Keep Them Interested So They Can Learn

Do you struggle with instructional control? Are your clients not achieving their skill-building goals? From switching to online therapy during the pandemic, I learned this platform gives you quick access to all of the images, gifs, sounds, and videos of your clients' favorite interests, and this is a game changer!  Even for in-person therapy, using computer resources during your sessions can help with organization, focus, and built-in reinforcers.  

For example... perhaps your client has a letter tacting program. ( VB-MAPP: Level 3 Reading 13)  Using vivid colors and transitions between slides in PowerPoint can make this boring task more interesting.  

Now to knock their socks off... add a slide with a gif of their favorite thing every few slides, and they will love it.  For instance, if you are working with a four-year-old with ASD who adores Elmo, add a slide with a gif or 10-second video clip of Elmo on every fourth slide.   This reinforces attending and pairs working on letter tacting with Elmo.  

To make it even more exciting, randomize the slides so they don't know when the fun videos will come giving a variable ratio of reinforcement.

I created a PowerPoint slideshow with colorful letters and fun transitions with a "randomize" button that is available on Classful.  You can access it at

https://classful.com/product/letters-powerpoint-letters-of-the-alphabet-in-random-order-to-work-on-letter-and-sound-identification/

Just add extra slides with gifs of your client's favorite characters.