Phase II – Expanding
Spontaneity
Objective:
The
student will go to his/her communication board/book, pull the picture off, go to
the communication partner, and release the picture into the partner’s hand.
Preparing
for Phase II:
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create
a communication board (i.e., a piece of laminated cardboard with Velcro on
it, the front of a binder with Velcro on it, etc.) |
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store
the pictures in a binder using Velcro; arrange the pictures in a meaningful
way so that you can easily find them (i.e., sort by themes) |
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no
verbal prompts are used |
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teach
a variety of pictures – using only one at a time (the student is not
required to be discriminating between the pictures at this phase) |
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use
a variety of trainers/communication partners |
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train
in naturally occurring situations |
Training
Procedure:
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once
the desired activity has been established by the student, place the
appropriate picture on the communication board |
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the
student must now remove the picture from the board and give it to you |
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once
the student learns to do this, increase the distance between you and the
student |
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now,
the exchange must become more intentional first by reaching for you and then
by getting up and moving towards you |
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the
next step is to increase the distance between the student and the picture
(slowly increase the distance) |
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the
trainer is the one expected to return the picture to the board once the
student has given the picture – do not tell the student to “Put your
picture back” – you would not ask a verbal child to “Put your words
back” |
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move
on to Phase III once the child consistently and independently goes to get
the picture of the desired item and brings it to you |
