ERIC Number: EJ1352212
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1547-1888
EISSN: EISSN-2158-396X
Addressing Race and Implicit Bias in the Functional Behavior Assessment Process: A Pilot Study of Preservice Teacher Training Modules
Enders, Olivia G.; Buonomo, Kristen; Robertson, Rachel
Multiple Voices: Disability, Race, and Language Intersections in Special Education, v22 n1 p6-23 Spr-Sum 2022
Despite decades of research and reform, exclusionary discipline remains disproportionately used with minoritized students and students with disabilities (SWD). The present study investigates how functional behavior assessment (FBA) and Positive Behavior Support Plan (PBSP) procedures can be taught in conjunction with an explicit focus on achieving equitable outcomes for minoritized SWD. Specifically, researchers created modules for preservice teachers focused on racial and cultural bias within the FBA and PBSP processes. In this manuscript, we will detail the development, delivery, and preservice teachers' perceptions of modules, directly and explicitly challenge color-evasive FBA and PBSP practices, and consider how PBSPs can be culturally responsive. We present results of social validity surveys and the School Record Analysis (SRA), a tool used to measure preservice teachers' implicit racial biases. Exploratory results suggest the modules provide a promising and necessary step for using behavior analysis to address disproportionate use of exclusionary discipline for minoritized SWD.
Descriptors: Racism, Bias, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Pilot Projects, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Positive Behavior Supports, Culturally Relevant Education, Minority Group Students, Students with Disabilities, Discipline, Intervention, Validity
Division for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners, Council for Exceptional Children. Great Lakes Equity Center. Indiana University School of Education-IUPUI, 902 W. New York St., Indianapolis, IN 46202. Tel: 317-278-3493; e-mail: mvjourn@iupui.edu; Web site: https://meridian.allenpress.com/mvedel
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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