Step 1.1a Discrete or chained skill?
The next step is to determine if the target skill or behavior is a discrete or chained skill.
A discrete task or skill is a discrete task requires a single response. Discrete skills could be pointing to objects, naming objects, holding out a hand, or a task of putting objects in a container.
EXAMPLES OF DISCRETE TASKS
- pointing to or reaching for an object to request
- requesting an object verbally using the first sound in the word for the object
- pushing a truck on a “road” to a toy garage.
A chained task requires a number of individual behaviors which are chained or sequenced together to form a more complex skill.
EXAMPLES OF CHAINED TASKS
- washing hands
- brushing hair
- completing a sequence of a play scheme