ABSTRACT
There is a large body of literature regarding cultural accommodations in caregiver training: how to select them and the process to implement them. Manualized caregiver trainings such as Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, The Incredible Years, and The Parent Management Therapy-Oregon have their roots in the principles of contingency management and are implemented following comparable procedures to the components of behavioral skills training. Evaluations of manualized caregiver trainings including cultural accommodations have found that when compared to the standard manualized interventions, there are no significant benefits seen in parent or child behavior. Importantly, single-case investigations on individualized cultural accommodations are needed to compare applied behavior analysis (ABA) training methods to previous caregiver training manuals. Given that the literature on cultural accommodations to caregiver training is limited in ABA, we discuss current research on cultural accommodations and propose referencing prior manualized trainings to guide future research and practice on cultural accommodations to caregiver training. It is critical to continue to assess cultural accommodations to caregiver trainings to ensure that we are providing the most socially valid intervention aligning with our professional ethics.
