ACT Treatment Fidelity Checklist

Description

Are ACT-informed strategies being implemented the way you intended?

The ACT Treatment Fidelity Checklist gives clinicians, BCBAs, supervisors, and other ACT-informed practitioners a practical way to evaluate implementation using observable practitioner behavior—not vague impressions or inferred intent.

Designed for use during ACT-informed conversations, assessments, teaching interactions, and interventions, this printable fidelity tool operationalizes 12 practitioner implementation behaviors into clear, observable expectations.

Rather than simply asking whether someone is “using ACT correctly,” observers can evaluate specific behaviors such as allowing the client to generate responses, modeling rather than lecturing, using flexible language, asking rather than assuming, keeping conversations experiential, and anchoring discussion to concrete situations.

WHAT’S INCLUDED

• ACT Treatment Fidelity Checklist
• 12 observable practitioner expectations
• Yes / No / Not Observable scoring system
• Observer notes section
• Fidelity percentage calculation
• “Using the Checklist” implementation guide
• Recommendations for before, during, and after observations
• Guidance for providing behavior-specific feedback
• Suggestions for comparing fidelity across future observations

The scoring system intentionally encourages observers to score only what can actually be observed and use N/O when an item cannot genuinely be evaluated.

USE IT FOR

BCBA supervision • Staff training • Treatment integrity • Clinical consultation • Practitioner self-reflection • ACT-informed ABA services • Competency development • Performance feedback • Ongoing fidelity monitoring

The accompanying guide encourages supervisors to look for patterns across observations rather than treating a single missed item as evidence of poor implementation, then use behavior-specific feedback, modeling, and practice to strengthen practitioner performance.

WHO IS IT FOR?

Ideal for BCBAs, behavior analysts, ACT-informed clinicians, clinical supervisors, ABA organizations, and other professionals incorporating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy principles into behavioral services.

DIGITAL PRODUCT

This listing is for a digital download. No physical product will be shipped.

Created by a Board Certified Behavior Analyst through Values Driven Behavior — Resources for Doing What Matters.