Acceptance and Commitment Training for Family Caregivers of People with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: Protocol for a Collaborative Implementation Study

Kenneth Fung   ^{1, 2} , MD, MSc ;   Yona Lunsky   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Kendra Thomson   ^{3, 4} , PhD ;   Lee Steel   ³ ;   Soumya Mishra   ³ , BSc ;   Jodie Siu   ³ , BCom, MUPP ;   Nicole Bobbette   ⁵ , PhD ;   Carly Magnacca   ³ , MA ;   Jonathan Weiss   ⁶ , PhD ;   Melanie Penner   ^{7, 8} , MD ;   Ullanda Niel   ^{9, 10, 11} , MD ;   Dorothee Chopamba   ⁹ , MSW ;   Sheila Phillips   ⁹ , Dip Child Psych ;   Avra Selick   ³ , PhD ;   Brianne Redquest   ³ , PhD ;   Johanna Lake   ^{1, 3} , PhD

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

² Centre for Mental Health, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

³ Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁴ Department of Applied Disability Studies, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada

⁵ School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁶ Department of Psychology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁷ Autism Research Centre, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Department of Paediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁹ Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Department of Family and Community Medicine, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada