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Hernandez CD, Williams Awodeha NF, Cameron MJ. Culture and Language Inclusion in the Practice of Applied Behavior Analysis: Next Steps for Improving Outcomes for Autistic Clients. Behav Anal Pract 2023; 16:1280-1289. [PMID: 38076741 PMCID: PMC10700268 DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00791-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2024] Open
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As applied behavior analysis (ABA) is widely prescribed as an intervention for autistic children, ABA practitioners must have a thorough understanding of the impact of language and culture on the individuals and families they serve. The twin purposes of this article are to discuss cultural humility in ASD service delivery, and to provide an overview of practice parameters for the expansion of equity and inclusion. These efforts are guided by the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) in Health and Health Care. Readers will be provided with recommendations for incorporating culturally and linguistically appropriate services into training, practice, and supervision in ABA settings.
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Hollins NA, Morris C, Li A. Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Readings within Coursework: Suggestions for Instructors Teaching Behavior Analysis. Behav Anal Pract 2023; 16:629-639. [PMID: 37187849 PMCID: PMC10169931 DOI: 10.1007/s40617-023-00781-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Behavior analysis graduate programs must train their students to be culturally responsive so that they are prepared to effectively serve a diverse clientele. One important strategy for helping students gain a culturally responsive repertoire is embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion materials into behavior analysis graduate course sequences. However, little guidance exists for selecting content related to diversity, equity, and inclusion within behavior analysis to include in behavior analytic coursework. This article provides suggested readings for diversity, equity, and inclusion within behavior analysis that can be embedded into typical course structures in behavior analysis graduate programs. Each course requirement in the Association for Behavior Analysis International's Verified Course Sequence is given specific recommendations.
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- Nicole A. Hollins
- Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
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- Department of Psychology, Salve Regina University, 100 Ochre Point Avenue, Newport, RI 02840 USA
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- Department of Psychology, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan USA
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Solis-Grant MJ, Bretti-López MJ, Espinoza-Parçet C, Pérez-Villalobos C, Rodríguez-Núñez I, Pincheira-Martínez C, Sepúlveda-Carrasco C. Inclusion in the university: Who assumes responsibility? A qualitative study. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0280161. [PMID: 36662715 PMCID: PMC9858406 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Society challenges higher education institutions and their members to generate inclusive communities to enable the full development of all members. This study aims to analyze who is responsible for generating inclusion according to community members from a traditional Chilean University. We carried out qualitative research based on the Grounded Theory. We collected data through focus group and semi-structured Interviews, involving 14 undergraduate students, two post-graduate students, 17 faculty members, five non-teaching staff members, and nine executives officers. All of thembelonging to the three campuses of the University. We analyzed data using ATLAS.ti 7.5.7, using the constant comparison method and reaching an axial codification level. From the data analysis, 25 subcategories emerged, grouped into six categories. Later we organized them under the codification paradigm. Results highlighted the perception of the interaction and influence of the social, institutional, and personal fields in the inclusion phenomenon. Also, that inclusive practices must be a responsibility shared among different educational community members.
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- María José Solis-Grant
- Kinesiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Biobío, Chile
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- Kinesiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Biobío, Chile
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Machalicek W, Strickland-Cohen K, Drew C, Cohen-Lissman D. Sustaining Personal Activism: Behavior Analysts as Antiracist Accomplices. Behav Anal Pract 2022; 15:1066-1073. [PMID: 34093982 PMCID: PMC8171226 DOI: 10.1007/s40617-021-00580-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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One pervasive social issue that has received little attention within the behavior-analytic community is racism and the systemic oppression of Black, Indigenous, and non-Black people of color. The present article offers guidance and examples of how each of us as behavior analysts might build individualized self-management behavior change plans that support initiating and sustaining socially significant antiracism work as we move from allies to accomplices within our own sphere of influence. This article introduces the concept of self-managed antiracism behavior change plans that (a) operationally define antiracist action using measurable outcomes and strategies for data collection on specific antiracist and support actions, (b) provide choices to improve engagement and reduce barriers to adherence, and (c) use effective behavioral interventions to alter the availability of discriminative stimuli or reduce their influence, and increase the availability of reinforcers that are compatible with the goal of the behavior change plan for increasing antiracism behavior and dismantling structures perpetuating racial inequities.
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- Wendy Machalicek
- Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, 860 Willow Ave, Eugene, OR 97404 USA
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- Special Education, Rehabilitation, and Counseling, Auburn University, AL Auburn, USA
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- Special Education and Clinical Sciences, University of Oregon, 860 Willow Ave, Eugene, OR 97404 USA
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Mugo S, Puplampu KP. Beyond tokenism and objectivity: theoretical reflections on a transformative equity, diversity, and inclusion agenda for higher education in Canada. SN SOCIAL SCIENCES 2022; 2:209. [PMID: 36187203 PMCID: PMC9510219 DOI: 10.1007/s43545-022-00509-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Universities, the sites for objective knowledge, apolitical and legitimized to contribute to human and intellectual capacity, find themselves in a tenuous position on issues of merit, equality, and fairness. On one hand, social forces have demonstrated how universities have been institutions for the production and reproduction of systemic inequality. On the other hand, universities maintain that they are well positioned, as part of their institutional renewal practices, to address contemporary calls for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). Since universities are now eager to embrace EDI principles, it is appropriate to demonstrate their historical failures and provide some recommendations towards institutional renewal. Drawing on critical pedagogy, the paper examines selected academic contributions and knowledge claims that have reproduced systemic inequality, specifically on the discourse on human classification. The broader question is whether universities are simply going through the motions and hope EDI is a fad or are serious about institutional renewal and transformative changes. The study offers some ideas on how universities can pursue transformative changes grounded on EDI principles.
