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Echoics

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According to Cooper, Heron & Heward (2007), an echoic is a verbal operant that occurs when a speaker repeats the verbal behaviour of another speaker”.  In order to define it as an “echoic”, it is important for the response to: (1) match the sound/statement exactly; and (2) resemble the format (i.e. verbal with verbal). For… Continue reading Echoics

Importance of Tacts

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Why teach tacts? Tacts (a.k.a. labels) are a way to build up a child’s vocabulary. Teaching more tacts allows a child to learn more words to be able to better express themselves. Thinking about our day to day life, we use a combination of nouns, prepositions, adjectives, adverbs, actions (and more) whilst communicating with our… Continue reading Importance of Tacts