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How do I teach the child to ask questions under the appropriate conditions?
提问的具体教学例子
First, consider the "information" that would reinforce the specific question form:
1. "Can" obtains information about the ability of an object or person to engage in a specific activity. The response is typically "yes" or "no". Example:
"Can donkeys fly?"
2. "Can I" / "May I" obtains permission to engage in a desired activity or get a desired object. (While it's "grammatically incorrect" to use "can" under this condition, it is so widely used in our society for this function that it is considered appropriate so long as the family commonly uses the question form under this condition.) Example:
"Can I go outside?"
"May I have a cookie?"
3. "Will" / "Would" / "Could" / "Would you mind?" obtains information about the ability, willingness or likelihood of another person engaging in a specific activity. (combined with "you" if you're talking to the person you want to engage in the activity, "he, she" if the person is present but you're not talking to them and the specific name of the person if the person is not present.) Example:
"Will Grandma pick me up?" "Would you help me with this puzzle?" "Could you get my shoes?" "Would you mind taking out the garbage?" "Will he take my truck?" "Will Daddy go to work today?" "Would Mrs. Smith take me to the park with her?"
4. "What / What's that?" obtains information about the label (tact) of an object. Example:
"What's in the bag?" "What's that?" (pointing to an unknown object/picture) )
5. "What kind?" obtains information specific to an attribute of an object or indicates more "specificity" is required. Example:
Instructor: "I got a new dog!"
STUDENT: "What kind?"Instructor: "A Boxer."
"What kind of chips do you want?"
6. "Who?" obtains information about the label (tact) of a person. Example:
"Who's that?" (new kid in class) "Who took my truck?"
Mom: "Someone's coming over today!"
STUDENT: "Who?"
7. "Where?" obtains information regarding the location of an object, person, or activity. Example:
"Where's mommy?" (mommy not present) "Where are my shoes?" (shoes not present) "Where are we going?"
8. "When?" obtains information regarding some measurement of time. Example
"When can I have lunch?" "When are you leaving for vacation?" "When can we get together?"
9. "Why?" obtains information about the reason something is occurring or has occurred. Example:
"Why are you wearing a purse on your head?" "Why did you hit me?" "Why is he talking so loud?"
10. "Which one?" obtains clarification about two or more items. Example:
Dad: "Can I have a cookie?" (3 present)
STUDENT: "Which one?"
11. "How?" obtains information about a procedure or process of completing something. Example:
"How do you open this?"
"How does this work?"
12. "Do / Did / Does?" Combined with pronouns or specific names to obtain information about preferences, common activities or past events. Example:
"Did you get some crackers?""Do you like puzzles?""Does grandma like Thomas videos?"
The next step is to determine how we can make receiving the information valuable (reinforcing) to the child. This is an important element of the teaching process because, while we can teach a child to "ask" questions, if the child is not reinforced by the information received, it is unlikely that he will engage in this behavior spontaneously! In other words, we can teach him to ask but we also must teach him to "care about" getting the information. This can be done by pairing the receipt of the information with an established reinforcer. Once getting information has a long history or being paired with reinforcement, the likelihood that future questions will be asked is increased. The author typically teaches single "question words" at first to be sure they are taught as the "important word" (discriminative stimulus) for a specific response or specific type of information. Then, multiple questions containing each specific question form can be taught. Example teaching procedures are as follows:
What?
("Thomas" books are highly reinforcing to the child and are out of sight)
Instructor: "I have something for you! Say, 'What'"
STUDENT: "What?"
Instructor: "A new Thomas book!"
(Note: The child should already have been taught to respond by echoing whatever follows "say" in an instruction. If the child has difficulty discriminating the requirement of the "echoic" response from responding to the question itself, it is often helpful to have them echo some others words first to "build momentum" then the question word. Ex:
Instructor: "Say 'house'" STUDENT: "house" Instructor: "Say 'baby'." STUDENT: "baby" Instructor: "Say 'what'." STUDENT: "What"
(Reinforcing item is placed in an opaque bag)
Instructor: (points to the bag) "Say, 'What's that?'"
STUDENT: " What's that?" Instructor: "It's your top! Come on, let's play!" (Child is reaching toward zipped up bag containing a reinforcer)
Instructor: "Say, 'What's in the bag?'"
