1. Lorraine Becerra, M.A., BCBA
SPED 6780 Ethics Week 11 (11/12)
Do not place text over the lines of an image (ie. The sidewalk.)
Lorraine Becerra, M.A., BCBA

2. ROADMAP
Cultural Adaptations
Interdisciplinary Collaborations

3. Cultural Considerations and Adaptations
Along with objective recording of behaviors, a child’s social and cultural background should be taken into account when assessing performance. – Heward 1996

4. Culture WHAT IS CULTURE? Bxl Contingencies Common Values, Beliefs, Bxs
Shared Learning Histories
Shared Valued Symbols
Common Values, Beliefs, Bxs

5. Religious Political Community Special Education Extended family
Nuclear Family

6. Social Diff Btwn Groups
Cultural Diversity
Social Diff Btwn Groups
Distinct Values
Population

7. DEMOGRAPHICS %
African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Asian combined make up 37.2% of school aged children
16.7% of students speak language other than English at home

8. 1.03 MAINTAINING COMPETENCE THROUGH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Behavior analyst maintain knowledge of professional information in their areas of practice
By reading appropriate literature, attending conferences, participating in workshops, obtaining additional coursework.

9. 1.05 PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC RELATIONSHIPS
(b) When behavior analysts provide behavior analytic services they use language that is fully understandable to the recipient of those services while remaining conceptually systematic with the profession of behavior analysis.
(c) Where differences in age, gender, culture, origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, or socioeconomic status significantly affect behavior analysts’ work… [they] obtain training, consultation, and or supervision necessary to ensure the competence in their services or they make appropriate referrals.

10. 4.03 (a) INDIVIDUALIZED BEHAVIOR CHANGE PROGRAMS
Behavior analysts must tailor behavior change programs to the unique:
Behaviors
Environmental Variables
Assess Results
To Meet Goals

11. IMPORTANCE OF CULTURE Bx is a function of it’s consequences
Bx is learned in different contexts
Cannot separate bx from environment
Effective Programming

12. IMPORTANT TERMONOLOGY
Ethnicity
Race
Acculturation
Assimilation
Correct Lables

13. Class Activity: Cultural Interview
1) Get into pairs
2) Take turns interviewing each other about your cultural background
1. How would you describe the culture you grew up with?
2. How has your cultural identity shifted as you have matured?
3. What are 3 ways your childhood culture influences the choices you make today?

14. EVALUATION OF CULTURE
Melting Pot
Americanization
Salad Bowl

15. CRITICAL DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE
Family Constellation
Harmony / Control
Interdependence / Individuality
Nurturance / Independence
Rights and Responsibilities
Time
Tradition/Technology

16. DISABILITY DEFINITION
Culturally Defined
What is the cultural Context?
Depends on “normality” & demands

17. Class Activity: Cultural Misrepresentations
In groups of 3-4
Share an experience where some cultural influence on behavior was misinterpreted as “inappropriate behavior”

18. CULTURAL COMPETENCE
A process that is best determined by one’s ability to craft respectful, reciprocal, and responsive relationships with others rather than by the extent of the information that we have regarding particular cultures (Barreras & Kramer, 2009)
The belief that people should not only appreciate and recognize other cultural groups, but also make efforts to effectively work with them

19. CULTURAL COMPETENCE (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Awareness of one’s own cultural limitations
Openness, appreciation, and respect for cultural differences
A view of intercultural interactions as learning opportunities
The ability to use cultural resources in interventions
Acknowledgement of integrity and value of all cultures
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

20. YOUR CULTURE MATTERS Consider factors, such as:
Cultural identity
Values or views
Biases
Knowledge of Others
Exposure to Diff Cultures
Understand others by understanding your own frame of reference and strive to honestly analyze how that lens, shapes your view of others

21. CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
Family
Communication
Individual Appearance
Individual vs. Group Focused
Materials

22. CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS
Environment Arrangement
Reinforcement / Punishment
Target Behaviors

23. Cultural Adaptations
The systematic modification of an evidence-based treatment or intervention protocol to consider language, culture, and context in such a way that it is compatible with the client’s cultural patterns, meanings, and values.

24. Why do we culturally adapt programming?
CULTERAL ADAPTATIONS
Why do we culturally adapt programming?
Engagement
Retention
Relevance
Outcomes

25. What beliefs have been communicated to you regarding:
FINAL DISCUSSION
What beliefs have been communicated to you regarding:
Childrearing, education, people who are different from you, your role in the family, attitudes about disability.

26. FINAL DISCUSSION
How do you think your own cultural lens influences your work with the families and students that you serve?

27. Break – 10 min

28. Interdisciplinary Collaborations “Behavior analysts cooperate with other professionals… in order to effectively and appropriately serve their clients.” (2.03b Consultations)

29. Limitations to Collaborations
1.01 Reliance on Scientific Knowledge
1.02 a Boundaries of Competence
Limitations to Collaborations

30. Disseminating Behavior Analysis
6.02
Promote behavior analysis by making information about it available to the public through presentations, discussions, and other media
8.02a
Avoid making false, deceptive, misleading, exaggerated, or fraudulent claims.

31. Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA)
Access General Curriculum
Least Restrictive Env
Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA)

32. COLLABORATION DEFINITION
Shared Resources
Mutual Goals
Shared Responsibility
Share Accountability
Parity

33. Class Activity: Successful Collaborations
Discuss a time that you felt you had a successful collaboration with another professional. What were key components of that interaction?
Class Activity: Successful Collaborations

34. Behavioral Consultation
Problem Identification
Problem
Analysis
Implementation
Evaluation

35. Perspectives
Training
Time

36. EFFECTIVE CONSULTING Before During Identify all points of agreement
Identify Goals
Research Case
Determine the Decision Maker
Before
Understand Other side
Identify all points of agreement
Compromise
Summarize
During

37. Brodhead (2015)

38. Class Activity: Behavior Speak
Select Topic
Discuss in Pairs
Present Content to BCBA
Present Content to non BCBA
Divide into Groups of 2-3

39. MSWO Preference Assessment
Extinction
Functional Analysis
Token Economy
MSWO Preference Assessment
Mand Training
Select One