![]() ![]() ![]() It may take many times before students start to demonstrate the ability to complete part or all of the task themselves. We are not expecting a student to learn a new skill and how to complete it independently after a single exposure. It is important to know that you may work through this hierarchy in its entirety multiple times within an activity and that’s ok. I will highlight each level of the hierarchy, providing examples of what prompting at this level might look like. It moves through various levels of prompting from the least amount of prompting to the most. Throughout this post, this is the Prompt Hierarchy I will be referring to. Oh and don’t let that word “hierarchy” trip you up – it’s just a fancy way to explain how things are organized or ranked. The organization of the steps may be a little different however, depending upon the version of the hierarchy. Ok, now that we are on the same page about what prompting is, the different types and the fact that we all need some every once in a while, let’s chat about the Prompt Hierarchy.Īs with core vocabulary communication boards, there are many different versions of Prompt Hierarchies out there, and the one that you use is more of a preference, however they typically include the same steps. We can, and should, use the same types of prompts for our AAC users as we facilitate their learning how to use their AAC systems effectively and efficiently. Visual prompt: looking toward items, objects, places, providing something for them to look at/referenceĪnd/or setting up the environment to encourage the skill be attempted or completed. Prompting can be defined as: “a strategy used to assist, suggest or cue someone in order to help them learn a new skill” – such as using an AAC system for communication. I think I may have gotten a little ahead of myself – are you wondering what a prompt is? Let’s take a minute to review that so that we make sure we are all on the same page. The tool that I am talking about is the Prompt Hierarchy. Now that you are excited and ready to show off your AAC modeling skills and let the world know what a “super-modeler” you are, I have one more tool for you to add to your tool box! This tool is multi-functional and can come in handy in any and all situations where you will be or are modeling core vocabulary and AAC. If any of this is unfamiliar to you, pause here and head over to my other posts on those topics, to learn or refresh your memory and then come on back to this post. Hello again! If you’ve read my other blog posts you should now be familiar with AAC, Core and Fringe vocabulary as well as the “what”, “why” and “how” of modeling language with AAC.
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