Prompt hierarchy and prompt fading
Lesson 20 of 36 in RBT Exam Prep. The start plays free here.
- Additional instructions
- Physical guidance
- Less intrusive help
- Opportunity to respond independently
- Least-to-most: independent chance first
- Most-to-least: more help first
- Time delay: instruction, pause, prompt
- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
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How the lesson starts
You ask a client to respond. A prompt is extra help, such as an additional instruction or physical guidance.
Prompt fading means gradually reducing help. The aim is for the client to respond independently, rather than continue relying on prompts.
You ask a client to point to a picture. With least-to-most prompting, give a brief chance to respond independently. Then use the least intrusive prompt needed.
Then, in the full lesson
- More help first
- Pause before prompting
- 2 questions along the way
A question from this lesson
You ask a client to match two cards. The procedure is least-to-most. What do you do first?
- Immediately guide the client's hands
- Immediately give the least intrusive prompt
- Allow a brief independent response opportunity
Show the answer
C. Allow a brief independent response opportunity. Allow a brief independent response opportunity before prompting. Immediately guiding the hands starts with physical help. Immediately giving even the least intrusive prompt skips the independent chance.
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- All 43 outline tasks
- 85 questions, 90 minutes
- Explains each wrong answer
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