Use Barrier and Word Cards wasreceptive picture/object ID - help!

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Sharon and group,

My son was at this stage at 3YO. My first theory was that he was not paying

attention to the SD because he wanted to make any random response in the hope of

contacting reinforcement ASAP. So I used a barrier so that he could not see the

field until I said the SD. Then I removed the barrier and repeated the SD. Not

much better until I added word cards to the field.

I placed the word cards next to the object they named. With the barrier in

place,I set up the field with the word card next to the object. I said the SD

with the barrier in place and removed the barrier,repeating the SD. Using this

procedure,my son became a single trial learner for receptive labels.

,Colin P's mom

[ ] receptive picture/object ID - help!

Hello, one of my students (4 yrs old) is still having difficulty

discriminating when we put two objects/pictures out. He can do a

field of one and a field of 2 with a distractor item. But when I put

two together he doesn't seem to get it - it is about 50%. I tried

pairing the sign with the sd and it helped a little w/ his

attention/focus but he still isn't getting it. His receptive

commands are also difficult. His non-verbal imitation just clicked -

after working about 5 movements all year, he can imitate almost any

movement, including oral-motor (he is pretty much non-verbal, so it's

great he is beginning to imitate some speech sounds). He does some

approximations when requesting and seems really interested in how the

mouth/voice works.

Anyway, I was wondering if anyone worked with a kid like this (very

good at visual-spatial tasks like sorting/matching/etc but great

difficulty with anything receptive). I tried using reinforcing

objects - he can arrange #'s 1-10 so I tried the number 2 and mom,

and he still guesses - does great with prompting, then when the

prompt is faded he is stuck. I just started introducing " touch "

instead of " give " because I think he may be confusing it with PECS -

thinking he is requesting the pictures/objects?? Any advice would be

greatly appreciated - he's such a bright little boy with a lot of

potential - I would love to hear from anyone that has gone through

the same situation and could share some knowledge/wisdom. Should I

keep changing the materials every several weeks if he is not

progressing - that is what I have been doing - trying a different way

every couple of weeks hoping to break through. Thanks for your help,

Sharon