Evaluation of the ACT Program Training for Psychologists and Social Workers

The goal of the present study is to evaluate the ACT Program Training for psychologists and social workers in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (South of Brazil). It is a mixed and sequential study. A total of 18 professionals with an average age of 35.56 years (SD = 9.25) were included in the quantitative stage of the study. Six participants with an average age of 35.83 years (SD = 10.14) were also included in the qualitative stage. The instruments were: Sociodemographic Data Questionnaire; Course Reaction Scale; Tutor Performance Scale; Self-Assessment of Training Impact at Work; Learning Transfer Scale; Physical Punishment Beliefs Scale; and Semi-structured interview. Participants were satisfied with programming and usefulness of contents learned through training. Participation contributed to reduce legitimizing beliefs of physical punishment. Although participants were unable to implement the program due to difficulties imposed by COVID-19 pandemic, the contents were useful to assist parents.