Naturalistic Intervention

This section describes how to implement naturalistic intervention. To begin using naturalistic intervention, elicit the target behavior using interaction techniques and, if necessary, behavioral strategies like prompting and modeling. It is most common for interaction and behavioral techniques to be used in combination with one another, thereby providing both the foundation of the interaction and the specifics on how the adult interacts with the toddler. In some cases, interaction techniques will be sufficient to elicit the target behavior, and further prompting will not be necessary.