The Diversity Is in the Details: Unintentional Language Discrimination in the Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis

Kornack, Julie; Cernius, Ariana; Persicke, Angela

doi:10.1007/s40617-019-00377-y

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“…LEP affects the ability to obtain health care services, resulting in less care and treatment for those struggling with behavioral health needs (Ornelas & Perreira, 2011 ; Zuckerman et al, 2017 ). The issue of LEP is multifold, bringing difficulties both in terms of the Latinxs trying to access services and the providers striving to meet the needs of these families (Kornack et al, 2019 ).…”

Section: Barriers To Accessing/using Behavioral Health Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing Access and Quality of Behavior-Analytic Services for the Latinx Population

2021

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Latinxs are the largest minority group in the United States, making up approximately 18% of the total population. Although there is a critical need for the behavioral health care system, including behavior analysts, to provide services to support the needs of the Latinx community, access to quality behavioral and mental health services continues to be lacking for the Black, Indigenous, and people of color populations. This article highlights some of the cultural and language factors that should be considered by behavior-analytic providers who have a shared responsibility to make culturally and linguistically appropriate services available to this population. Additionally, recommendations for systemic action across service providers, professional organizations, behavior-analytic training programs, and researchers are suggested to address these barriers. Recommendations for bringing about this systemic change are suggested across three domains: (a) increasing diversity in the behavior-analytic workforce, (b) enhancing training in cultural- and language-related issues, and (c) conducting research on cultural and language adaptations to behavior-analytic evidence-based treatments.

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Section: Barriers To Accessing/using Behavioral Health Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Increasing Access and Quality of Behavior-Analytic Services for the Latinx Population

2021

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“…The Fifth Edition of the BACB Task List goes into full effect January 1, 2022. However, the current iteration of the BACB Fourth Edition Task List (2012) code 1.05 (b) states, "When behavior analysts provide behavioranalytic services, they use language that is fully understandable to the recipient of those services" (p. 5).Parents and children who are ELLs are at greater risk for reduced access to health care services than those parents and children who are not ELLs (Kornack et al, 2019). Furthermore, people who are ELLs are often less satisfied with care (Jacobs et al, 2004;Juckett & Unger, 2014).…”

Section: Board Certified Behavior Analysts Ethical Considerations And...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Delivering culturally sound and high-quality behavior analytic services when working with an interpreter.

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Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice

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Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) serve increasingly diverse clientele and are often asked to provide services to culturally and linguistically diverse populations. When BCBAs do not speak the language of primary and secondary clients, they are ethically and legally obligated to seek out interpreter services. Despite these obligations, behavior analytic interventions may be lost due to interpretation barriers, including the lack of cultural competency. We describe culturally responsive health care, ethical, and legal requirements that necessitate interpretative services when collaborating with linguistically diverse clients. Given the complexities of the BCBA-interpreter-linguistically diverse client relationship, we present strategies for the BCBA to work successfully with an interpreter and linguistically diverse clients. We propose the Checklist for BCBA and Interpreter Service Delivery (CBISD) that BCBAs can use to collaborate with interpreters in everyday practice to help support linguistically diverse clients.

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“…There have been several discussion pieces published to promote cultural understanding and humility geared toward practice, such as self-reflection, developing awareness, and reiterating the ethical obligations in working with clients of diverse backgrounds (e.g., Dennison et al, 2019;Fong, Catagnus, Brodhead, Quigley, & Field, 2016;Fong, Ficklin, & Lee, 2017;Kornack, Cernius, & Persicke, 2019;Wright, 2019). These are important contributions that promote the advocacy for and considerations of culturally diverse clients; however, the central tenet is geared toward educating White practitioners-understandably so, as the fields of behavior analysis, education, and psychology at large are predominantly White (Dennison et al, 2019;Lin, Stamm, & Christidis, 2018).…”

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“…As such, the members within the group may feel resentful or be complicit as a result of oppositional, hierarchical, and comparative derived responding and engage in thoughts like “We didn’t protest or riot when we were discriminated against,” or “Nobody spoke out for us,” or “We need to focus on our own problems first.” Unfortunately, these sentiments are not uncommon from Chinese and Latinx group members regarding the mobilization of the Black Lives Matter movement (Florido, 2016 ; Meraji, 2016 ). These thoughts may be a product of confirmation bias, where individuals selectively attend to verbal behavior and events that support their position, and the erasure of Black advocacy in the media, such as the case of Patricia Okoumou’s protest of the detention of migrant children in the United States (Aguilera, 2019 ) and the influence of Malcolm X on Asian American activism (Kochiyama, 1994 ).…”

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Solidarity: The Role of Non-Black People of Color in Promoting Racial Equity

2020

Behav Analysis Practice

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Multicultural behavior analysts must stand together to address the issues of systemic racism collectively, show solidarity, and support Black lives. This article discusses the role of culturally and linguistically diverse behavior analysts, the mechanisms underlying barriers to showing solidarity, and the mechanisms required for cultural evolution to promote a compassionate and nurturing approach to racial equity. It is critical that non-Black people of color actively participate in antiracist advocacy to express solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

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The Diversity Is in the Details: Unintentional Language Discrimination in the Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

Increasing Access and Quality of Behavior-Analytic Services for the Latinx Population

Increasing Access and Quality of Behavior-Analytic Services for the Latinx Population

Delivering culturally sound and high-quality behavior analytic services when working with an interpreter.

Solidarity: The Role of Non-Black People of Color in Promoting Racial Equity

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