Transcript TEACHING MANDING: HOW TO CAPTURE AND CONTRIVE …

TEACHING MANDING:
HOW TO CAPTURE AND
CONTRIVE MOTIVATION
Presented By Sharon Keppley M.Ed, BCBA
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Amy Flores, M.Ed., BCBA
Keppley Behavioral Consulting
OBJECTIVES
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Define mand
Explain the benefits of teaching manding first
Describe how deprivation effects motivation
Describe how satiation effects motivation
Describe how motivative operation (MO’s) can be
used and manipulated to teach language
MAND
 A mand is asking for the things that you
want and is strengthened by getting them
 There is a tendency to say “juice” when you
want it, and you get it
Manding is what teaches the learner that
talking or signing is useful
MOTIVATION AND TEACHING
LANGUAGE
 Talking is more easily acquired and occurs
more often when the motivation is strong for
desired items, objects or activities.
 It is easiest to teach language skills when the
motivation is high
MANDS PER DAY
 Contriving motivation results in a greater
number of mands per day, thus more
opportunities to develop language
USE POWERFUL REINFORCERS
 Begin mand training by using the learner’s
most powerful positive reinforcers
TEACHING MANDS EXTENSIVELY
 Mand training should be taught extensively
with early learners
 Manding for many items for which
motivation has been captured leads to
improvement in vocalizations.
MOTIVATIVE OPERATIONS (MOs)
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Motivating operations are conditions in the
learning environment that transform activities,
food items and objects into reinforcers for the
learner
1. Transforming activities, food items, and objects
into valuable reinforcers
2. Then, using these activities, food items, and
objects as reinforcers to teach the learner to mand,
or request them
DEPRIVATION
 Being deprived of a favorite reinforcer for a
period of time increases the desire for that
reinforcer.
SATIATION
 Satiation affects all reinforcers
 The level of motivation for favorite videos,
toys, activities, etc. can and does change
frequently
CONTRIVING MOTIVATION (MOs)
 Show the learner new ways to have fun
playing with toys
TRANSITIVE MOs
 When a learner has a strong MO, use this to
teach them to mand for other item or actions
valuable to obtaining the reinforcer
ANDREW WITH KATHY
 Use motivation to increase the number and
variety of mands
 Use Transitive MO’s to teach mands for
missing items
 Mand training should always be fun
 Contrive motivation by manipulating objects
and activities
MAND TRAINING INTENSITY
 Intensity of mand training is important to
increase vocalizations
 Sign training sometimes fails to result in
vocal responding when too few opportunities
to mand are provided