ABA
What does ABA stand for?
Applied Behavior Analysis
What is occupational therapy? Describe it.
Helps children develop skills needed to perform everyday tasks, like self-care, social interaction, and sensory regulation.
By two years old, how many words should a child use and understand?
- Use more than 50 words
- Understand more than 300 words
What does ASD stand for?
Autism Spectrum Disorder
How many programs are you running daily?
ALL OF THEM!!!!!
Describe prompt fading.
Reducing the support until the learner can perform the skill independently.
Describe/define “Fine Motor Skills”. Give an example.
Fine motor skills are the small, precise movements we make with our hands, fingers, feet and toes.
Examples: Holding a pencil, using scissors, tying shoes.
Name TWO strategies used in Speech Therapy.
- Self-talk
- Follow the toddler’s lead in conversation
- Question a little, not a lot
- Pause in anticipation
- Sentence-completion tasks
- Parallel talk
- Choices
- Gestures, pantomime, or silly sounds
- Set it up
What is autism spectrum disorder?
Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave.
What should you be doing in the first and last 15 minutes of a session?
- In your class with your assigned child or waiting for you assigned child to arrive.
- Attending to your child and/or waiting for instructions from your teacher.
WHAT ARE THE FOUR FUNCTIONS OF BEHAVIOR?
Attention-seeking
Escape/avoidance
Access to tangibles
Sensory stimulation
Fine motor control is a complex process that requires…
(name 2 out of the 5)
Awareness and planning
Coordination
Muscle strength
Normal sensation in hands and finger
Precision
How can you use play skills to work on speech?
Cause and effect play
Functional play
Pretend play
List up at least THREE Characteristics of ASD.
Communication: Delayed language development, repeating words or phrases
Social interactions: Difficulty making eye contact, avoiding interactions
Behavior: Inflexibility of behavior, hyperactive, impulsive, and/or inattentive behavior
Self-stimulating behaviors: Repetitive vocal sounds or phrases, or arranging things in a particular manner.
Sensory sensitivity: Aversion to loud noises or other specific sounds, smells, tastes, or textures.
Name a fun fact about all four of your teachers for free points.
WOOHOOOO
or
BOOOOOOOO
WHAT DOES DTI STAND FOR? DESCRIBE IT.
DTI stands for “Discrete Trial Instruction” which involves breaking down a skill into small, manageable steps
What are the four areas of child growth and development?
Physical development
Cognitive development
Language development
Social-emotional development
Describe the difference between speech and language.
- Speech is the physical act of producing words
- Language is the system of words used to convey meaning.
State a characteristic of ASD that relates to speech. Describe the relationship.
Yay or Nay Ms. Mary?
What are the start times of every session? Where should you be at these times?
8:00 , 9:35 , 12:15, 1:50
IN YOUR ASSIGNED CLASSROOMS WAITING FOR BUSES TO BE CALLED.
List the prompts in order of most invasive to least invasive (Prompt Hierarchy).
Full Physical
Partial Physical
Modeling
Gestural
Verbal
Visual
Independent
List a milestone children should be able to do at 24 months old.
Imitates drawing a vertical line.
Is able to remove a screw/twist on lid to a container.
Child can turn one page at a time when looking at a book.
Can build an eight‐block tower.
Imitates horizontal strokes on paper.
Can string four large beads onto a piece of yarn.
Describe the difference between receptive language and expressive language.
Receptive Language: understanding words we hear, read, gestures
Expressive Language: using language/output (sign, speech, gestures)
State a characteristic that relates to OT. Describe the relationship.
Yay or Nay Ms. Kimmy?
List the rules of changing a baby.
1. NEVER go alone!!!
2. Wear gloves
3. Put down a changing pad
4. Always have AT LEAST one hand on your baby