This 2-hour experiential training introduces practical applications of core ACT processes in clinical settings. Through live demonstrations, guided exercises, and structured practice, participants will learn to skillfully apply techniques like cognitive defusion, present moment awareness, and committed action to real clinical challenges.

This session provides a thoughtful exploration of how clinicians can more effectively engage with children and their family systems in therapeutic settings. Recognizing that families are complex systems shaped by both overt and subtle influences, the presentation explores common relational patterns, especially those involving adolescents, and offers practical, evidence-informed strategies to strengthen resilience, improve communication, and support healthier family dynamics.

This session examines how addictive substances alter brain function to drive the compulsive behaviors associated with substance use disorders. Using cellular electrophysiology and rodent behavioral models, the presentation highlights experimental approaches to studying synaptic plasticity in the mammalian CNS. A progressive pattern of opioid-induced plasticity in reward circuits will be discussed, along with efforts to distinguish between maladaptive and potentially restorative changes. The session also explores how neuronal plasticity in the nucleus accumbens contributes to the behavioral effects of psychoactive drugs, offering insights into the neurobiological mechanisms underlying addiction.

This on-demand webcast will provide primary care clinicians with a practical, guideline aligned approach to improving COPD care, including earlier and more accurate diagnosis through consistent spirometry use and optimization of inhaled therapy. It will highlight targeted and appropriate use of inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), including how to identify patients unlikely to benefit and how to minimize ICS-related risks. The activity will also review standardized strategies for managing exacerbations, emphasize high value non pharmacologic interventions—particularly pulmonary rehabilitation, inhaler technique education, and adherence support—and outline coordinated, cost-conscious care pathways, including appropriate pulmonology referral and careful selection of advanced therapies such as biologics for those patients most likely to benefit.