Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 In a traditional ABA (or other behavior modification method) a prompt or direction is given once, then the response of the child is recorded, either the child followed the single prompt or she didn't. If the child followed the prompt she is rewarded so that the behavior is reinforced. Over time it becomes more and more likley that she will have the same response to the same prompt. In rapid prompting, the prompt is repeated over and over again until the child responds in the desired way when she does then she is rewarded. Over time fewer and fewer prompts are necessary in order to generate the same response. Both systems seem to work, alouth rapid prompting has got a lot of attention lately. To me they seem to approach autism from slightly different directions and may reinforce each other so that it might be benificial to use the techniques in a coordinated maner. ABA (et. al) addresses the issue that many of these kids have not learned many of the actions being taught (how to point, etc) and the technique strongly build that association. Rapid prompting addresses the issue that many of these kids have an attention problem (either strongly focused on something else, or a cyclic focus where they don't seem to spend enough time focused on anyone thing) Rapid Prompting attempts to deliver the prompt continually, so that when the child's attention shifts to the teacher or parent, the child hears the prompt. It seems odd when I describe it, but rapid prompting is a pretty natural behavior for Parents - just watch one with a toddler. I think a lot of what we try to do with our autistic kids is natural parenting that we have stopped doing as the child grows and they have not been effective. Deliberately reintroducting these behaviors IN THE PARENTS seems to me to be VERY imporant. We went to a Floortime workshop and realized just that - these were normal things that we did with our older daughter and had quit doing with because she never responded. Our ABA progam incorporates a lot of ( " floortime " ) natural play behavior designed to elicit a response from and has been very effective. We don't do rapid prompting as part of formal ABA data collection, but do often incorporate it when we are playing or engaging her in other ways. Message: 7 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:52:57 -0500 From: " Singleton " <cynthiasingleton@...> Subject: re: Soma workshop How does rapid prompting method differ from ABA? CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2003 Report Share Posted April 25, 2003 In a traditional ABA (or other behavior modification method) a prompt or direction is given once, then the response of the child is recorded, either the child followed the single prompt or she didn't. If the child followed the prompt she is rewarded so that the behavior is reinforced. Over time it becomes more and more likley that she will have the same response to the same prompt. In rapid prompting, the prompt is repeated over and over again until the child responds in the desired way when she does then she is rewarded. Over time fewer and fewer prompts are necessary in order to generate the same response. Both systems seem to work, alouth rapid prompting has got a lot of attention lately. To me they seem to approach autism from slightly different directions and may reinforce each other so that it might be benificial to use the techniques in a coordinated maner. ABA (et. al) addresses the issue that many of these kids have not learned many of the actions being taught (how to point, etc) and the technique strongly build that association. Rapid prompting addresses the issue that many of these kids have an attention problem (either strongly focused on something else, or a cyclic focus where they don't seem to spend enough time focused on anyone thing) Rapid Prompting attempts to deliver the prompt continually, so that when the child's attention shifts to the teacher or parent, the child hears the prompt. It seems odd when I describe it, but rapid prompting is a pretty natural behavior for Parents - just watch one with a toddler. I think a lot of what we try to do with our autistic kids is natural parenting that we have stopped doing as the child grows and they have not been effective. Deliberately reintroducting these behaviors IN THE PARENTS seems to me to be VERY imporant. We went to a Floortime workshop and realized just that - these were normal things that we did with our older daughter and had quit doing with because she never responded. Our ABA progam incorporates a lot of ( " floortime " ) natural play behavior designed to elicit a response from and has been very effective. We don't do rapid prompting as part of formal ABA data collection, but do often incorporate it when we are playing or engaging her in other ways. Message: 7 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:52:57 -0500 From: " Singleton " <cynthiasingleton@...> Subject: re: Soma workshop How does rapid prompting method differ from ABA? CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2006 Report Share Posted March 22, 2006 Can anyone give me more detailed info about rapid prompting. How does it work? Any specific examples? thanks --------------------------------- Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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