Ortiz Stephanie M, Joseph Melissa A, Deshais Meghan A
Department of Applied Behavior Analysis, Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ USA.
Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, Rutgers University, 152 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2022 Apr 28;16(1):222-231. doi: 10.1007/s40617-022-00714-8. eCollection 2023 Mar.
Recent data indicate that BACB certificants are largely homogenous with respect to racial and gender identity. There is also evidence that many practitioners do not receive training in culturally responsive service delivery (CSRD). Applied behavior analysis (ABA) graduate programs would therefore benefit from incorporating training on diversity and CSRD. In this pilot investigation, a pre/post design was used to evaluate the effects of providing ABA faculty members with a supplemental diversity/CRSD curriculum on the presence of diversity/CRSD content in course syllabi. Six faculty members, who were collectively responsible for teaching courses in an ABA master's program, participated in this study. All participants were provided with a general list of resources related to diversity/CRSD in ABA. The supplemental curriculum included tailored diversity course objectives and supporting resources for courses assigned to the intervention group. Results suggest that the provision of tailored objectives and supporting resources to faculty may lead to increases in diversity/CRSD content in course syllabi. Despite the methodological shortcomings of this pilot investigation, this study represents a preliminary step toward the development of a line of empirical research on ABA graduate training and diversity/CRSD. Implications for graduate training programs in ABA and future research in this area are discussed.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40617-022-00714-8.
最近的数据表明，行为分析师认证委员会（BACB）的认证人员在种族和性别认同方面基本同质化。也有证据表明，许多从业者没有接受过文化响应式服务提供（CSRD）方面的培训。因此，应用行为分析（ABA）研究生项目将受益于纳入关于多样性和CSRD的培训。在这项试点调查中，采用了前后设计来评估为ABA教员提供补充性多样性/CSRD课程对课程大纲中多样性/CSRD内容的影响。六位共同负责ABA硕士项目课程教学的教员参与了这项研究。所有参与者都收到了一份与ABA中的多样性/CSRD相关的通用资源清单。补充课程包括为干预组分配的课程量身定制的多样性课程目标和支持资源。结果表明，为教员提供量身定制的目标和支持资源可能会导致课程大纲中多样性/CSRD内容的增加。尽管这项试点调查存在方法上的缺陷，但该研究代表了朝着开展一系列关于ABA研究生培训和多样性/CSRD的实证研究迈出的初步步骤。讨论了对ABA研究生培训项目的启示以及该领域未来的研究方向。
在线版本包含可在10.1007/s40617-022-00714-8获取的补充材料。
