The good, the bad, and the uncomfortable: Cultural identity maps and your organization becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside caregiver coaching, home routines, team meetings, and values-sensitive decision making. In The good, the bad, and the uncomfortable: Cultural identity maps and your organization, for this course, the practical stakes show up in better alignment between intervention and the family context in which it must survive, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Behavior analysts are increasingly addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Beaulieu and Jimenez-Gomez (2022) developed a behavior-analytic specific process for self-assessment with respect to cultural responsivity. Their CIM can be used to improve our own awareness of how culture influences our own behavior, as a starting point for increasing our cultural responsivity. In addition, holding dialogue surrounding the CIM can help staff become more 'comfortable being uncomfortable' as we approach topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion. However, these conversations require preparation and can be fraught with challenges, particularly when staff have trauma histories. Approximately 71% of children in the US experience at least one form of trauma and this can result in lasting outcomes into adulthood. Thus, many staff who are asked to discuss the CIM may have difficulty engaging in the process and doing so can result in emotionally evocative and conflicted work environments. This presentation provides an overview of an adapted cultural identity map and describes how to introduce this activity in a way that supports progress on cultural responsivity. In addition, strategies for managing negative responses to completing this work in a business environment will be offered.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
Dr. Susan Wilczynski is the Plassman Family Distinguished Professor at Ball State University, a licensed psychologist, and a board-certified behavior analyst. She works to dismantle ableism and other forms of oppression in the practice of behavior analysis and psychology. Susan conducts research on diversity-affirming evidence-based practice and a strengths-based approach to the delivery of an autism diagnosis. Susan is the former Coordinator for the ABAI’s Practice Board, served on their Task Force for the Promotion of Quality and Values-Based ABA and on their Licensing Committee. She previously served as the Executive Director of the National Autism Center, where she chaired the first National Standards Project, the most comprehensive systematic review of its time. She developed the first center-based treatment program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Susan has edited and/or written multiple books including the recently released “A practical guide to finding interventions that work for Autistic people: Diversity-affirming evidence-based practice.” She has published in numerous journals such as Behavior Analysis in Practice, Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Psychology in the Schools.
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