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2 0 1 8 COMMONWEA L T H AU T I SM CON F E R EN C E
Verbal Behavior Shapes Culture
Values and attitudes are
like habits: the longer
one adheres to them, the
harder they are to
change.
Barrier: Attitudes & Opinions
We are often disappointed by barriers such as
stakeholders' conflicting opinions, attitudes that are
constantly reinforced by their relatives and friends.
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Values & Belief Systems
Why the conflict and not harmony?
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Hitting a Brick Wall
How NOT to give up
on trying to find
commonality with
stakeholders.
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Assess Your Position
1. What reinforces your
beliefs and attitudes?
2. Are you open to
change?
3. Is there a commonality
in ultimate outcome(s)?
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Deficits: Skill orPerformance
Are we expecting
behavior change to
occur based on our
own history,
experience, cultural
norms?
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Activity
Handout: Cultural Competence
Self-Test
Tawara D. Goode - Georgetown University Center for Child & Human Development
University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities Education, Research &
Service. Adapted from – “Promoting Cultural Competence and Cultural Diversity in
Early Intervention and Early Childhood Settings” - June 1989, Rev. 2009.
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Celebrating Differences
Flip the script!
How are our values, beliefs and attitudes similar
in terms of what outcomes we want to see for
our shared client?
Will termination of our relationship cause more
harm, now or in the future?
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Be True to Yourself
Pretending to agree with
differing belief systems is
building rapport under
false pretenses.
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Take Home Points
Know yourself.
Know your clients & their
families.
Use tools already available.
Be honest, yet empathetic.
It's okay to be uncomfortable.
Just do better.
Q & AMegan Sullivan Kirby, BCBA, LBA
Director of ABA Services, Spectrum Transformation Group
Secretary, Virginia Association for Behavior Analysis
Email: [email protected]
Thank you!
