Knowledge Check

What should you do after getting the toddler’s attention and providing the target stimulus and cue?

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After getting the toddler's attention and providing the target stimulus and cue:

Wait the required time specified in the response interval.
Use the 2nd level of prompts if the toddler does not respond or responds incorrectly.

What strategies should you use if the toddler responds incorrectly to a prompt?

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Interrupt the incorrect response and deliver the next prompt in the hierarchy.
Deliver the controlling prompt last. The last level is the controlling prompt or the prompt that assures that the toddler will give the correct response or behavior.

Describe some prompt fading strategies.

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Use fewer levels of prompts. If higher level of prompting is used, toddler may appear to be learning but may be dependent on the prompt not the cue.
Fading should be determined by monitoring toddler’s unprompted and prompted correct responses
Reduce or fade prompts and/or increase wait time gradually and systematically.
Reduce or fade prompts as quickly as it is determined that toddler is responding without the prompts.