Prompting Flashcards
Prompting
Teaching + reinforcing behavior that doesn’t occur naturally
in the desired context
Prompt
A Supplementary Stimulus used to increase the probability
Of the desired response occurring
- Antecedent
- Signals how to perform behavior or when a behavior should occur
Verbal prompts 🗣️
verbal Stimuli that help guide /evoke wanted response
- takes role of ‘instructions’
prompts = “Say please..”
Response = “cracker, please”
Gestural Prompts
Can take the form of pointing gesturing in a manner that promotes a correct response
-client ready to go outside + Can’t put on shoes independtly
->painting to shoes may help
Physical Prompts
More intrusive; physically guiding client to emit the correct respanse
1) Full physical promptng:
- physically guiding cient to do tre benar ex) teach to wave → purscent hand
together to wave
2) Partial physical prompting:
- less assistance is required to do a response
ex) clap hands- holds child’s elbow
Prompt Hierarchy
Based on intrusiveness / lvl of assistance
Verbal(lvl 1) → Gestural (lvl2)→ physical (lvl3)
Full physical prompting 👋
Physically guiding the client to do the behavior
Ex) teach to wave by putting clients hands in your hands together to wave
Partial physical prompting 👏🏼
When less assistance is required to do a response
Example) teach client to clap hands - holds child’s elbow
Model prompts
Requires RBT to model/demonstrate skill + increases likelihood the client will IMITATE the model & correct behavior
Textual Prompts
Written/printed vs spoken
Pictorial prompts
Pics/imgs that increase the probability of correct response occurring
Proximal/position prompts
⬛️. 🔵
🔺
Guide clients responding by placing correct answer closest to client
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Prompt fading
Eliminating prompts while maintaining client performance
Most-to-least Fading strategy
Strategy in which a hierarchy of prompts is chosen + arranged in an order from most assistance to least assistance
-teaching a new skill with most assistance lvl (+ errorless teaching) to experience reinforcement contingency
Least-To-Most fading strategy
Least intrusive prompts to most intrusive prompts
-RBT gives client least amt of assistance to give them opportunity to respond
-progressively more assistive prompts until correct response
Time Delay Prompting (Fading strategy)
Effective prompt lvl chosen (with enough assistance so response occurs) prompt provided immediately or after brief delay to prevent client from practicing errors
No Delay -> Brief Delay -> Long Delay
Graduated Guidance (Fading strategy)
Prompt that provides as much assistance as needed to ensure success in each step
- used to prompt behaviors with multiple steps (washing hands)
-provide more assistance if client struggles (moving up prompt hierarchy)
