Below is a general skill sequence for helping learners label noun verb combinations.
As learners develop a fluency in labeling actions and common items, it may be time to expand their verbalizations to combining these two skills. At BxMastery, there is already a list of noun and verb combos to get this rolling (see component skills). However, as the learner gains fluency with Noun-Verb Combos 1.0, you can begin the process of introducing this skill area and strengthening this skill. As learners gain fluency here, this opens the door for more complext labeling and intraverbal skills.
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 I like to use goes as follows: Each skill sequence goal (commonly known as a “target”) represent each stair in a flight of stairs. The treatment plan goal is the flight itself.
Treatment plan goal ideas for this particular skill area are as follows:
- Learner will label someone or something performing a variety of actions using their name/noun and the action they are performing for 20 noun-verb combinations.
- Learner will label someone or something performing a variety of actions using their name/noun and the action they are performing for 25 noun-verb combinations.
- Learner will label someone or something performing a variety of actions using their name/noun and the action they are performing for 40 noun-verb combinations.
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 
Intro to Matching (Visual Perception) 
Following Gestures
Matches Common Items in 2D Array 1.0 (Identical)
Receptively IDs Common Items in 2D Array
Labels Common Items 1.0
Labels Common Actions 1.0
Labels with Noun-Verb Combos 1.0Skill Possibilities
Below is a possible skill sequence for working on increasing your learner’s ability to follow instructions with multi-functional toys. 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.
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.
Labels with Noun-Verb Combos 1.0Labels Common Actions 1.0Labels Common Items 1.0Composite 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.
Labels with Noun-Verb Combos 3.0 (Coming Soon!)
Follow the link below to better understand component-composite analysis.
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