Table 3.
Summary of ACT-Based Interventions and Interventionist ACT Training
| Author/Year | Interventionist Description | Interventionist ACT Training / Supervision | Session Frequency & Length | Session Modality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare Worker Interventionists | ||||
| Godfrey, 2020 | Physical Therapists | Manual, 2-day training program, & monthly group supervision | 3 sessions Sessions 1 & 2 length = 60 minutes Session 3 length = 20 minutes |
2 in person individual sessions 1 telephone call |
| March, 2020 | Physiotherapists | 16-hour online ACT course & 1 day of trial-specific training | 4 sessions Session 1 length = 60 minutes Sessions 2 & 3 length = 30 minutes Session 4 length = 20 minutes |
4 in person individual sessions |
| Chong, 2018Y | Nurses | 5-day ACT training | 4 sessions Session length = 2 Hours |
4 in person group sessions |
|
Hawkes, 2009
Hawkes, 2013
Hawkes, 2014 |
Health coaches (degrees in nursing, psychology, or health promotion) | 6 weeks of study-specific ACT training & weekly supervision | 11 sessions Session length = 31.5 minutes (median) |
11 telephone sessions |
| Makki, 2018 | Treatment team members (psychiatry, nursing, occupational therapy (OT), art therapy and social work) | ACT Videos, ACT training sessions, & a workbook | Sessions offered 7 days per week (Number of sessions dependent on how long patient was admitted) | In person group sessions |
| Jolley, 2020 | Frontline staff and service-user experts |
7-hour ACT workshop & weekly supervision |
6 sessions Session length = 120 minutes |
6 in person group sessions |
| Kasila, 2020 | Lay health workers | 8-month training program | 12 sessions Time not specified |
3 online modules 5 group meetings 4 phone calls |
| Trained Researcher Interventionists | ||||
| Branstetter-Rost, 2009 | Trained experimenters | Not described | 1 Session Session length = 22 minutes |
1 in person individual session |
| Fowler, 2021 | Delivered by a non-licensed, bachelor’s-prepared trained interventionist | Didactics, readings, live demonstrations, role plays, & supervision throughout study | 6 sessions Session length = 60 minutes |
6 telephone sessions |
| Walseth-Hara, 2018 | RTW coordinators had various professional backgrounds (health and non-health related) |
Introductory training in ACT & biweekly supervision | 6 sessions Session length = 73 minutes (average) |
6 telephone or video conference sessions |
| Hulbert-Williams, 2017 | Undergraduate psychology students | Intervention scripts (specific training not described) | 1 session Session length = 8 minutes |
1 in person group session |
| Moradi, 2019 | Researcher | ACT course | 8 sessions Session length = 90 minutes |
8 in person group sessions |
| Women/Mother Interventionists | ||||
| Fung, 2018 | Mothers of children with autism | ACT course, individual training and coaching, & ACT manual | 2 sessions Session 1 = 1.5 days Session 2 = not specified |
2 in person group sessions |
|
Tol, 2018
Tol, 2020 |
Ugandan women | 4-day training & weekly supervision | 5 sessions Session length = 2 hours |
5 audio-recorded sessions Self-help manual |
| Municipal Worker Interventionists | ||||
|
Zarling, 2019
|
Correctional staff | Two 2-day ACT trainings & ongoing supervision | 24 sessions Session length = 1.5 to 2 hours |
24 in person group sessions |
| Stapelfeld, 2015 | Municipal job consultants | 4-day ACT and Individual Placement and Support Model (IPS) course & monthly supervision | Varied number of sessions (tailored to patient needs) | In person individual meetings |
| Teacher Interventionists | ||||
| Shaw, 2020 | Singing teacher | 7-hour ACT training | 6 sessions Session length = 60 minutes |
4 in person individual sessions 2 Skype sessions |
| Van der Gucht, 2017 | Teachers | 2-day ACT training, comprehensive manual, 2 group supervision sessions | 4 sessions Session length = 120 minutes |
4 in person group sessions |
| Hassinen, 2018 | Counselors at the Service Foundation for the Deaf | 2-day workshop & ongoing group supervision | 12 sessions Session length = 60 minutes |
12 in person individual sessions |