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Nastasi JA, Crowe A, Gravina NE. Reporting Demographic Variables in JOBM and JAP: A Comparison and Call to Action. JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/01608061.2022.2082624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
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Into Inclusion: Increasing Trans-Inclusive Practices with Behavior Analysis. Behav Anal Pract 2022; 15:845-856. [PMID: 36465596 PMCID: PMC9582054 DOI: 10.1007/s40617-021-00669-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Promoting an inclusive culture can be critical to the progression of diverse groups. Practicing inclusive behavior is one important step toward fostering inclusion. Applied behavior analysis can contribute much to this topic given its use of practical methods to encourage socially significant behavior change (Baer et al., 1968). Proper pronoun use is one inclusive behavior that helps support gender minorities. Whereas self-assessment has been recommended to increase cultural awareness, this has not been confirmed through research. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to assess the effects of a specific approach to self-assessment (behavioral self-monitoring; BSM) on the percentage of correct pronouns used by graduate students during a simulated work task. Results indicate that BSM was effective in promoting proper pronoun use when it followed BSM training, and the effects maintained over time. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40617-021-00669-2.
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Solis-Grant MJ, Espinoza-Parçet C, Sepúlveda-Carrasco C, Pérez-Villalobos C, Rodríguez-Núñez I, Pincheira-Martínez C, Gómez-Varela JP, Aránguiz-Ibarra D. Inclusion at universities: Psychometric properties of an inclusive management scale as perceived by students. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262011. [PMID: 34995314 PMCID: PMC8741060 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION During the last century, the inclusion of all kinds of diversity became a social imperative in all social spaces but above all in some institutions such as the educational ones. Among these, inclusion has been least studied in the tertiary education organizations. This communication proposes and evaluates the psychometric properties of a new instrument, named Inclusive Management in Tertiary Institutions Scale (IMTIS), to assess inclusive management in universities. METHOD The researchers used a quantitative research model through survey. We based on the Index for Inclusion to design the IMTIS. We first submitted it to the assessment of experts. Then we applied the resulting version in an online survey including a sample of 1557 students from two universities and 121 different undergraduate careers. A panel of experts judged the content validity of the instrument. Participants answered the IMTIS after informed consent. We used confirmatory factor analysis to assess the construct validity of the instrument. We also evaluated the reliability of the measurements. RESULTS From a kit of 33 originally proposed items, we obtained a version of 22 items with CVR between 0.60 and 1.00, and a IVC = 0.78. The confirmatory factor analysis showed that the six-factor solution had a better adjustment than the one and three factors solutions (RMSEA = 0.059; CFI = 0.947; TLI = 0.937). The McDonald ω coefficients were between 0.864 and 0.922. CONCLUSION The results deliver evidence that supports the validity and reliability of the IMTIS measurements to carry out research and diagnosis of inclusive management in higher education institutions.
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- María José Solis-Grant
- Kinesiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Kinesiology Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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Almahasneh YAS, Rahman MSBA, Omar KB, Zulkiffli SNA. The relationship between job satisfaction and affective commitment toward organizational behaviour. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR REVIEW 2022; 6:265-274. [DOI: 10.22495/cgobrv6i4sip7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/02/2023]
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The aim of this study looks at the function of leadership (LE) in mediating the link between job satisfaction and affective commitment toward organizational behavior in Jordan. The concept of commitment and its different relations have been widely studied in the organizational behavior literature, either as employees’ commitment to organizations (Sumarsi & Rizal, 2022; Khraiwish, Al-Gasawneh, Joudeh, Nusairat, & Alabdi, 2022). The study looks at this issue by gathering information from 208 employees in Jordanian companies, which were analyzed using SmartPLS. According to the findings of the study, leadership use and affective commitment support are critical to increasing the efficacy of organizational behavior, but leadership use and job satisfaction are noncritical to increasing the efficacy of organizational behavior. The findings indicate that there is a considerable association between affective commitment and organizational behavior. Additionally, leadership has a key role in mediating the link between affective commitment and the success of organizational behavior. Future studies may examine managerial support on the relationship between job satisfaction and affective commitment toward organizational behavior
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Livne-Tarandach R, Steckler E, Leigh J, Wheeler-Smith S. Cultivating Organizations as Healing Spaces: A Typology for Responding to Suffering and Advancing Social Justice. HUMANISTIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL 2021. [PMCID: PMC8664364 DOI: 10.1007/s41463-021-00112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Reut Livne-Tarandach
- O’Malley School of Business, Manhattan College, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471 USA
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- Manning School of Business, University of Massachusetts Lowell, University Crossing, Suite 420, 220 Pawtucket St., Lowell, MA 01854-2874 USA
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- School of Business and Leadership, Nazareth College, 4245 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618 USA
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- O’Malley School of Business, Manhattan College, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471 USA
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Ethical Behavior Analysis: Evidence-Based Practice as a Framework for Ethical Decision Making. Behav Anal Pract 2021; 15:619-634. [DOI: 10.1007/s40617-021-00658-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/22/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Women in Behavior Analysis: A Review of the Literature. Behav Anal Pract 2021; 15:592-607. [DOI: 10.1007/s40617-021-00642-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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