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Podcast: Autism and Parenting
Episode: Shaping Behavior
Description: Shaping a child’s behavior involves three steps: tell, show, do.
Tell: Give an instruction to the child such as “ put your toys back” , wait for few seconds for the child to comply, if the child complies at that point provide a huge reinforcement (verbal praise, clap, favorite food), if not then move to the next step- ‘Show’.
Show: Repeat the instruction by modeling or gesturing what you want the child to do. E.g., repeat the instruction “put your toys back like this” and simultaneously pick up a few toys and put them away, again wait for a few...