Month: July 2016
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Manding – A Very Important Target!
This is a juicy one. Once you’re paired with your learner, you should begin manding. A mand is a request for a desired item/activity/action/information. The word ‘mand’ is derived from ‘demand or command’. This skill area is very important as it allows learners to access their environment and communicate their needs. The more functional requests…
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16 of my Favourite Reinforcers
Over the years, I’ve built a pool of reinforcers that I like to give a go, and most of these are amongst my kit. Crazy Soap Bionic Putty Bubble Snake Blower Fibre Optic Fountain Bubble Lamp Balloons Water Balloon Moody Squeeze Fa Water Snake Hot Water Bottle Slinky Expandable Flashing Bounce Spike Playdoh Spinning Top…
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3 and a ½ Top Assessments – My Favourite Assessments
Assessment days are manic. You never really know how it’s going to go. I arrive, boxes of resources, ready to work my socks off. It can certainly be a struggle fitting a whole assessment in in one day, but it depends on different factors; how much problem behaviour (if any) the learner engages in, and…
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6 Top Drawer Blogs
Sam Blanco BCBA – http://samblanco.com/blog/ This is a great blog for teaching ideas through play and games. The blogger links goals to the VB MAPP and ABLLS-R, and covers a range of skill areas. Also prices and information about the resources she uses are provided. Cracking resource this blog. Tameika Meadows, BCBA – http://www.iloveaba.com…
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