Unit 3 Notes Flashcards
Typical Language Development Milestones
- Thr are 100s of development milestones checklists available on internet
- Center for Disease Control
- “Babies develop @ thr own Pace so it’s impossible to tell exactly wen ur child will learn a given skill. The developmental milestones listed will give gen idea
- Verbal Operant, Listener skills, Imitation, Match-to-sample & automatically reinforced vocal Bx
Typical Language Development Milestones
*Imp Milestones: By the End of Three months
- Social & Emotional
- Begins to develop a social Smile
- Enjoys Playing with other ppl & may cry when playing stops (Mands)
- Becomes more Expressive & Communicated more with Face & body (Possible Mands)
- Cries differentially for pain, hunger & discomfort
- Imitates some movements & facial expression (imitation)
Typical Language Development Milestones
*Imp Milestones: By the End of Three months
- Hearing & Speech
- Smiles at the sound of your voice (speech sounds become conditioned reinforcers)
- Begins to babble (Direct & automatic RX)
- Begins to imitate some sound (Echoic)
- Turns head toward direction of sound (speech sounds functioning as SDs)
Typical Language Development Milestones
*Imp Milestones: By the End of 7 months
Language:
- Responds to own name (Listener skills)
- Begins to respond to “no” (Listener skills)
- Can tell Emotional by tine of voice
- Responds to sound by making sounds (Early Echoic attempts)
- Uses Voice to express joy & displeasure
- Babbles Chians of sounds (Automatic Rx)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End of 1 yr (12 months)
Social & Emotional
- Cries when mother or father Leaves (Mands)
- Enjoys imitating ppl in his Play (Imitation)
- Repeats sounds/gestures for attention (Mand/Echoic/Imitation)
- Cognitive:
- Looks at correct pic when the image is Named (Listener skills)
- Imitates Gestures (Imitation)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End Of 1 Year (12 Months)
Language
- Pay increasing attention to Speech
- Responds to Simple verbal requests (Listener skills)
- Responds to “No” (Listener Skills)
- Uses simple gestures, such as shaking head for “no” (Mand)
- Babbles with Inflection (change in tone) (Automatic RX)
- Says “dada” & “Mama” (Mand/tact)
- Uses Exclamations such as “oh-oh” (Mand/tact)
- Tries to imitate Words (Echoic)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End of 2 yrs (24 Months)
Social
Emotional
Cognitive
- Social: Imitates Bx of others, esp adults & older children (Social imitation)
- Emotional: Begins to show defiant Bx (Mands)
- Cognitive: Begins to Sort by Shapes and colors (Matching-to-sample)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End Of 2 Years (24 Months)
-Language
- Points to object/picture when it’s named for him (Listener Skills)
- Recognizes Names of familiar ppl, objects & body parts (Listener skills)
- Says several Single words (by 15-18 months) (Mands/tacts)
- Uses 2 to 4 word sentences (Mands/tacts)
- Follow Simple instructions (Listener skills)
- Repeats words over heard in conversation (Echoic)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Importance Milestones: By The End Of 3 yrs (36 Months)
- Social: Imitates adults & playmates (Social imitation)
- Understands concept of “mine” & “his/hers” (Listener skills)
- Emotional: Expresses a wide Range of emotions (Some are Mands)
- Objects to major changes in routine (Mands)
- Cognitive: Plays make-belief with dolls, animals & ppl, Match an object to pc book, sorts Objects by shape & color (Matching to sample)
- Understands concept of “two” (Listener skills)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End Of 3 yrs (36 Months)
Language
- Follows a two-or three part Command (Listener Skills)
- Recognizes & identifies almost all common objects & pics (Listener/tact)
- Understands most sentences (Listener skills)
- Understands Placement in space (Listener skills)
- Uses 4-5 word sentences (Mand/Tact/Intraverbal)
- Can say name, age & sex (Intraverbal)
- Use pronouns (I, you, me ) and some plurals (cars, dogs, cats) (Mands/tact)
- Strangers can understand most of her words (Response Form Improvements)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Important Milestones: By The End Of 4 yrs (48 Months)
*Social: Negative -Solutions to Conflicts (Mand/Intraverbal)
- Cognitive:
- Correctly Names some Colors (Tacts)
- Understands the concept of Counting & may know a few numbers (Math)
- Tries to solve prob from a single point of view (Mand/intraverbl)
- Begins to have a clearer sense of time (Intraverbal)
- Follows 3-part Commands (Listener skills)
- Recalls parts of a story (Intraverbal)
- Understands the concepts of “same” & “different” (Listener skills)
- Engages in Fantasy play
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End Of 4 Years (48 Months)
Language
- Has mastered some basic Rules of Grammer (Mand/Tact/intraverbal/listener)
- Speaks in Sentences of 5 or 6 words (Mand/Tact/intreaverbal)
- Speaks Clearly enough for Strangers to understand
- Tells Stories (Intraverbal)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End Of 5 Years (60 min) Emotional
- Emotional: Sometimes Demanding sometimes eagerly cooperative (Mands)
- Cognitive Milestone: Can occur 10 or more objects (Math)
- Correctly names at-least 4 colors (Tact)
- Better understands the Concept of time (Listener/intraverbal)
- Knows about things everyday in the home (money, food) (M/T/L/IV)
Typical Language Development Milestones
Imp Milestones: By The End of 5 yrs (60 Months)
Language
- Recalls Part of a Story (Intraverbal)
- Speaks sentences of more than 5 words (Mand/tact/intraverbal)
- Uses Future tense (Intraverbal)
- Tells longer stories (Intraverbal)
- Says name & Address (Intraverbal)
Implications for Children & Adults with Language Delays
- Use typical Development as an assessment & curriculum Guide
- Use Bx Analysis in General & Skinner’s analysis of verbal Bx in particular, as the Conceptual foundation of the language intervention prog
- Use the basic teaching Procedure derived from ABA (i.e. Prompting, fading, Shaping, differential RX, task analysis)
By 7 months of age, where do the sounds that children make typically come from?
