ACT Functional Assessment Flipchart: Teen Edition (13-18)

Description

Know where to start with ACT, not just which exercise to try next.

The ACT Functional Assessment Flipchart: Teen Edition is a step-by-step visual guide for BCBAs and behavioral health clinicians working with teens ages 13–18. It helps you find out what matters to your client, what gets in the way, and which ACT repertoire to target first. You get a clear clinical direction instead of choosing metaphors at random.

HOW IT WORKS
Print the pages, slide them into a binder, and open it like a tent. The teen sees the client page while you read the matching clinician page. Every client page comes with ready-to-read scripts and prompts, so you can focus on the conversation instead of what to say next.

WHAT’S INSIDE (36 pages)
✔ Setup instructions and “How to ACT” tips written for teens
✔ The ACT Matrix with a suggested script to introduce it
✔ 4 quadrant pages to explore Values, Uncomfortable Thoughts & Feelings, Away Moves, and Toward Moves one at a time
✔ 90+ teen-friendly questions for the four quadrants, with real examples from school, friends, sports, and social media
✔ What’s Working? page with creative hopelessness questions (120+ assessment questions in total)
✔ What’s at the Root of It All? page with a paired-choice repertoire assessment (behavioral signs, verbal tells, and “Is it more this… or more that?” questions)
✔ 6 illustrated metaphor scenes (“Two Doors”), each with a clinician script, covering choice, avoidance, why things that matter feel hard, noticing thoughts, defusion, and committed action
✔ Teen assent script, with a note on guardian consent and confidentiality
✔ Clinical guidance for selecting ACT exercises and for integrating ACT into ABA treatment
✔ 2 printable worksheets: the ACT Matrix and What’s Working?

WHO IT’S FOR
BCBAs, school counselors, therapists, and behavioral health clinicians working with verbal teens whose thoughts, feelings, or self-rules get in the way of meaningful behavior.

GOOD TO KNOW

• Instant digital download (PDF). No physical item will be shipped.
• Landscape, US Letter (11 × 8.5 in). Print single-sided.
• Works best in a ½” or 1″ binder with page protectors.
• This flipchart supports assessment and treatment planning. It is not a diagnostic tool or a complete ACT curriculum. Use the results as hypotheses to guide your clinical judgment and direct observation.

Also available in School-Age (6–12) and Adult (18+) editions.

Created by Michelle Szydlowski, M.A., BCBA. Questions? Message me anytime!