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Phases of LEARNINGPhases of LEARNING

Acquisition - initial demonstration of skill characterized by error, hesitation (need for prompting) and inefficiency

Fluency- skill is efficient and evidenced without prompting/cueing

Maintenance - skill is evidenced without prompting and is characterized by few errors and fluency

Generalization - skill is evidenced without prompting and with fluency in a variety of settings and with multiple examples of materials

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Acquisition

Initial demonstration of skill characterized by error, hesitation (need for prompting) and inefficiency.

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AcquisitionAcquisition

Child is unable to execute skill or evidence behavior without significant support/prompting and efforts to execute skill or evidence behavior is characterized by frequent errors and excessive time in executing the task or skill

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FluencyFluency

Child performs task or initiates behavior with absence of prompting.

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Maintenance

Maintenance - skill is evidenced without prompting and is characterized by few

errors and fluency

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Generalization

Generalization - skill is evidenced without prompting and with

fluency in a variety of settings and with

multiple examples of materials