a) The genetic history
b) The parent’s language
b) The parent’s language
Which of the following are NOT well established by the age of 2 yrs old?
a) Imitation
b) Intraverbals
c) Match to sample
d) Tacts
b) Intraverbals
At which age can most spoken words be understood by a stranger?
a) As early as 3 yrs old
b) As early as 2 yrs old
c) No earlier than 4 years old
a) As early as 3 yrs old
Which of the following is NOT a language milestone of 4 yrs old?
a) Counts to 10 or higher
b) Speaks in sentences of 5 to 6 words
c) Uses irregular verbs
d) Tells stories
a) Counts to 10 or higher
Which of the following is true about learning colors?
a) Children can learn to describe things as a color at an early age
b) Young children typically are able to learn colors as nouns, not adjectives
c) Colors should be taught early on in a language prog
d) All of the statements are true
b) Young children typically are able to learn colors as nouns, not adjectives
Which of the following is NOT true of 5 yr old children?
a) They can say their name & address
b) They can recall parts of stories
c) Their sentences consist of more than 5 words
d) Their vocabulary is being established
d) Their vocabulary is being established
Why is it important to consider typical language development when developing a language program for children with language delays?
a) Allow further identification of the function of language
b) Provides direction of where to start & how to proceed
c) Makes it possible to develop a language repertoire as close as possible to that of a typical child
d) All of the above choices are correct
d)All of the above choices are correct
Steps to Beginning an Intervention Program
- Conduct a VB-MAPP Assessment
- The purpose of the assessment is to determine a child’s skills & Barriers in order to Design an individual prog tht best fits the child
- Determine the child’s VB-MAPP level (1, 2 or 3)
- Determine skill strength & weaknesses
- Work on Balancing out the skills
Developing an Intervention Program for a Child in Level 1
1) Identify Reinforcers & MO levels
2) Identify existing Skills (e.g. Mands, Tacts, Imitation)
3) Identify Barriers & conduct necessary descriptive/functional analyses (e.g. instructional control. obsessive bxs, self-stem)
4) Identify response Form (speech, signs, PECs)
5) Determine Baseline Levels
6) Develop IEP Goals based on VB-MAPP scores
Developing an intervention Program for a Child in Level 1
Contd…
7) Measurement & data collection (objectivity)
8) Use DTT or NET or Both?
9) General teaching Setting (controlled, materials prepared, data sheets, reinforcers ready)
10) Daily schedule
11) Parent Training
Intervention Program
Level 1: Mand Training
- Motivation -> Response -> Specific RX
- i.e. Child wants cookie -> Cookie -> Child receive cookie
The first step in developing an individualized language intervention program is to:
a) Conduct a series of IQ tests
b) Conduct an assessment
c) Develop a child’s receptive language skills
d) Teach matching to sample skills
b) Conduct an assessment
What content is primarily focused on with a Level 1 learner?
a) Intraverbals
b) Mands
c) Tacts
d) Peer interaction
b) Mands
If a child scores low in the mand category & high in the echoic category, you should:
a) Use echoic to teach mands
b) Work on mands exclusively until both mands & echoic are at the same level
c) Work on echoic first to ensure that the child continues scoring high in the category
a) Use Echoic to teach mands
Which of the following demonstrate the preferred order of response forms from most to least preferred?
a) Speech, PECs, Signs, Written
b) Speech, Signs, Pecs, Written
c) Speech, Signs, Written, PECs
d) Speech, Written, Signs PECs
b) Speech, Signs, Pecs, Written
Where to Start Mand Training?
- What Motivates a specific Child?
- When is that motivation Strong?
- Can that motivation be Used (captured/contrived) to teach a mand?
