In Episode 77, Ben chats with Dr. Nissa Intarachote Van Etten. Nissa has worked tirelessly in the area of culturally responsive compassionate care. We dig into popular early intervention skills assessments like the ABLLS and the AFLS in terms of how we can adapt these tools to meet the individual needs of families. Nissa offers a great selection of literature to support cultural diversity in behavior analysis and incorporate it into the assessment process.

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Contact:

Dr. Nissa Intarachote Van Etten

Links:

Dr. Intarachote Van Etten’s Dissertation

https://www.proquest.com/openview/91926304788a09999dc5c8a752e3a14a/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

Combined ABLLS and AFLS

https://assessments.centralreach.com/?fbclid=IwAR1PHQ-oeDdxlidfryBsJ3HBRxuXifjfcNidtaBJ31zmhJyRMNVIT8H-uo8

FREE CEU on Cultural Responsiveness in Assessment

https://institute.centralreach.com/courses/assessment-mentoring-cohort-week-5-cultural-responsiveness-in-assessment?fbclid=IwAR2e-PM6EN-3q8ft7ZeeHRFi_dGRRDt81ZNZg1zUH_645vFIFyN0UyUCsjo

The Behavioral View Podcast

https://centralreachtbv.libsyn.com

Research Referenced:

Biglan, A. and Hayes, S.C. (2015). Functional Contextualism and Contextual Behavioral Science. In The Wiley Handbook of Contextual Behavioral Science (eds R.D. Zettle, S.C. Hayes, D. Barnes-Holmes and A. Biglan). https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118489857.ch4

Conners, B.M., & Capell, S.T. (Eds.). (2020). Multiculturalism and Diversity in Applied Behavior Analysis: Bridging Theory and Application (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429263873

Fong, E. H., & Tanaka, S. (2013). Multicultural alliance of behavior analysis standards for cultural competence in behavior analysis. International Journal of Behavioral Consultation and Therapy, 8(2), 17–19. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0100970

Rohrer, J. L., Marshall, K. B., Suzio, C., & Weiss, M. J. (2021). Soft Skills: The Case for Compassionate Approaches or How Behavior Analysis Keeps Finding Its Heart. Behavior analysis in practice, 14(4), 1135–1143. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-021-00563-x

Tanaka-Matsumi, J., Seiden, D. Y., & Lam, K. N. (1996). The Culturally Informed Functional Assessment (CIFA) Interview: A strategy for cross-cultural behavioral practice. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 3(2), 215–233. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1077-7229(96)80015-0

Taylor, B.A., LeBlanc, L.A. & Nosik, M.R. (2019). Compassionate Care in Behavior Analytic Treatment: Can Outcomes be Enhanced by Attending to Relationships with Caregivers?. Behav Analysis Practice, 12, 654–666. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-00289-3

Wright P. I. (2019). Cultural Humility in the Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis. Behavior analysis in practice, 12(4), 805–809. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-019-00343-8