Mod 6: Choose a Paper to Critique
CULTURAL HUMILITY IN PRACTICE
Cultural humility is a key feature of effective and ethical practice. To fully respond to another’s culture, we have to remember that we view it through our own cultural lens.
Also, specific beliefs and practices of two cultures can conflict. This is often the case with the field of Applied Behavior Analysis and anti-ABA autistics and advocates.
Part of adopting a culturally humble approach involves understanding your own cultural practices and listening and learning from cultures other than your own.
In your assignment, include the following:
Describe culture from a behavioral perspective.
Discuss the importance of incorporating culture as a part of a client’s/participant’s context in applied practice and research.
Describe cultural humility and discuss the potential benefits of adopting culturally humble approaches to applied practice and research.
Discuss specific skills needed to adopt culturally humble approaches and specific ways we can develop and maintain those skills.
Provide at least two supporting examples of a culturally humble approach in action within the context of two groups of people in frequent conflict:
(1) behavior analyst researchers and practitioners
(2) anti-ABA autistics and advocates.
Read the following:
Bailey, J. S., & Burch, M. R. (2022). Ethics for behavior analysts (4th ed.). Taylor & Francis Group.
Chapter 6, “Section 1: Responsibility as a Professional,” pages 69–122.
Brodhead, M. T., Cox, D. J., & Quigley, S. P. (2022). Practical ethics for effective treatment of autism spectrum disorder (2nd ed.). Academic Press.
Chapter 4, “Identifying Your Scope of Competence in Autism Treatment.”
Conners, B. M., & Capell, S. T. (2021). Multiculturalism and diversity in applied behavior analysis: Bridging theory and application. Routledge.
Chapter 3, “Standards for Culturally Sensitive Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis,” pages 18–26.
Chapter 14, “How to Integrate Multiculturalism and Diversity Sensitivity Into the Training and Ethical Skill Set of Behavior Analysts,” pages 165–178.
Review the BACB ethics codes.
Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (2020). Ethics code for behavior analysts [PDF]. https://www.bacb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ethics-Code-for-Behavior-Analysts-210106.pdf
This code is effective 2022.
Section 1 – Responsibility As a Professional