Prompting Hierarchy
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Prompting Hierarchy Prompting A prompt is a cue or assistance to encourage the desired response from an individual. Prompts are often categorized into a prompt hierarchy from most intrusive to least intrusive. Prompts are a necessary component of ABA, and help a child move from being completely unable to do a skill, to doing that same skill independently. The goal of teaching using prompts would be to fade prompts towards independence, so that no prompts are needed for the individual to perform the desired behavior When a new skill is being introduced, use a most to least intrusive prompting hierarchy so the child has no opportunity to get the answer wrong. However, if the skill is mastered or has already been introduced use a least to most prompting hierarchy to avoid prompt dependency. The less we help our kids, the more they are doing on their own. Hierarchy (In order from least to most intrusive prompting. This is not an exhaustive list of all possible prompts; it is simply a way to understand how intrusive various types of prompts are) Visual prompt- a visual cue or picture Modeling- performing the action you want the child to perform Positional- moving the target item closer to the child Gestural- (a point, tap, touch) Partial Verbal prompts- saying the beginning sound of the target response (“Ba”
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Prompting Hierarchy
Prompting HierarchyPromptingA prompt is a cue or assistance to encourage the desired response from an individual. Prompts are often categorized into a prompt hierarchy from most intrusive to least intrusive. Prompts are a necessary component of ABA, and help a child move from being completely unable to do a skill, to doing that same skill independently. The goal of teaching using prompts would be to fade prompts towards independence, so that no prompts are needed for the individual to perform the desired behavior
When a new skill is being introduced, use a most to least intrusive prompting hierarchy so the child has no opportunity to get the answer wrong. However, if the skill is mastered or has already been introduced use a least to most prompting hierarchy to avoid prompt dependency. The less we help our kids, the more they are doing on their own.Hierarchy
(In order from least to most intrusive prompting. This is not an exhaustive list of all possible prompts; it is simply a way to understand how intrusive various types of prompts are) Visual prompt- a visual cue or picture
Modeling- performing the action you want the child to perform
Positional- moving the target item closer to the child
Gestural- (a point, tap, touch)
Partial Verbal prompts- saying the beginning sound of the target response (Ba
Full Verbal prompts: saying the entire target response (Ball) Partial Physical prompts- Using small or abbreviated physical movements
Full Physical prompts: HOH (hand over hand)
