ABA in Practice - Session 6: Creating and Utilizing Visual supports and Prompting

Maria Nicolaou teaches Session 6 of ABA in Practice, examining prompting and visual supports through home and classroom examples. The recording covers caregiver and staff training, individualized prompt selection, fading, processing time, schedules, social stories, and token systems.

Presenter credits: Maria Nicolaou.

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Using a handwashing example, Nicolaou discusses prompt dependency and compares least-to-most with most-to-least prompting. She explains constant and progressive time delay and the need to allow processing time.

The visual-support section includes toothbrushing schedules, a dentist-visit checklist, personalized social stories, and a puzzle token system. She also discusses communication boards and transition supports.

What does this recording cover?

• Training caregivers and staff in individualized prompting
• Prompt hierarchies, fading, and prompt dependency
• Processing time and constant versus progressive time delay
• Visual schedules, checklists, and personalized social stories
• Token systems, communication visuals, and transitions

Recording context: The presenter says she recorded in October over two sittings, without stating a year.

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