VENTING Need Help with teaching colours and letters -sorry long

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Hello everybody

I am a member of this group for a verylong time now,but this is the

first time i am posting here.

A lttle background-We used to live in US until recently and have now

moved to India due to the expiration of visa My son used to get

20hrs of ABA until then After our big move,since there is no ABA

funda here in India i am continuing with the programme.The 2 drills

that i am stuck with a looooooooong time are the colours and letters

i followed the 7 step method ie MT in isolation Mt with a distractor

MT 2 in isoltion MT#2 with ditractor MI#1 WITH 2 MT#2 WITH 1 AND

finally RR of 1 & 2 All goes well until the 6th step but when it comes

to RR he is back to square 1 .He makes this pattern of picking up

the cards from the same side Some times even the prompts does not

work I have tried by changing the prompting method

[proximity,visual.HOH] and none works He always take it from the

same side [and for him the prefferd side changes from time to time

one week it would be the left the next week it would be the

right.The same goes with letters[but some times i feel letters are

better than colours]He is on matching lower to upper with the

letters Pls give me suggestion on how to take it forward .I am

wondering why he is having this much trouble with this drill alone

[other drills he is good though he makes mistakes rarely]I tried

both NNP and erorer less training method Help me here

G's mom

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You might want to try teaching this in the natural environment instead of

with cards at a table.

I'd start by picking one color (maybe his favorite one) and go find all of

the color in the natural setting.

Kenny's favorite color is green, so we can go outside and look at bushes,

trees, grass, leaves etc. Then we can find all the things that are green

inside. Use errorless teaching procedures.

" Look at the green grass. What color is the grass? Green. What color is

the grass? " At this point he should say green.

Use LOTS of strong reinforcement. I remember when we were struggling with

the letters. It happened to be around the time I'd made his special

chocolate birthday cake. Every time we did something with letters, (he

loved to play the Boggle game) we would give him a bite of his cake. We

actually had him manding for the letters he needed to complete the word.

To mand for colors, I might put a piece of cake on a green plate, and

something that he DISliked on another plate, and ask him which color plate

he wanted. (Usually you can find colored plates and cups in sets of play

dishes, or even party stores.)

s (Cary, NC)

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President and Executive Director

The Mariposa School for Children with Autism

203 Gregson Drive

Cary, NC 27511

919-461-0600

<http://www.mariposaschool.org/> www.MariposaSchool.org

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From: sharmisri [mailto:sharmisri@...]

Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 10:18 AM

Subject: [ ] VENTING Need Help with teaching colours and letters

-sorry long

Hello everybody

I am a member of this group for a verylong time now,but this is the

first time i am posting here.

A lttle background-We used to live in US until recently and have now

moved to India due to the expiration of visa My son used to get

20hrs of ABA until then After our big move,since there is no ABA

funda here in India i am continuing with the programme.The 2 drills

that i am stuck with a looooooooong time are the colours and letters

i followed the 7 step method ie MT in isolation Mt with a distractor

MT 2 in isoltion MT#2 with ditractor MI#1 WITH 2 MT#2 WITH 1 AND

finally RR of 1 & 2 All goes well until the 6th step but when it comes

to RR he is back to square 1 .He makes this pattern of picking up

the cards from the same side Some times even the prompts does not

work I have tried by changing the prompting method

[proximity,visual.HOH] and none works He always take it from the

same side [and for him the prefferd side changes from time to time

one week it would be the left the next week it would be the

right.The same goes with letters[but some times i feel letters are

better than colours]He is on matching lower to upper with the

letters Pls give me suggestion on how to take it forward .I am

wondering why he is having this much trouble with this drill alone

[other drills he is good though he makes mistakes rarely]I tried

both NNP and erorer less training method Help me here

G's mom

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[Guest guest]

I taught colors with colored Easter eggs and M & M's so this is perfect

timing. I had the child sort the M & M's (you can get bulk ones in every color

at

Walmart) then closed them and had her receptively ID the color by pointing then

had her expressively ID the color. Then she got to eat the M & M.

GOOD LUCK

[Guest guest]

I think meant to send this to the list, but I just checked the site out

and it looks great!

s (Cary, NC)

persistentC@...

President and Executive Director

The Mariposa School for Children with Autism

203 Gregson Drive

Cary, NC 27511

919-461-0600

<http://www.mariposaschool.org/> www.MariposaSchool.org

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From: Kowalski [mailto:lak214@...]

Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 1:17 PM

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Subject: Re: [ ] VENTING Need Help with teaching colours and letters

-sorry long

This website reviews letters and many kids really enjoy it and they start to

learn their letters. Good luck.

http://www.starfall.com/

Kowalski, M.A., BCBA

[ ] VENTING Need Help with teaching colours and letters

-sorry long

Hello everybody

I am a member of this group for a verylong time now,but this is the

first time i am posting here.

A lttle background-We used to live in US until recently and have now

moved to India due to the expiration of visa My son used to get

20hrs of ABA until then After our big move,since there is no ABA

funda here in India i am continuing with the programme.The 2 drills

that i am stuck with a looooooooong time are the colours and letters

i followed the 7 step method ie MT in isolation Mt with a distractor

MT 2 in isoltion MT#2 with ditractor MI#1 WITH 2 MT#2 WITH 1 AND

finally RR of 1 & 2 All goes well until the 6th step but when it comes

to RR he is back to square 1 .He makes this pattern of picking up

the cards from the same side Some times even the prompts does not

work I have tried by changing the prompting method

[proximity,visual.HOH] and none works He always take it from the

same side [and for him the prefferd side changes from time to time

one week it would be the left the next week it would be the

right.The same goes with letters[but some times i feel letters are

better than colours]He is on matching lower to upper with the

letters Pls give me suggestion on how to take it forward .I am

wondering why he is having this much trouble with this drill alone

[other drills he is good though he makes mistakes rarely]I tried

both NNP and erorer less training method Help me here

G's mom

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