RE: repeating verbal responses twice

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She has a problem though, her child repeats all the

verbal answers twice. So if she's teaching a tact,

the kid would say the answer twice though she

prompts it only once.

One way to stop this is by having some way of cutting off the repeated

response before it begins.

Techniques to do this include having an edible ready to pop into the child's

mouth as a reinforcement the moment the first response is completed, or

verbally giving enthusiastic praise right after the correct response and

before it can be repeated.

If you take this approach, it is done proactively. That is, before you even

give the SD, you know that you are going to jump in with the reinforcement

as soon as the correct response is given. It has to be instantaneous on

your part to cut off the incorrect repetition.

Another way to think of it is that you are reinforcing with a " zero second

delay " , just as you prompt with a zero second delay when you are first

teaching something.

s (Cary, NC)

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The Mariposa School for Children with Autism

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Cary, NC 27511

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Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 04:47:46 -0000

From: " akkun19987 " <akkun19987@...>

Subject: Problem with repeating the response

Hi! I know a family who has just started teaching

her child at the table with fast pace errorless

teaching methods as introduced by Carbone's workshops.

She has a problem though, her child repeats all the

verbal answers twice. So if she's teaching a tact,

the kid would say the answer twice though she

prompts it only once. For example

SD:What is this? ball

R: ball, ball

Did anyone of you have the same problem?

My friend tries a lot of things but she seems to be

out of ideas. Any thoughts on this matter will be

helpful, Thanks.

SADA

SADA,

Perhaps, you can change up the presentation a bit (Give the prompt first

then

the SD) to sound more like this:

Prompt: Ball

SD: What is this?

Response: Ball

Have you tried that yet?

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