Below is a general skill sequence for teaching learners how to engage with a ring stacker.

The Intro to Ring Stackers skill sequence provides a general skill sequence for teaching learners to engage with a ring stacker. While playing with a ring stacker may not be a key skill in itself, it can be an effective way to increase a learner's preferences and introduce them to new things. Additionally, it can help to develop a learner's play skills more broadly. The Intro to Ring Stackers sequence includes treatment plan goal ideas as well as component skills, skills to work on concurrently while targeting this area, and possible next steps

Treatment Plan Goal Ideas

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 put one ring on a ring stacker.

Learner will put all rings on a ring stacker in any order.

Learner will put all rings on a ring stacker in the correct order

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 Reinforcer/Preference Expansion

Intro to Scanning

Following Gestures

Single Actions with Common Toys

Intro to Matching (Visual Perception)

Imitation with Uni-Functional Toys

Skill Possibilities

Below is a possible skill sequence for working on increasing your learner’s ability to stack rings. 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 Puts any ring on ring stacker

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#2 Puts last/smallest ring on ring stacker

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#3 Puts final TWO rings on ring stacker

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#4 Puts final THREE rings on ring stacker

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#5 Puts final FOUR rings on ring stacker

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#6 Puts All rings on ring stacker in order

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 Reinforcer/Preference Expansion

Single Actions with Common Toys

Performs Actions with Uni-Functional Toys (LR)

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.

Intro to Shape Sorter (Coming Soon!)

Intro to Blocks/Building

Follow the link below to better understand component-composite analysis.

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Research and Resources

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