Re: Teaching alphabet/numbers-pairing with reinforcement

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Not sure which state you're in, Shauna, but if you're in a state with

Meijer (department/food) stores, you can buy Meijer brand alphabet shaped

pretzels, and do manding drills (if the child likes and wants the

pretzel, that is).

Carol

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:18:09 -0000 " aurugby1 " <Aurugby1@...> writes:

> We have a student at our ABA school who has acquired a lot of verbal

> behavior in the past year and a half. Tacting using the language

> builder cards is a reinforcing activity and he has made huge gains

> in his intraverbal language.

>

> However, we have tried several times to teach him his letters and

> numbers...which his mom REALLY wants him to learn. So far, he has

> not gained a single letter and he knows a few numbers. The issue we

>

> are seeing is that he does not attend to any letter or number

> stimuli. He loves the language builder cards...we have even used

> these cards in manding sessions with him he likes them so much!

>

> What we want to do is systematically pair the academic flash cards

> with reinforcement to see if the cards gain some sort of reinforcing

>

> value, thus increasing his attention to the cards for instructional

> purposes. Does anyone know off the top of their head, any research

> on this topic that I can get? I am going to the library tomorrow,

> but I thought I'd ask first before I go searching JABA.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Shauna

>