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#1. Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies the principles of incidental teaching?

A therapist presents a flashcard of a dog and prompts the child to say dog repeatedly until mastered, then moves to the next flashcard.

During a play session, a child reaches for a toy car on a high shelf. The therapist waits for the child to look at them, then models car, and prompts the child to say car before providing access to the toy.

A teacher uses a token board system, where a student earns a token for every correct math problem completed, which can later be exchanged for computer time.

A parent removes a child’s favorite toy for 5 minutes immediately after the child throws a tantrum.

Incidental teaching is a naturalistic teaching strategy that takes advantage of naturally occurring opportunities within the clients environment to teach target behaviors Key characteristics include the teaching is clientinitiated eg the child indicates interest in the car it is embedded in ongoing natural activities and the reinforcer is typically directly related to the learning opportunity and immediately available In the chosen scenario Option B the childs desire for the toy car creates a natural teaching opportunity The therapist capitalizes on this incidental moment by prompting the child to mand request for car and the reinforcer access to the toy is a natural and direct consequence of the learned behavior Option A describes discrete trial training DTT which is a more structured therapistinitiated and often decontextualized approach Option C describes a token economy a broader behavior management system Option D describes a timeout procedure which is a punishment strategy

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