Peer Interactions
True or False: Every individual with Autism have the same deficits in social skills
False
Script fading, video modeling, pager prompts, and self monitoring are all example of___________
Strategies that reduce reliance on prompts
What are 2 variables that influence peer interaction?
Quality
Rate
Magnitude
Immediacy
Effort
What is one thing you should do when teaching a new skill?
1)Conduct a teaching procedure or prompt assessment
2) assess the learners responses to protocols
or
3) regularly assess/probe to identify new targets/program goals
How many stages of understating are there?
4
All of the following are deficits related to social skills EXCEPT:
1) Deficits in responding
2) Deficitis in initiating
3) Deficits in reading and writing
4) Deficits in imitation and play
3) Deficits in reading and writing
____________is a procedure in which a written prompt is provided to a learner in a social setting
Script Fading
What do we mean when talking about the MAGNITUDE of peer reinforcement?
How big of a reward is provided
Name and describe 1 potential challenge to teaching a new skill
Not acquiring the skill/response: the skill is being worked on during session but the learner is not gaining any independence.
Inconsistent Performance: Sometimes the learner engages in independent responses and sometimes doesn't
Skill Not Generalizing: The learner knows the response with only 1 tech but nobody else
Skill not Maintaining: The learner mastered the skill but later on the learner no longer knows the skill.
Skill Deficit: There hasn't been any learning history of this skill and needs to be directly taught every part of the skill
Awareness
Name three prerequisites to teaching social skills are
Accepting physical guidance
Vocally imitates or accepts prompts
Responds to Gestures
Follows instructions
Low rates of PB
Responds to Adults
What is Video Modeling?
A sample social situation is recorded via video
The learner watches the video
The learner is then provided with the same type of opportunity in the natural setting to practice their own social skills.
Finish the Sentence: When reinforcers are delivered at a higher rate for one response the rate of responding________
matching the rate of reinforcement
What is the framework of problem solving something?
identifying the problem
gathering information
observing the leaner and the teacher
engaging in a three term contingency
All of the following are stages of understanding accept?
Awareness
Acceptance
Fixing
Respect
Embrace
When teaching skills-what is "child-specific intervention"?
The child is taught specific skills to target deficits
What strategy of reducing promptings relies on the child making accurate discriminations of their behavior?
Self-Monitoring
How does Motivating Operations Related to Peer Interaction?
Programs can be planned based on how likely or unlikely the client is going to be motivated to respond in certain circumstances
What are 2 common errors in teaching a new skill?
Differential reinforcement is weak.
Name and describe (in your own words) a stage of understanding
Awareness
Basic understanding or information about disability and accommodations
See the person, not the disability
Person first language emphasizes referring to the the person first and then the disability
Acceptance
Individuals with disabilities are equal to others
Focus on their abilities
Show acceptance
Respect
Respect personal space and maintain socially appropriate distance
Respect people by showing sensitivity to people’s emotions
Do not assume that individuals with disabilities need assistance
Embrace
See disabilities as a natural course of human diversity
We serve as role models on how to support and show respect for individuals with disabilities