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Please Wait Procedure

Please Wait Procedure. PECS. What is Please Wait Used for?. Is your child over manding? Is your child manding to get out of a procedure? USE PLEASE WAIT!. How Do I Use it?. The general idea of please wait is when your child requests an item, you can give them the “please wait” icon.

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Please Wait Procedure

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  1. Please Wait Procedure PECS

  2. What is Please Wait Used for? • Is your child over manding? • Is your child manding to get out of a procedure? • USE PLEASE WAIT!

  3. How Do I Use it? The general idea of please wait is when your child requests an item, you can give them the “please wait” icon. So that you can continue procedures before giving reinforcers and stop overmanding

  4. What is the Ultimate goal of Please Wait? • Eventually you want to get your child to a point where they can mand for something but then do 2 procedure trials before getting the reinforcer

  5. Want to use Please Wait? • Your child should be past phase 2F in PECS before starting Please Wait • First let your supervisor know that your child is manding inappropriately/ overmanding so they can set you up

  6. How Do I Get Started? • Phases 1-1F take place during down time, during ELO’s, when you're getting procedure materials, transition times, during PECS etc. NOT DURING SCHEDULED PROCEDURES • When your child hands you an icon for a reinforcer when you’re doing these things, read it the way you usually would in PECS • “I want _____” • But instead of giving the child the reinforcer you give them the please wait icon

  7. Now What? • So all exchanges in please wait start the same: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon • For Phase 1 the please wait icon touches your child’s hand for ½ second and then you immediately give the requested reinforcer and praise them

  8. Why am I not waiting to give them the reinforcer? • At first you just want to pair up the icon • Think of how mad you’d be if you all the sudden had to wait long periods to get what you wanted! • You are going to slowly build up the time your child waits as they progress through the phases

  9. How do they phase change? • Please Wait has it’s own version of phase changes: • Three correct responses in a row to phase change • Three incorrect responses in a row go back a phase • Correct responses depend on phase, but include child holding icon and waiting appropriately

  10. So for phase one what does this look like? • So after you read the sentence strip as you usually would: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon • Icon touches hand for ½ second, then immediately give reinforcer • Praise child and mark trial correct on please wait data sheet

  11. What about if they don’t get it right? • Sometimes accidents happen. As we all know sometimes our kids will drop icons they are unfamiliar with • If the child unintentionally drops the Please Wait icon, pick it up and give it back to them immediately. • This doesn’t count as an incorrect response

  12. Review: Phase One • For Phase One: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon please wait icon touches your child’s hand for ½ secondimmediately give the requested reinforcer and praise them • Mark correct on data sheet and then take back the please wait icon until you use it again

  13. My child is past phase one, now what? • Luckily ALL please wait trials start the same! • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon • Phase 2 differs from phase 1 because in this phase we want your child to accept/grab the icon, not just have it touch their hand

  14. Review: Phase Two • For Phase Two: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon child accepts/grabs iconimmediately give the requested reinforcer and praise them • Mark correct on data sheet and then take back the please wait icon until you use it again

  15. Tips for running “Please Wait” • Have the reinforcer ready to immediately give it to them. • This is important because we want to make sure the waiting is slowly built up. • Otherwise the procedure could become aversive and all sorts of problem behavior can pop up

  16. What happens if problem behavior does pop up? • Some things like stimming are easily taken care of: • If the child stims on the Please Wait icon, block the stimming, but do not take the icon away • Mark the trial as incorrect • Then take back the please wait icon and continue with what you were doing before

  17. What happens if it’s not just stimming? • Waiting is not always fun, sometimes our kids may tantrum, cry, yell, or become irritated

  18. How do we fix it? • Mark the trial as incorrect on the data sheet • Put the requested item icon back on the bookTake down the please wait icon, or take it back (“my turn”) Do ELO’s (as many as needed until child is compliant) Do not give the requested item at that pointContinue with your normal procedure as you normally would Next time they request an item, try the waiting procedure again

  19. What happens if they mand during a procedure? • Because we’re not in the phases where please wait is used during procedures, immediately reinforce the response. • We’ll tackle manding during procedures in later phases

  20. Getting the hang of things? • For Phase One: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon please wait icon touches your child’s hand for ½ secondimmediately give the requested reinforcer and praise them • For Phase Two: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon child accepts/grabs iconimmediately give the requested reinforcer and praise them

  21. Moving on! • For Phase Three: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon child accepts/grabs icon Wait 2 seconds before giving the child the reinforcer • Mark it correct on the data sheet and praise • Now there is waiting!! • It’s still a good idea to have your reinforcer ready so that after the 2 seconds you can hand it over

