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TANI Shinji

Department / Course College of Comprehensive Psychology Department of Comprehensive Psychology

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Human Science
2.	Kinugasa Research Organization Institute of Human Sciences

Academic background
1.	1998/07 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Tsukuba Ph.D., Disability Sciences
2.	～1982/09	Master Course │ Osaka Kyoiku University, Department of Handicapped Education │ Completed

Business career
1.	2018/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	Associate Dean. │ College of Comprehensive Psychology │ Ritsumeikan University College
2.	2016/04/01	│ College of Comprehensive Psychology │ Ritsumeikan University College
3.	2012/04/01 ～ 2016/09/25	Associate Dean │ Graduate School of Science for Human Services │ Ritsumeikan University of College
4.	2010/10/01	Professor │ Letters Department of Psychology │ Ritsumeikan University College
5.	2010/10/01	Professor │ Graduate School of Science for Human Services │ Ritsumeikan University of College
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Committee and society
1.	2010 ～ 2016	Japanese Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Associate Editor
2.	2010 ～ 2014/03	Association of Contextual Behavior Sciences Japan Members-at-large of the Board of Directors
3.	2015/04 ～ 2017/03	Institute of Human Sciences, Ritsumeikan University Associate Editor
4.	2013/04 ～ 2018/03	Japanese Association of Behavior Therapy Executive Director

Research activities
1.		Assciation for Behavior Analysis International
2.		Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
3.		The Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis
4.		Japanese Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
5.		The Japanese Psychological Association
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Qualification and license
1.	2001	Advanced )Behavior Therapist (certified by JABCT)

Subject of research
1.	Human support by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
2.	Pervasive Behavior Support for the people with developmental disability and their family

Research summary
・Comprehensive action support for the developmentally disabled and their families ・Personal support using Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT) Active support is provided for the developmentally disabled. I develop the programs to support them in acquiring linguistic or social skills, and consider the effectiveness. In addition, to ensure that those with disabilities and their families can establish the relationship mutually maintained by positive reinforcement, support is provided for the families. 　While ACT is called a third-generation cognitive behavioral therapy, it is a psychological therapy based on behavior analysis. I practically study ACT-used personal support for those with affective or conduct disorder.

Present specialized field
Clinical Psychology, Special needs education (Keyword：Developmental disability, Applied Behavior Analysis, Human support, ACT)

Books
1.	2024/06/10	ACT for Treating Children: The Essential Guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Kids
2.	2014/11	The joy of Parenting
3.	2014/07	A practical guide to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
4.	2013/06	How do you present the Human-Serviceology? │ ,pp.193-203
5.	2013/04	An introduction to Rehabilitation and Treatment for Adult and Juvenile Offend │ ,pp.第4章第4節
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Papers
1.	2024	Building International Educational Partnerships to Advance Internationalization and Global Competencies │ Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad │ 36 (3),pp.234-254
2.	2024	The Effect of Defusion on the Believability of Japanese Speakers’ Self-Descriptions: Results of the Function Acquisition Speed Test │ Asia-Japan Research Academic Bulletin │ 5 (11),pp.1-14
3.	2023/08/03	Assessing the Functions of Japanese Words for Self Using the Implicit Relational Assessment │ Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science │
4.	2023/04	Recent Tasks in Relational Frame Theory for Studying Self-Concept │ RITSUMEIKAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES │ 46,pp.47-60
5.	2023/04	Effects of Improving Contextual Sensitivity on Altruistic Relational Responding │ RITSUMEIKAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN SCIENCES │ 46,pp.1-16
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/11/17	The Preliminary Investigation of Generalized Pliance Questionnaire for Children Japanese version
2.	2024/01/06	Collaborative International Education Exchange During a Global Pandemic: Perspectives from the US and Japan
3.	2024/01/06	Educating Students with Disabilities and Their Families to Prepare for Disaster
4.	2023/07/27	ACT for kids: Taking into account developmental process and social context in a CBS perspective
5.	2022/11/12	Acceptance
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Other research achievements
1.	2016/08/08 ～ 2016/08/08	ACT & RFT (Chinese Academy, Beijing, China)

Winning science prize
1.	2020/06	Associate for Contextual Behavioral Science Associate for Contextual Behavioral Science Fellow 2020