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Least to Most Help

In the examples that follow, Alex's mother has developed a least-to-most help strategy to assist her son in learning the skill of using his TouchTalkerT. The three examples offer snapshots of how Alex's mother started with his current need for help-verbal help-and gradually reduced the amount of help offered to nonverbal help and then no help as Alex's skill improved. It is important to note that because the examples show snapshots, they do not show the amount of time Alex's mother spent at each level of help. Depending on your child's progress and the difficulty of the skill to learn, you might move slowly or rapidly from one level of help to another. Deciding when to move to the next level of help for your child, although planned in advance, should be based on your child's actual accomplishments, not on a specific time period. For example, don't change levels of help just because you have been offering partial physical help for two weeks; make the changes based on your child's progress.

Least-to-Most Help Strategy - Part One

Skill: Alex needs to learn to Use His TouchTalkerT to Participate in Storytime.
His mother pauses where Alex is expected to participate (a natural cue).
Alex does not press the TouchTalkerT keys.
His mother provides help starting with verbal help then modeled help then physical help.
The result is that Alex presses the keys.
The natural reward is that Alex hears the missing part of the story.

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Least-to-Most Help Strategy - Part Two

Skill: Alex needs to learn to Use His TouchTalkerT to Participate in Storytime.
His mother pauses where Alex is expected to participate (a natural cue).
Alex does not press the TouchTalkerT keys.
His mother provides help starting with Nonverbal expectant look then indirect verbal help.
His mother says, "Tell me what the little pig said."
The result is that Alex presses the keys.
The natural reward is that Alex hears the missing part of the story.

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Least-to-Most Help Strategy - Part Three

Skill: Alex needs to learn to Use His TouchTalkerT to Participate in Storytime.
His mother pauses where Alex is expected to participate (a natural cue).
Alex presses the correct keys.
His mother does not have to provide help because Alex did the task independently.
The natural reward is that Alex hears the missing part of the story.

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