Respond to Name Step One: Respond in an Isolated Setting Description: The first thing we must do is teach your child to respond to her name when there are very few dis- tractions. For this you will need to go to an area with few distractions for your child. This may be at the kitchen table or in a room that doesn't have many toys or fun things going on. Activities: Sit down with your child in an isolated environment. Make sure you have something to reward your child with, such as a favorite toy, favorite food, or a hug and a tickle if your child likes that. Wait until your child is looking away from you and say her name. If she looks at you, reward her with whatever you've chosen. If she doesn't look at you, say her name again louder and make some sort of com- motion like waving or tapping the table. Keep doing this until she looks over at you. Reward her with what you've chosen. Each time you reward her, make sure you tell her what you're rewarding her for. Say “you heard your name, good looking!". Keep doing this and make sure you try just say- ing her name first and then only resort to waving or tapping if she doesn't respond. When to Move On: Keep doing this until your child will look at you when you say her name about 80% of the time in this isolated setting (few distractions). At that point, you will be ready to move on to the next step. Keep in mind that shorter, more frequent sessions work best to work on this skill as she may quickly tire of looking at you every time she hears her name. Data Collection (Mark if she looks at you when you say her name): Date: Date: Date: Date: Date: | Date: Date: Looks at speaker when name is called in isolated set- ting. Scanned with CamScannerResponding to Name in Isolated Setting Photo Courtesy of Stuart Miles - FreeDigitalPhotos.net Responding to Name in Isolated Setting Steps: 1. Sit down in an isolated environment (few distractions) with your child and something that your child loves and is willing to work for, like a favorite toy or treat. 2.When your child isn’t looking at you, say her name. 3. If your child looks at you when you say her name, reward her with whatever she is working for while telling her “good looking!”. If she doesn't look at you, keep saying her name louder and louder and start waving your arms until she looks at you. Then, reward her for looking. 4. Keep doing this and each time she should require less and less waving and commotion before she looks at you. Do this until she looks at you about 80% of the time when you say her name in this isolated environment. Scanned with CamScannerRespond to Name Step Two: Respond in a Structured Setting Description: Now that your child can respond to his name with no distractions around, we want to increase the amount of distractions slightly and see how he does. Activities: The next time you are ready to work on this skill, sit down with your child in a location that has more distractions than the last one. Go into his room where there are more toys or in the living room where there is a TV. Do the same activity from the last step where you say his name and reward him if he looks at you. If he doesn't look at you, say his name again louder and make some sort of ‘commotion that will catch his attention. Then, reward him when he does look at you. This may be harder for him now that there are more distractions. Make sure that you give him a moment to play between each time you try this. You want to make sure that he is focused on something else when you call his name so that he is actually practicing bringing himself out of what he's doing instead of simply continuing to look at you once his focus is already on you. When to Move On: Keep doing this until your child will look at you when you say his name about 80% of the time. By the time you're ready to move on, you shouldn't need to wave and cause a commotion to catch your child's attention. He should be able to respond to just his name. Data Collection (Mark if he looks at you when you say his name): Date: Date: Date: Date: Date: Date: Date: Looks at speaker when name is called a structured setting with more distrac- Scanned with CamScannerResponding to Name in Structured Setting Photo Courtesy of Stuart Miles - FreeDigitalPhotos.net Responding to Name in Structured Setting Steps: 1. Sit down in an structured environment (some distractions pre- sent but still sitting down to work instead of during free play) with your child and something that your child loves and is willing to work for, like a favorite toy or treat. 2.When your child isn’t looking at you, say his name. 3. If your child looks at you when you say his name, reward him with whatever he is working for while telling him “good looking!”. If he doesn't look at you, keep saying his name louder and loud- er and start waving your arms until he looks at you. Then, re- ward him for looking. 4. Keep doing this and each time he should require less and less waving and commotion before he looks at you. Do this until he looks at you about 80% of the time when you say his name in this structured environment. Scanned with CamScannerRespond to Name Step Three: Respond in an Unstructured Setting Once your child can respond to her name when she's sitting down to work on it, we want to increase her ability to respond to her name at any time. Activities: Wait until your child is busy doing something, such as playing with a toy or looking at a book. Stand relatively close to your child and say her name. Pause for a moment to see if she looks at you. If she does, go ahead and reward her just like you did in the last steps. Make sure you tell her “good looking’ so she knows why she's being rewarded. If she doesn't look at you, keep getting louder and more obnoxious until she does look at you. Go ahead and reward her for looking when she does. Keep doing this until you are able to back off of how loud and obnoxious you make it. Even- tually we want her to respond to just her name without needing you to catch her attention first. Keep in mind that we're not expecting perfection and even children without language problems don't re- spond to their names every time it is called. As your child gets better at this, start calling her name from farther and farther away. Eventually, your child should be able to respond even if you say her name from another room. You will need to increase your volume though for that one. When to Move On: When your child will respond to her name about 80% of the time, you can consider that she has mastered this skill. Remember, we're not expecting perfection! Data Collection (Mark if she looks at you when her name is called while she’s playing): Date: Date: Date: Date: Date: Date: Date: Looks at speaker when name is called in a unstruc- tured setting (like play) Scanned with CamScannerResponding to Name in Unstructured Setting Photo Courtesy of Stuart Miles - FreeDigitalPhotos.net Responding to Name in Unstructured Setting Steps: 1.Go to wherever your child is playing on her own and bring some- thing that your child loves and is willing to work for, like a favorite toy or treat. 2.When your child isn’t looking at you, say her name. 3. If your child looks at you when you say her name, reward her with whatever she is working for while telling her “good looking!”. If she doesn't look at you, keep saying her name louder and louder and start waving your arms until she looks at you. Then, reward her for looking. 4. Keep doing this and each time she should require less and less waving and commotion before she looks at you. Do this until she looks at you about 80% of the time when you say her name during play. Scanned with CamScanner