G09 Use Discrete Trial, Free Operant & Naturalistic Teaching Arrangements Part 5 Flashcards
A prompted error occurs when
The teacher prompts the correct response, but the student still makes and error
Attempts to teach a student to sign ‘bathroom” via modeling have failed. Immediate access to the bathroom was being used as a reinforcer
Try hand over hand prompts
A child grunts when he wants a cookie. You model the sign “cookie”. He does it incorrectly. You might then
Model the sign again
Protocol and environmental alterations to promote incidental teaching include
Placing needed materials out of reach.
Locking the student supply closet door prior to art class.
Removing batteries needed to make a toy work.
Prompted errors and no responses can be addressed by
Repeating the same prompt or using a different prompt.
Ignoring the error and walking away
Implementing an error correction procedure
Excessive errors can be addressed by
Using a different prompt, selecting an easier communication response, using a new prompt in addition to the current prompt, employing a prompt hierarchy
Prompted errors and no responses can sometimes be addressed by
Repeating the same prompt or using a different prompt.
After several weeks, a student is still not making progress on his first sign “water”, consider
Using PECS.
Providing massed practice in addition to incidental teaching.
Changing the requirement so that an approximation of the proper sign is accpetable.
Incidental teaching
Uses student initiated behavior to apply systematic instruction.
Takes advantage of naturally occurring EOs.
With an incidental teaching procedure, after the student initiates a response, the teacher
Prompts the target communication response
With an incidental teaching procedure, responses are reinforced
That are correct, regardless of whether they are prompted.