Why teach mands?A mand is the most fundamental building block of language. When babies are born, they mand by crying to express their needs (i.e. milk, sleep, comfort, etc.). Should a child continue to rely on crying to mand as they get older, parents will have to continue guessing what the child is crying for.… Continue reading Contriving Mands
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Mands/ Requests
According to Cooper, Heron & Heward (2007), a “mand is a type of verbal operant in which a speaker asks for (or states, demands, implies, etc.) what he needs or wants.”. As such, a mand is a behavior that directly specifies what the speaker wishes to attain, allowing the speaker to attain direct reinforcement for… Continue reading Mands/ Requests
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