ACT Experiential Exercises for Kids, Teens & Adults

Description

Bring ACT concepts to life with practical, experiential exercises for children, teens, and adults.

This comprehensive ACT Experiential Exercises Bundle gives clinicians a ready-to-use collection of activities for teaching psychological flexibility across developmental levels.

Rather than simply explaining ACT concepts, these exercises are designed to help learners experience, notice, practice, and apply ACT skills in meaningful situations.

The activities address the core ACT repertoires, including Acceptance, Defusion, Present Moment Awareness, Self-as-Context/Flexible Perspective Taking, Values, and Committed Action. Exercises include a Try It activity along with a specific Teaching Focus and Debrief question to help clinicians turn an activity into a meaningful therapeutic conversation. For example, the children’s Acceptance activities include Weather Inside, The Feeling Passenger, Make Room With Your Hands, and Warm Cocoa Breath.

THREE DEVELOPMENTAL LEVELS INCLUDED

Children: Playful, concrete activities using movement, drawing, pretend play, sensory noticing, metaphors, and child-friendly language.

Teens: Developmentally relevant exercises addressing identity, relationships, school, goals, uncertainty, difficult emotions, self-talk, and values. The teen activities intentionally move into more sophisticated concepts such as flexible rule following, workability, perspective taking, and values-guided choice.

Adults: ACT experiential exercises adapted for adult language, experiences, relationships, responsibilities, values, and meaningful behavior.

Perfect for:

BCBAs and behavior analysts • ACT-informed ABA practice • therapists and counselors • treatment planning • individual sessions • small groups • social-emotional skill building • psychological flexibility • values-based behavior change

WHY CLINICIANS WILL LOVE IT

This isn’t a collection of generic mindfulness worksheets. The activities are designed to help clinicians connect private-event language to meaningful, observable behavior.

For example, the children’s guide specifically recommends pairing private-event language with observable responses such as noticing, labeling, choosing, asking for help, returning to a task, or taking a values-based step—and measuring the functional behavior you actually want to change rather than whether the learner can repeat ACT terminology.

Use the exercises as written or modify them to fit the individual learner. The resource emphasizes flexible implementation and selecting exercises based on the learner’s developmental level, communication style, interests, values, repertoire, and willingness to participate.

DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

This is a digital resource. No physical item will be shipped.

Please note: These activities are intended as experiential teaching tools and are not stand-alone treatment protocols. Clinical judgment and appropriate assessment should guide intervention selection.

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Created by Values Driven Behavior.