STUDENT: "What's in the bag?"
Instructor: "A new video for us to watch! Come on!"
Once the question has been paired with reinforcement sufficiently, teach the child to ask for information regarding labels (tacts) he does not know.
Instructor: (looking at a book about Sea Animals containing many tacts the child has previously acquired but some he has not yet been taught.)
Instructor: "What's that?"
STUDENT: "whale"
Instructor: (Points to other animals the child knows but doesn't ask "What's that?" to fade the question prompt for the labels (tacts).
STUDENT: "Shark Octopus "
Instructor: (Points to an unknown item and immediately prompts), "Say 'What's that?'"
STUDENT: "What's that?"
Instructor: "It's a sea lion." (Depending on the particular child, the reinforcement for engaging in this behavior (i.e. asking the question) might be receiving the information (if he enjoys sea animals) or can be paired with social reinforcement such as '"Wow! You're learning lots of sea animals!"
Social praise has become a conditioned reinforcer or can be paired with a decrease in demands (just reading and enjoying the rest of the book together), or another reinforcer (such as getting a toy sea lion to give him after he asks the question if he enjoys playing with sea creatures).
Who?
(Planned arrival of a number of people who have been paired with reinforcement)
Instructor: "Someone's at the door! Say, 'Who'"
STUDENT: "Who"
Instructor: (opens the door) "It's grandma!" (repeat with other "favorite" people)
(Have different people take turns hiding under a blanket/sheet, out of view of child) Instructor: "Look! There's someone under the blanket! Say, 'Who?'"
STUDENT: "Who?"
Instructor: (Says the name of the person as they "pop out" from under the blanket.)
Instructor: "Somebody likes to give you kisses! Say, 'Who?'"
STUDENT: "Who?"
Instructor: "Me!" (showers the child with kisses)
(arrange for reinforcing people to call on the phone)
Instructor: "There's someone on the phone for you! Say, 'Who is it?'"
STUDENT: "Who is it?"
Instructor: "It's Daddy! Daddy wants to talk to you!"
(looking through photo album)
Instructor: "Who's that?"
STUDENT: "Mommy."
Instructor: (Continues pointing to pictures then point's to someone the child doesn't know)
Instructor: "Say, 'Who's that?'"
STUDENT: "Who's that?"
Instructor: "Bill." (also provide social or tangible reinforcement for asking the question.)
Where?
(Woody is a strong reinforcer)
Instructor: "I know where Woody is! Say, 'Where?'"
STUDENT: "Where?"
Instructor: "He's under the couch!" (helps child locate if necessary)
Once "what" is mastered, combine with "Where".
Instructor: "I have something for you!"
STUDENT: "What is it?"
Instructor: "A new ball! Say, 'Where is it?'"
STUDENT: "Where is it?"
Instructor: "It's in this bag!"
STUDENT: (gets ball out)
Once the child is manding "Where" in contrived situations appropriately in response to specific SDs, teach him to mand "Where" combined with the object label to request missing items.
(playing with ball castle- Instructor hides the ball in different locations around the room) Instructor: (calls attention to empty basket where the ball is usually kept) Say, 'Where's the ball?'"
STUDENT: "Where's the ball?"
Instructor: "It's under the box."
(Give cereal without a spoon.)
Instructor: "Say, 'Where's my spoon?'"
STUDENT: "Where's my spoon?"
Instructor: "It's in the drawer. Let's go get it!"
(The child should be consistently manding for missing items. Be sure to continue reinforcing the mand for the item (i.e. I need a spoon) intermittently. It may be necessary to also hide a primary reinforcer with the spoon to make up for the delayed reinforcement to getting the spoon.)
Why?
(Instructor and child working on a "non-preferred" activity)
Instructor: "We have to stop working now. Say, 'Why'"
STUDENT: "Why?"
Instructor: "Because we're going to the park!" (a highly preferred activity)
(child watching a "less preferred" video. Instructor comes in and turns it off)
Instructor: "Say, 'Why did you turn off the video?'"
STUDENT: "Why did you turn off the video?"
Instructor: "So we can watch this new Dora video!" (a "more preferred video)
(instructor wears a clown nose into session)
Instructor: "Say, 'Why are you wearing that nose?'"