- Make a List of potential motivation & the related reinforcers
- Select the first few Words to teach
Words that Should be Avoided
- Words that are related to a Variety of motivators (e.g. More plz, Mine, Yes, Help, Pointing)
- Words that are related to motivators from General categories (e.g. Eat, Play, Toys)
- Words for removing an Aversive (e.g. Break, All done, Mine, No, Go play)
- Words that are related to items that are hard to deliver (e.g. Swimming, Bike ride)
- Words that are related to items that are hard to Remove (e.g. Gum, Outside)
- Words that are related to Politeness (e.g. Please, Thank you)
Selecting the First Words to Teach as Mands
- Words that are related to Strong MO for an item
- Words that are related to items that involve slow Satiation so multiple trials can be conducted
- Words that are related to a Specific item,
- Words that are related to items that are consumed or dissipate
- Words that are related to items that are easy to Deliver immediately
- Words that are related to items that are east to Remove when necessary
- Words that involve a Response Form that is already in the repertoire (e.g. echoic)
E.g. of First Words to Teach as Mands
- Specific food items (e.g. apple, chip, cookie, cracker)
- Specific Drinks (e.g. Juice, milk)
- Toys (e.g. ball, car, bubbles, train, playdoh, puzzle)
- Physical actions (e.g. up, push, spin, tickles, hugs, swings)
- Individualized reinforcers (e.g. Hat, Book, Music, video)
- Ppl or pets (e.g. mom, dad, Maggie)
Issues Concerning Motivate Operations
(MOs) and Mands
-All mands are controlled by MOs
-Thr must be an MO & strength to conduct Mand Training
-MOs vary in strength across time & the effects maybe Temporary
-MOs must be either captured/Contrived to conduct Mand training
-MOs may have an instant or gradual onset or offset
-High response requirement may weaken an MO
-Instructors must be able to Identify the presence & strength of an MO & Use it when it is there
Instructors must be able to reduce existing Negative Bx controlled by Mos
-Instructors must know how to bring VB under the Control of MOs
The first type of language skill to focus on for a nonverbal child should be:
a) Motor imitation
b) Vocal imitation
c) Receptive language
d) Mands
d) Mands
The most imp aspect of Mand training is:
a) To use sign language first then switch to vocal training
b) Bring the response under the functional control of motivating operations
c) Use echoic to mand transfer of stimulus control procedure
d) Make sure the object is present during early mand training
b) Bring the response under the functional control of motivating operations
The first place to start mand training is to:
a) Identify the individual child’s motivators (MOs) and when they are strong
b) Establish strong listener skills
c) Establish a strong echoic repertoire
d) Develop strong sorting & matching skills
a) Identify the individual child’s motivators (MOs) and when they are strong
In early mand training the instructor should avoid teaching words that:
a) Involve the name of the specific item
b) Are related to strong motivators
c) Are general or related to a variety of reinforcers such as “more,” “yes,” & “mine”
d) Involve a nonverbal stimulus that can be used as prompt
c) Are general or related to a variety of reinforcers such as “more,” “yes,” & “mine”
In early mand training it is important to select words that:
a) Are related to politeness such as “please,” and “thank you”
b) Involve the name of the specific item
c) Are general or related to a variety of reinforcers such as “more,” “yes,” and “mine”
d) Involve removing aversive such as “break” and “all done”
b) Involve the name of the specific item
Intervention program Level 1: Mand Training for a Child With Some Echoics
- Identify a motivator that is currently Strong (e.g. bubbles)
- Have the bubbles Present
- Provide some “Noncontingent” bubbles first, make it fun
- Pair the word “bubbles” with the delivery of the bubbles
- Begin Training by giving an echoic Prompt & delaying the delivery of the bubbles
- There are 4 Antecedent (MO, object, echoic, verbal prompt)
Fading the Echoic Prompt
- The goal is to “Transfer control” from the Echoic prompt to the MO and the object
- Partial Prompt
- Delayed Prompt
- Combination of delay and partial
When selecting first words to teach mands:
a) Choose words that are easy to say
b) Choose words that are similar to other words already in the child’s repertoire
c) Choose words for items the child satiates slowly on
d) Choose words with multiple meanings so you can teach more targets at a time
c) Choose words for items the child satiates slowly on
In order to conduct mand training there:
a) Must be 40 hr a week program in place
b) Must be an existing tact repertoire
c) Must be a cognitive understanding of what the target word means
d) Must be an MO for the target item or activity currently at strength
d) Must be an MO for the target item or activity currently at strength
Early Mand training usually involves:
a) Thousands of training trials
b) Small amounts of aversive control
c) Using multiple antecedent variables & gradually fading prompts
d) Intraverbal & tact training also
c) Using multiple antecedent variables & gradually fading prompts
Transfer of control in Mand training can be accomplished by:
a) Generalization procedures
b) Using delay or partial prompt procedures
c) Multiple exemplar training procedures
d) Teaching matching-to-sample
b) Using delay or partial prompt procedures