Thesis Type
Open Access
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Applied Behavior Analysis and Clinical Science
Committee Member(s)
Michelle Williams
Tanner Anderson
Stephanie Trauschke
Supervising Faculty Member
Michelle Williams
Abstract
Cultural competence and cultural awareness are terms that have started to become more widely used when discussing how therapists impact their clients. The push for cultural competence and awareness has started to create new questions about how a client’s culture can be intertwined with the services that they are receiving. The purpose of this study was to teach a combination of basic safety skills and identify if language impacted behavior. This study utilized one participant who did not acquire the skill to stop in either language. During the experiment, a third language was added to measure control; however, responding remained the same across both learned and novel languages.
Recommended Citation
Ruiz, Emma, "The Effects of Using Home Language vs English in Teaching Safety Skills" (2026). Thesis Projects. 64.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/mabacs_thesis/64
Rights Holder
Emma Ruiz
Included in
Applied Behavior Analysis Commons, Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education Commons, Experimental Analysis of Behavior Commons
