Reinforcers are helpful for teaching students with special needs. The literature suggests that reinforcers are a useful resource when teaching a new skill. Reinforcers typically fall into four broad categories, which include sensory, activity, tangible, and social. In order to select the most effective reinforcers for a student, an individualized and systematic assessment should be conducted. To accomplish this, teachers will need to consider various factors, including the student's cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to discuss four considerations for culturally appropriate reinforcers that are highlighted in the literature. These include: (1) practicing cultural self-awareness, (2) valuing other cultures, (3) obtaining family perspectives, and (4) implementing differentiated reinforcers. The goal is to provide practitioners with general guidelines for identifying reinforcers for students with special needs from culturally diverse backgrounds.