Just-in-time adaptive interventions (JITAIs) combine psychological theory and domain expertise with real-time data to provide personalised support, when and where it matters the most for each person. JITAIs are made up of several building blocks (e.g., decision points, tailoring variables, decision rules) which are informed by psychological theory and optimised in innovative experimental designs. In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to start building your own JITAI. Through a mix of brief didactic presentations and hands-on activities in small groups, we will explore:

• The core building blocks of JITAIs — including decision points, tailoring variables and decision rules – and what they may look like in your area of work.
  How to capture key variables needed for your JITAI to make real-time decisions about support provision – including Ecological Momentary Assessments (EMAs) and wearable devices.
• Innovative study designs – including the Micro-Randomised Trial and System Identification from the field of control systems engineering – which allow you to systematically optimise the JITAI building blocks.
• The interdisciplinary collaborations that are needed for JITAIs to be effectively implemented and what to consider when building a team to help translate your ideas into practice.

Whether you are a researcher, clinician, or policymaker, this workshop will equip you with new insights and a roadmap for how to build and optimise person-specific and adaptive JITAIs which can act as “a therapist in your pocket”.

The workshop is free for all attendees, however for numbers, please purchase a free ticket when registering for the conference.