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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jul 21.
Published in final edited form as: Hisp J Behav Sci. 2015 Nov 9;38(1):117–133. doi: 10.1177/0739986315612769

Table 3.

Language Adaptation Team.

Project staff and translation team

Project staff Translators

First author: Dominican immigrant, PhD. More than a decade working with Latino immigrants and parent training. Translator: BS, Latino female, educated in Puerto Rico, attending graduate school in the United States; prior experience translating research measures for Latino immigrant adolescents.
Fourth author: Ecuadorian American, MSW. Prior work history working with Latino immigrant families and also advocating for undocumented Latino youth. Back translator: BS, European American, male, degree in Spanish/linguistics, lived in Spain and Latin America, prior experience translating research, medical and consent documents for low-income Latino immigrants in Chicago.

Panel of local experts

Clinical members Parent members

MSW, Puerto Rican, female: trained in Puerto Rico, working in the United States, and familiar with parent training program. Mexican immigrant, female: experience being a Latino family advocate and a leader.a
Bilingual school counselor, Columbian immigrant, female: trained in Columbia and the United States, familiar with using a similar parent training program with Latino immigrant parents.b Mexican immigrant, male: ESL teacher to Latino adults in a community center serving immigrant families.
BS social worker, female, Mexican immigrant: trained in the United States. Colombian immigrant, female: also a school counselor in a predominantly Latino serving school.b

Note. ESL = English as a second language.

a

Parent reviewed translated parent handouts with three friends from church.

b

One local expert was both an immigrant parent and a clinician, and served on both panels.