STUDENT: "Why are you wearing that nose?"
Instructor: "Because we're going to play with the circus today!" (one of child's favorite activities)
Which/ Which One?
Instructor: "One of these candies is for you! Say, 'Which One?'"
STUDENT: "Which one?"
Instructor: "The orange candy.' (child's favorite color)
Instructor: (holding out two hands, fisted) "I have a piece of candy in my hand! Say, 'Which one?'"
STUDENT: "Which one?"
Instructor: "This one!" (opens hand and gives candy to child)
(Can also teach the child to mand specifically for "Which hand?")
Instructor: (two boxes present- One containing Woody) "Woody is in a box. Say, 'Which box?
STUDENT: "Which box?"
Instructor: "The shiny box."
Once he's using the question form consistently; teach him to mand for information to clarify a request.
Instructor: (Two balloons present) "Hand me a balloon. Say, 'Which one?'" STUDENT: "Which one?"
Instructor: "The long one."
STUDENT: (Gives balloon to instructor and instructor blows it up and plays with the child.)
When child has mastered asking "What?" and "Where?" questions, combine with "Which one?"
Instructor: "I have something for you!"
STUDENT: "What?" Instructor: "A squishy ball!"
STUDENT: "Where is it?"
Instructor: "In the bag. (2 bags present) Say, 'Which one?'"
STUDENT: "Which one?" Instructor: "The large bag."
Whose?
Instructor: "I have someone's candy! Say 'Whose?'" STUDENT: "Whose?" Instructor: "It's yours!" (gives the candy)
Instructor: (Lays candy in front of child) "Say, 'Whose candy?'"
STUDENT: "Whose candy?" Instructor: "It's yours!"
Once the child is regularly asking "Whose?" with no prompting, mix in trials that the candy belongs to someone else intermittently.
(candy laying in front of child)
STUDENT: "Whose candy?" Instructor: "It's Mommy's." (Mommy takes the candy)
When?
STUDENT: "Can I have a cookie?" Instructor: "Not right now. Say, 'When'" STUDENT: "When?" Instructor: "As soon as we wash our hands!" (Make sure initial "waiting time" is very short!)
Instructor: "We're going to the park! Say, 'When?'" STUDENT: "When?" Instructor: "As soon as we finish this book!"
After "Where" questions are mastered, mix in "When".
Instructor: "We're going someplace special today!"
STUDENT: "Where are we going?"
Instructor: "To the zoo! Say, 'When are we going to the zoo?'"
STUDENT: "When are we going to the zoo?" (child's favorite place)
Instructor: "Right after lunch!" (Do this while you're eating lunch, not right after breakfast!)
How?
Instructor: (has a new toy that is hard to run) "I know how to turn this on. Say 'How?'" STUDENT: "How?"
Instructor: "Like this!" (Turn on but hide the "secret" from the child so you can get a few trials in!)
After no prompting is needed, just prompt the child to say, "How do you turn it on?", and demonstrate.
Instructor: (Has a container with a new fastener and a reinforcer inside. Gives container to child.)
Instructor: "Say, 'How do you open it?'"
STUDENT: "How do you open it?"
Instructor: "You have to turn it this way." (opens and gives child the reinforcer.)
Can
(Child enjoys watching the instructor do silly things and regularly gives "contingent comments" with no prompting.)
Instructor: "Let's play a game! Can you do this?" (does something silly for child to imitate)
STUDENT: "Yes I can!" (Imitates)
Instructor: "That's silly! Now it's your turn."
STUDENT: "Can you do this?" (performs a silly behavior for instructor to imitate) Instructor: "Yes, I can!" (Or, "No, I can't!" if appropriate!)
Do / Does
Instructor: "We can go outside if everyone wants to. Say, 'Do you want to go outside?'" (directing child to ask another child in the group of 3.)
STUDENT: "Do you want to go outside?" (continue with other children, hoping all will say yes!)
Instructor: "You can play ball if you find someone to play with. Say, 'Do you want to play ball?'" (directing the child to approach another person)
STUDENT: "Do you want to play ball?" (continue until you find someone that says, "yes")
These are just examples of the many activities that can be used to teach the child to ask questions. The important things to remember are:
1) The information should not be known
2) he information should be "valuable" to the child.
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