  22. Quick Review! • All phases start the same: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon • Phase one: PW icon touches child’s hand for ½ sec then immediately reinforce • Phase two: child grabs/holds PW icon and then immediately reinforce • Phase three: child grabs/holds PW icon and wait 2 sec before reinforcing

  23. Quick Review! • If child is stimming: Block stimming, record as incorrect, prompt hierarchy through rest of trial • If child is tantruming: mark incorrect on data sheet, put requested icon back on book, do as many ELO’s as needed to get calmed down, don’t give requested item, carry on with procedure and try again later

  24. Time to switch things up • Now that you’ve established with your child what the please wait icon is, it’s time to increase the amount of time between them getting it and you giving them the reinforcer

  25. Getting started with bigger waiting time • For phases 4-7, run them during PECS sessions and/or when the child mands for something outside of a procedure trial • A tip for making the waiting time easier on you and your child? • MAKE IT EXCITING!

  26. Phase Four • How does it start? • You guessed it! Just like the rest of them! • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon • Your child should accept/grab the icon and then wait 5 seconds before giving reinforcer

  27. Phase Five • Feeling like an old pro? • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon Child should accept/grab icon • Wait 10 seconds before giving reinforcer • HOWEVER! Starting at phase 5 you are doing ELO’s during the entire waiting time. For phase 5 it’s one ELO that lasts 10 seconds

  28. I’m doing an ELO for HOW long?? • Yep, you’re doing ONE ELO for 10 whole seconds • Clapping hands, sing a song, tapping the table • This is why it’s SO IMPORTANT for you to be entertaining! Encourage your child, count down-make wait time exciting! ELO for 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10 REINFORCER

  29. Will I have to keep doing long ELO’s? • For phases 5 and 6 you will be! • Phase 6 starts the same way they all do • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon Child should accept/grab icon • Here you’ll be waiting 20 seconds and doing 2 ELO’s during your waiting time

  30. Phase Six • Try singing a song, clapping hands, make noises during ELO, make silly faces, etc. • Remember, the more entertaining, the less likely it is your child will engage in problem behavior 2 ELO’s for 1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10…11…12…13…14…15…16…17…18…19…20 REINFORCER

  31. Phase Seven • Now from memory you know: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon Child should accept/grab icon • Here you’ll just be doing 3 ELO’s then giving your child the reinforcer. There is no time limit. But still make them exciting! 3 ELO’s then REINFORCER

  32. Phase Eight • Phase Eight starts the please wait trials that happen only DURING procedures • So if during a trial your child mands: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon Child should accept/grab icon • Have the child do 1 procedure trial then give the child the requested reinforcer • Do NOT run this phase for whistle blown procedures, or ones your child is having difficulty with

  33. Phase Nine • So if during a trial your child mands: • PECS icon exchanged label hand please wait icon Child should accept/grab icon • Have the child do 2 procedure trial then give the child the requested reinforcer • Do NOT run this phase for whistle blown procedures, or ones your child is having difficulty with

  34. Please wait has it’s own data sheets? • Yes! These are recorded separately from the PECS data • They should be in your child’s main procedure binder

  35. When am I supposed to be taking data? • Anytime you hand over the please wait icon, it counts as a trail • SO TAKE DATA ON IT!

  36. Phase Information • 1-7 should happen outside of procedure sessions, i.e. during down time, during ELO’s, when you're getting procedure materials, transition times or during a PECS sections-always should be taken separately from PECS • If child mands for something during a procedure just reinforce the request until at a phase with procedure specific guidelines

  37. Set up for Phases One-Three • Goal: Pair up Icon • Run during PECS sessions • Or when child mands for something outside of a procedure • Correct response: child must hold the “Please Wait” icon the whole time

  38. Set up for Phases Four-Seven Have the child place the Please Wait icon on the booth wall, visible to the child (in the designated area), during the waiting period. You can help the child with this, and helping the child do this does not result in an incorrect response • Run phases 4-7 during PECS sessions and/or when the child mands for something outside of a procedure trial • Make the waiting time exciting!!

  39. Set up for Phases Four-Seven

  40. Set up Phases Eight-Nine Have the child place the Please Wait icon on the booth wall, visible to the child (in the designated area), during the waiting period. You can help the child with this, and helping the child do this does not result in an incorrect response • Phases 8 & 9 are to be run during child’s regular procedures • If the child gets an incorrect response on the procedure trial, do an ELO and then give the requested reinforcer

  41. Set up Phases Eight-Nine

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