Kwak Daniel, Blair Kwang-Sun C, Russo Danielle
Department of Child and Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612 USA.
Behav Anal Pract. 2024 Jul 15;17(4):977-995. doi: 10.1007/s40617-024-00945-x. eCollection 2024 Dec.
Taking an individualized approach to cultural responsiveness is essential when collaborating with families to deliver behavior-analytic services. One way behavior analysts can start this process is by asking caregivers and other relevant individuals informed and targeted questions that would allow behavior analysts to make cultural adaptations to services that are provided. However, there is a lack of well-developed resources that are specific to behavior-analytic practice and designed to assist behavior analysts in facilitating conversations regarding values and cultures of clients and their families. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop the Values-Centered Assessment Tool (VCAT) to offer a way for behavior analysts to assess a wide range of potential adaptations that may be incorporated into the process of behavioral assessment, training, and intervention. To develop the tool, rigorous standards were adopted, including an extensive review of the literature, in-depth interviews with service providers (behavior analysts), and evaluation by an expert panel. The final version of the VCAT included questions about stakeholders, cultural practices, communication, client-professional relationship, accessibility, and parenting/behavior management. Results showed that the VCAT was representative of the content being assessed (S-CVI = .89) and demonstrated high content validity indexes for relevance (I-CVI = .99) and clarity (I-CVI = .98) of items. The VCAT was determined to be a content-valid tool that can be used to design individualized behavioral services with consideration of values and cultures of families who are from diverse cultural backgrounds.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40617-024-00945-x.
在与家庭合作提供行为分析服务时，采取个性化的文化响应方法至关重要。行为分析师启动这一过程的一种方式是向照顾者和其他相关人员提出有针对性的明智问题，以便行为分析师能够对所提供的服务进行文化调整。然而，缺乏专门针对行为分析实践且旨在帮助行为分析师促进有关客户及其家庭价值观和文化的对话的完善资源。因此，本研究的目的是开发以价值观为中心的评估工具（VCAT），为行为分析师提供一种方法，以评估可能纳入行为评估、培训和干预过程的广泛潜在调整。为了开发该工具，采用了严格的标准，包括广泛的文献综述、对服务提供者（行为分析师）的深入访谈以及专家小组的评估。VCAT的最终版本包括有关利益相关者、文化习俗、沟通、客户与专业人员关系、可及性以及育儿/行为管理的问题。结果表明，VCAT代表了所评估的内容（S-CVI =.89），并在项目的相关性（I-CVI =.99）和清晰度（I-CVI =.98）方面显示出高内容效度指数。VCAT被确定为一种内容有效的工具，可用于设计个性化的行为服务，同时考虑来自不同文化背景家庭的价值观和文化。
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