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      • Factors to Consider
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      • Be a Good Playmate
      • Use Interaction to Teach
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    • Assessment
    • Routines
      • Create the Routine
      • Communication-Based Routine
      • Skills-Based Routines
    • Calendars
      • Concept of Time
      • A Bit About Communication
      • Three Kinds of Calendars
        • Timepiece Calendar
          • Anticipation Calendar
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        • Sequencing Calendars
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      • Using Calendars to Expand Concepts
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  • Deafblind Interaction
    • The Arc of a Conversation
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Video Examples

Interaction & Bonding

Hand Under Hand

    • Cooking Routine

Building Security

    • Offer Objects
    • Make Your Hands Available
    • Inhibiting
    • Excitatory
    • Greeting ritual

Imitative Play Strategies

    • Student guides the teacher
    • Mirroring actions with light contact
    • Imitating something new that the student introduces
    • Auditory imitation while rocking with student

Turn Taking Play Strategies

    • Hand Games
    • Object Games
    • Auditory Games
    • Share Activities

Be a Good Playmate

    • Cookie conversation
    • Box conversation

Use Interaction to Teach

    • Handling objects and performing actions
    • Auditory discrimination
    • Building associations

Routines

Communication-Based Routines

    • Making Hot Dog Biscuits Routine
    • Jarvis Goes to the Drum Store
    • Ray Bakes Cookies

Skills-Based Routines

    • Ray Talks Cookies
    • Matt Teaches Nick a Grooming Routine
    • Chris Teaches Ray a Grooming Routine

Calendars

Introduction to the Calendar

    • Cookie Conversation

A Bit About Communication

    • Daily Calendar: Matt Draws with Sarah
    • Book Conversation

Three Kinds of Calendars

Timepiece Calendar

    • Anticipation Calendar
    • Daily Calendar Example, Chris with Jarvis
    • Daily Calendar: Matt Draws with Sarah
    • Weekly Calendar example
    • Monthly Calendar Example

Using the Calendar to Expand Concepts

    • Using the Calendar to Expand Concepts Example
    • Jarvis Goes to the Drum Store

Calendars as Social Context

    • Jarvis Goes to the Drum Store

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