim is to clarify our values (the people and things we care about the most, the kind of person we want to be, and what we believe in); to focus on what is important, and fully engage in whatever we are doing. It uses mindfulness, acceptance strategies, commitment, and behavior change techniques to increase psychological flexibility – known as the “Superpower of mental health.”

While ACT in a therapy setting, practiced by licensed professionals, can be more complex, the basic philosophies and processes are straightforward. Used in a more flexible, principle-driven way, Acceptance and Commitment Training can provide a creative framework for developing social-emotional skills within a classroom environment.

“ACT helps clients embrace their demons and follow their hearts.” (Dr. Russ Harris, 2006).

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