Instructional Unit for the Skill of Requesting

Lesson Goal Lesson Objective

Lesson 1: When given a 1 set of 5 matching
Match object to object objects, student will match object to
object when given teacher specified
object paired with a verbal prompt of
“where’s the (object)” from 0/5 objects
to 5/5 objects per trial for 3 trials.
Lesson 2: When given a field of 5 objects (e.g.
Match picture to objects cup, doll, car, pen) and a verbal cue
from an adult of “let’s match”, target
student will match specified objects to
pictures (i.e. photos or line drawings)
from 0/5 objects to 5/5 objects per trial
for 3 trials.
Lesson 3: When given a picture of highly
Initiating an independent preferred object (e.g. snack items, toys,
communicative exchange colors) on a communication device (i.e.
a 4 button switch or picture exchange
communication book) and a gestural
prompt of an adult open palm paired
with a verbal cue of “I want”, student
will use the communication device to
initiate a communicative exchange by
either removing the picture from book
or by pushing the preferred item on a 4
button switch independently from 10%
of opportunities to 80% of
opportunities per session for 3
sessions.
Lesson 4: When given a field of 2 pictures affixed
Discriminate between preferred and vertically to a picture communication
non-preferred objects book, 1 preferred (e.g. “Big Mac” single
switch activated dancing car) and 1
non-preferred object/item (e.g. pencil),
and given a verbal prompt of “I want
___” by and adult, student will
discriminate between the items,
Instructional Unit for the Skill of Requesting

pointing to picture of preferred item

from 10% of opportunities to 80% of
opportunities per session for 3
sessions.
Lesson 5: When given a field of 2 pictures of both
Discriminate between preferred preferred items (e.g. orange and gold
objects/items fish crackers) student will discriminate
between the items, by pointing to a
preferred item from 10% of
opportunities to 80% of opportunities
per session for 3 sessions.
Lesson 6: When given a CoreBoard with a field of
Use a CoreBoard to complete the 3 pictures (e.g. snack items, toys,
request “I want” colors) and with pictures of the phrase
“I want”, the student will point to the
pictures to complete the phrase “I
want” from 10% of opportunities to
80% of opportunities per session for 3
sessions..