Friday, March 28, 2014 at 1:00 p.m.
Neville Scarfe Building, Room 304C
Title: Transforming Coercive Processes with a Korean Family of a Child with a Developmental Disability and Problem Behaviour
Examining Committee:
Dr. Joe Lucyshyn (SPED), Research Supervisor
Dr. Ruth Ervin (SPED), Committee Member
Dr. Janet Jamieson (SPED), Departmental Examiner
ABSTRACT
Family centered PBS has been shown to be an effective and acceptable approach with families of children who have developmental disabilities and problem behaviours. However, empirical research into the effects of cultural and linguistic differences on the provision of support for immigrant families is lacking. Among Canada’s many increasing ethnic minority populations, Korean Canadians are growing in number particularly rapidly. The purpose of this study was to add to the evidentiary base for the ecological, family-centered, culturally responsive PBS approach by replicating the work of Lucyshyn et al. (2011) with a Korean-Canadian family raising a child with a developmental disability and problem behaviour. A single-subject quasi-experimental multiple baseline design across two routines in the home was used to evaluate the effectiveness of a family centered PBS process designed to be culturally appropriate. The cultural assessment tool designed by Chen, Downing, and Peckman-Harding (2002) was used to gather cultural information relevant to the design of a culturally responsive PBS plan for this family. It is anticipated that in both routines, child problem behaviour will decrease while successful participation in the routines will increase. Results to date have documented substantial improvements at the point of intervention in child problem behaviour and in the steps of one targeted routine successfully completed. Social validity and contextual and cultural fit results indicated that the intervention was acceptable and contextually appropriate within the ecology of the family. All results are discussed in terms of their contributions to the literature, implications, cautions and limitations, and future research.