Below is a general skill sequence for helping learners increase their range in reinforcers.

The Intro to Matching skill sequence highlights the first steps in working on visual perception and matching skills. This skill sequence consists of component skills to more complex matching behaviors which include matching common pictures, items, faces, emotions, letters, numbers. Fluent mastery of various matching skills will function as tool skills for a variety of other skills while also being used as a general teaching strategy going forward.

Treatment Plan Goals

This is a list of treatment plan goals. These are different from the goals you will find in the skill sequence below. Your treatment plan goals encompass any number of goals from the skill sequence. Sometime they will include multiple goals from the sequence (”Learner will label 5 toys”) and sometimes the treatment plan goal will be simply consist of a really important goal from the skill sequence (”Will label caregiver”). An analogy: Each skill sequence goal (commonly known as a “target”) represent each stair on a stair case. The treatment plan goal is the staircase itself.

Treatment plan goal ideas for this particular skill area are as follows:

Learner will stack two identical 3D objects in an array of three across three identical pairs.

Learner will stack two identical 3D objects in an array of three across five identical pairs.

Learner will stack two identical index cards in an array of 5 items.

Learner will match two identical index cards with a symbol or picture on them in an array of 5 for three different symbols or pictures.

Component Skills

Your learner may need to be fluent in these component skills first before introducing this goal/skill area. Component skills for this skill sequence may include skill areas that are fundamental to other areas. Fluency in the skill areas listed below may increase the likelihood that your learner will succeed in this skill sequence and those afterward.

Intro to Scanning

Skill Possibilities

Below is a possible skill sequence for working on increasing your learner’s ability to match . Note that every learner is different and that you likely will need to tweak and vary some programming to their needs. Click the triangle icon to view the full description for each skill in the sequence/area.

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#1 Fits together 2 identical cups, therapist holds cup together

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#2 Fits together 2 identical cups on table (Array of 1)

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#3 Fits together 2 identical cups on table (Array of 2)

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#4 Fits together 2 identical plates on table (Array of 2)

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#5 Fits together 2 identical spoons on table (Array of 3)

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#6 Stacks 2 identical blocks on top of each other (Array of 4)

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#7 Stacks 2 identical blank index cards on top of each other (Array of 5)

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#8 Puts 2 identical pencils next to each other (Array of 6)

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#9 Stacks 2 identical black index cards on top of each other (Array of 7)

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#10 Puts 2 identical game pieces next to each other (Array of 8)

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#11 Matches 2 identical index cards with pictures of emoticons (Array of 9)

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#12 Puts 2 identical 3D animals next to each other (Array of 10)

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#13 Matches 2 identical index cards with the letter A on them (Array of 10)

Concurrent Skills

Working on these skills at the same time could help with goal mastery. Maybe your learner has mastered these skills already. Perhaps they are already listed as component skills above. That’s okay! Targeting other learning channels might help your learner.

Intro to Scanning

Intro to Reinforcer/Preference Expansion

Following Gestures

Composite Skills

These are the possible next steps for learners who have mastered, or are mastering, the skills listed above. Note that new skill areas may require fluency in other component skills not listed above. Also, you can introduce composite skill sequences prematurely to keep your learner progressing, as generativity may occur earlier than expected.