The AIM Level 1 self-paced training is perfect for educators, therapists, and professionals looking to implement the AIM (Accept, Identify, Move) curriculum in their practice. This 12-hour course offers a flexible, in-depth introduction to AIM principles, helping you guide students and clients through identifying and accepting challenging thoughts and emotions, while moving toward values-based actions.

With 12 BACB CEUs available, this training is ideal for those seeking continuing education while learning at their own pace. Led by Dr. Dixon, this course provides guidance, practical tools, and strategies to confidently use the AIM framework in real-world settings.

Key Features:

Self-paced, 12-hour course for maximum flexibility

12 BACB CEUs available

Learning Objectives: In this AIM training, participants will be able to: 

1. Describe the general history of mindfulness and how it evolved in the western world.

2. Explain how a behavioral conceptualization of mindfulness can be operationalized.

3. Describe some of the physical and psychological health benefits of mindfulness, and the distinctions between objective measurable dependent variables relevant for behavior analysts, and constructs that should be avoided.

4. Provide a detailed description of the ACT model and its roots in empirically-based work on derived relational responding.

5. Explain the 6 core ACT processes and how a behavior analyst can operationally define and gather data on each process.

6. Understand the basic theoretical foundations of the AIM Curriculum.

7. Provide detail on how AIM incorporates contingency management into its intervention process.

8. Describe the role of functional assessment and functional consequences that are necessary for utilization in 1:1 intervention protocols, classroom based interventions, and adaptations necessary for full school interventions.

9. Implement AIM Curriculum therapeutic exercises in a group setting.

10. Develop behavior management and social-emotional interventions individualized for specific service delivery settings.

11. Complete and interpret various AIM Curriculum data collection forms, treatment integrity evaluations, and progress monitoring assessments.

12. Explain clearly how to integrate mindfulness, ACT, and ABA intervention in service delivery for children and adolescents.

*Emergent Learning is an Approved Continuing Education provider. The BACB does not warrant, endorse, sponsor, or approve or partner with the event, organization, or instructor.