Backward Chain Sequence to be learned: Get book Remove “I want icon from book” Put “I want” icon on sentence strip Remove R+ picture from book Put reinforcer picture on sentence strip Remove sentence strip Give sentence strip to communicative partner Point to pictures during read-back
I want red skittle I want red vs.yellow skittle I want blue vs red vs orange skittle I want red juice vs. candy vs. fruit roll I want big green box or I want round bumpy rug
Train simultaneously with attributes
Objective: The student answers “What do you want?” “What do you see?” “What do you have?” “What do you hear?” and “What is it?” and spontaneously requests and comments Requesting is in response to a need or desire and results in tangible reinforcement Commenting is in response to an interesting environmental event and results in social or environmental reinforcement “I see” “I have” “I hear” “It is”