Table 1.

Annotated bibliography of resources needed to establish a foundational understanding of stimulus equivalence, Relational Frame Theory, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Stimulus Equivalence
Sidman and Tailby ( 1982 ) Conditional discrimination vs. matching to sample: An expansion of the testing paradigm	Sidman had initially tested his stimulus equivalence theory in a paper published in 1971, where an equivalence-based conditional discrimination procedure was used to teach a boy with an intellectual disability to read. Sidman and Tailby (1982) provides a more detailed overview of the key components of stimulus equivalence. The paper additionally provides insight into experiments that could be developed to test the assumptions of Sidman’s stimulus equivalence theory.
Sidman ( 1994 ) Equivalence relations and behavior: A research story	Sidman (1994) is a comprehensive book describing the history of stimulus equivalence theory and research up to that point. The author goes beyond simply describing research that was done, and provides some background narrative into why the experiments were conducted in the first place. Another extension of this book is that the potentially far-reaching implications of Sidman’s stimulus equivalence theory are described in terms of complex, cognitive events such as planning and remembering.
Relational Frame Theory
Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, and Roche ( 2001 ) Relational frame theory: A post-Skinnerian account of human language and cognition	Hayes, Barnes-Holmes, and Roche (2001) wrote this comprehensive book following just over a decade of research on derived relational responding and Relational Frame Theory. All key aspects of the theory are described in formulaic detail. In addition, implications of the theory in explaining complex language and cognitive events are described, such as thinking and emotion. As well, clinical implications are described in term of complex clinical issues not typically treated by behavior analysts.
Törneke (2010) Learning RFT: An introduction to relational frame theory and its clinical application	Törneke (2010) extends the work previously completed by Hayes and colleagues by considerably simplifying the description of Relational Frame Theory in a way that is accessible to all readers with a background in behavior analysis. Formulaic descriptions have been replaced with more general descriptions, and several situational examples are used to explain the concepts. Again, the implications for the theory are discussed.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Hayes, Strosahl, and Wilson ( 1999 ) Acceptance and commitment therapy: An experiential approach to behavior change	Hayes, Strosahl, and Wilson (1999) provide an in-depth analysis of the basic tenants of ACT and its potential implications in this edited book. Direct links between findings in RFT research and the therapeutic concepts of experiential avoidance and cognitive fusion are described in detail. As well, a formulaic overview of each component of the ACT hexaflex is provided along with a detailed description of what is meant by “psychological flexibility.”
Walser, Luoma, and Hayes (2007) Learning ACT: An acceptance & commitment therapy skills-training manual for therapists	Luoma, Hayes, & Walser (2007) extend upon the work previously completed by Hayes and colleagues by creating a user-friendly description of ACT. The book uses considerably more middle level terms than Hayes, Strosahl, and Wilson, and is designed to provide meaningful information to both behavior analysts as well as individuals without behavior analytic training. Clinical examples are provided of ACT in practice.

Note: Full references for these materials are provided in the references section