Prerequisites for Language for Learning

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Just an FYI:

I am reading through the " Low Performer's Manual " that was posted the other

day, and I wanted to share a piece of information about what Zig Engelmann,

author of DI programs, believes are prerequisites before starting the SRA

program " Language for Learning " .

I have heard all sorts of advice, and on more than one occasion that the

entire ABLLS needs to be completed. That seemed like overkill, because I use

L4L, and unless a program has huge holes, almost everything already would have

been covered before getting to the package. My daughter is using L4L and she is

not finished with the ABLLS. She is not an easy learner and it is going well.

Dr. Engelmann's recommendations--

See p.131-143, Section IV, Chapter 10-- " Response Bridging Techniques "

This section identifies the prerequisites for the vocabulary and vocal

responding necessary to start L4L. It also gives programs to teach those

prerequisites and states that 4-word phrases must be said relatively fluently

before entering L4L.

He cautions that this could be a process of a few months, but the tasks look

like things at about the middle of the ABLLS.

" The Low Performer's Manual " ---note on copyright from Zig Engelmann- " -I

hold the copyright. Feel free to download and use. If you have a special use,

or want to publish it, check it out with me " .

http://www.zigsite.com/PDFs/LowPerfManual.pdf

Slainte,

Regina F