ArticleJournal of behavioral education2011
A Preliminary Evaluation of Functional Communication Training Effectiveness and Language Preference When Spanish and English are Manipulated.
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- A Practitioner's Guide for Selecting Functional Communication Responses.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Review
- Ignorance and Cultural Diversity: the Ethical Obligations of the Behavior Analyst.Behavior analysis in practice · 2023Review
- Building a Social Justice Framework for Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in ABA.Behavior analysis in practice · 2022Review
- Increasing Access and Quality of Behavior-Analytic Services for the Latinx Population.Behavior and social issues · 2021Article
- Preliminary Findings of Culturally Responsive Consultation with Educators.Behavior analysis in practice · 2020Article
- A Comparison of Demand Fading and a Dense Schedule of Reinforcement During Functional Communication Training.Behavior analysis in practice · 2020Article
- Multilingual Diversity in the Field of Applied Behavior Analysis and Autism: A Brief Review and Discussion of Future Directions.Behavior analysis in practice · 2019Article
- Understanding the Linguistic Needs of Diverse Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Some Comments on the Research Literature and Suggestions for Clinicians.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2018Article
- Developing the Cultural Awareness Skills of Behavior Analysts.Behavior analysis in practice · 2016Article
- Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Recent Verbal Behavior Research on Individuals with Disabilities: a Review and Implications for Research and Practice.The Analysis of verbal behavior · 2014Article
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Abstract
We evaluated whether differences in treatment effectiveness or preference between languages emerged across Spanish and English during functional communication training (FCT) for young children with developmental disabilities exposed to Spanish and English in the home environment. Participants were 2 young children with developmental disabilities who displayed destructive behavior maintained by social contingencies and whose families spoke Spanish and English at home. All procedures were conducted in the participants' homes by their mothers with coaching from the investigator. The effectiveness of FCT was evaluated within a reversal design across baseline, FCT, and extinction conditions. A multielement design across language type (Spanish and English) was embedded within the reversal design during the extinction and FCT conditions to evaluate differences in treatment effectiveness across type of language. Finally, during all FCT sessions, a concurrent schedules design was used to evaluate participant preference for type of language. Results suggested that FCT was effective in reducing destructive behavior, increasing manding, and/or increasing task completion for these 2 participants across Spanish and English treatment conditions. Preference for the type of language did not emerge for either participant during FCT. Results are discussed in terms of the merits of systematically evaluating language variables when working with culturally and linguistically diverse families and children.
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