Visual Perceptual Skills

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
1 Visually tracks moving stimuli for 2 seconds, 5 times N/A Can use any stimuli
Grasps small objects with thumb, index finger, and middle N/A Can use any stimuli
2
finger (pincer grasp) 5 times
Visually attends to a toy or book for 30 seconds (not a self N/A Can use any stimuli
3
stim item)
Places 3 items in a container, stacks 3 blocks, or places 3 rings N/A NEED MATERIALS
4 on a peg for 2 of these or similar activities.

Matches 10 identical items (inset puzzles, toys, objects, or B1, B3, B5 Use materials for these
5
pictures)
Matches identical objects or pictures in a messy array of 6, B3, B5 Need to add materials.
6 for 25 items Have at least 25 items to
match in these bins
Sort similar colors and shapes for 10 different colors or N/A NEED MATERIALS
7 shapes given models. (given red, blue, and green bowls…)

Matches identical objects or pictures in a messy array of 8 B3, B5 Need to add materials.
8 containing 3 similar stimuli, for 25 items. (mult. Exemplars) Multiple Exemplars

Matches non-identical objects or non-identical pictures in a B8 Need to change/add

9 messy array of 10 for 25 items materials. Matching target
not sorting
Matches non-identical objects to pictures and or vice versa in N/A NEED MATERIALS
10 a messy array of 10 containing 3 similar stimuli for 25 items

Spontaneously matches any part of an arts and crafts activity N/A Use any arts/crafts
11
to another person's sample 2 times materials
Demonstrates non-identical matching in array of 10 with 3 see 9 Materials used for 9 will
12 similar stimuli, for 25 items suffice/ all will be novel

Completes 20 different block designs, parquetry, shape B9, B12, B10, B11, NEED MORE MATERIALS
13 puzzles, or similar tasks with at least 8 different pieces B14, B15

Sorts 5 items from 5 different categories without a model 0 Use materials from this set
14
Continues 20 three-step patterns, sequences, or seriation B22, B25, B26 Will need more materials
15
tasks.

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 Listener Responding

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
Attends to speaker's voice by orienting toward the speaker 5
1
times N/A No materials needed
2 Responds to hearing his own name 5 times C1 No materials needed
Looks at, touches, or points to the correct family member,
3 pet, or other reinforcer when presented in an array of 2, for 5 Use child specific
different reinforcers C11, C12 reinforcers
Performs 4 different motor actions on command without a
4
visual prompt C9 No materials needed
Selects the correct item from an array of 4 for 20 different
5
objects or pictures C16, C17 No extra materials needed
Selects the correct item from a messy array of 6, for 40
6
different objects or pictures C16, C17 No extra materials needed
Generalizes listener discriminations in a messy array of 8, for
7
3 different examples of 50 items N/A NEED MATERIALS
8 Performs 10 specific motor actions on command C9 No materials needed
Follows 50 two-component noun-verb and/or verb-noun
9
instructions N/A NEED MATERIALS
Selects the correct item in a book, picture scene, or natural
10 environment when named for 250 items, tested or from an
accumulated list of known words N/A Use child specific books
Selects items by color and shape from an array or 6 similar
11
stimuli, for 4 colors and 4 shapes N/A NEED MATERIALS
Follows 2 instructions involving 6 different prepositions and 4
12
different pronouns N/A No extra materials needed
Selects items from an array of similar stimuli based on 4 pairs
13 of relative adjectives and demonstrates actions based on 4
pairs of relative adverbs C24 Need extra materials
14 Follows 3-step directions for 10 different directions N/A No materials needed
Has a total listener repertoire of 1200 words (nouns, verbs,
15 adjectives, etc…) tested or from an accumulated list of known Can use all other baseline
words N/A data to determine

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 Motor Imitation

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective

1 Imitates 2 gross motor movements when prompted "do this" D4, D5 No materials needed

2 Imitates 4 gross motor movements when prompted "do this" D4, D5 No materials needed

3 Imitates 8 motor movements, 2 of which involve objects D1, D4, D5 No extra materials needed
Spontaneously imitates the motor behaviors of others on 5
4 D26 No materials needed
occasions
D1, D3, D4, D5, D6,
5 Imitates 20 motor movements of any type No materials needed
D9, D10
Imitates 10 actions that require selecting a specific objects
6 D1, D2 May need extra materials
from an array
Mands for others to emit 5 different actions or missing
7 F8, F9 No materials needed
actions when needed to enjoy a desired activity
Imitates 10 different three-component sequences of actions
8 N/A No materials needed
when prompted "do this"
Spontaneously imitates 5 functional skills in the natural
9 N/A No materials needed
environment
Imitates (or attemps to with approximations) any novel D1, D3, D4, D5, D6,
10 All Baseline data is novel
motor action modeled by an adult with and without objects D9, D10

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 Manding

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
Emits 2 words, signs, or PECS, but may require echoic, Child specific reinforcing
1 N/A
imitative, or other prompts but no physical prompts objects
Emits 4 mands without prompts (except "What do you Child specific reinforcing
2 F3
want?") - the desired item can be present objects
Child specific reinforcing
Generalizes 6 mands across 2 people, 2 settings, and 2
3 N/A objects, second person to
different examples of a reinforcer
BL
Spontaneously emits (no verbal prompts) 5 mands - the Child specific reinforcing
4 F29
deisred item can be present objects
Emits 10 different mands without prompts (except, "What do Child specific reinforcing
5 F4
you want") - the desired item can be present objects
Mands for 20 different missing items without prompts Child specific reinforcing
6 F9
(except, "What do you need?") objects
Mands for others to emit 5 different actions or missing Child specific reinforcing
7 F8, F9
actions when needed to enjoy a desired activity objects
Emits 5 different mands that contain 2 or more words (not Child specific reinforcing
8 N/A
including, "I want") objects
Child specific reinforcing
9 Spontaneously emits 15 mands F29
objects
Child specific reinforcing
10 Emits 10 new mands without specific training F13
objects
Spontaneously mands for different verbal information using a F19, F20, F21, F24,
11
WH question word 5 times F25
Politely mands to stop an undesirable activity, or remove an
12 F15 No materials needed
aversice MO under 5 different circumstances
Child specific reinforcing
13 Mands with 10 different adjectives, prepositions, or adverbs F16, F17, F22
objects
Gives directions, instructions, or explanations as to how to do
14
something or how to participate in an activity 5 times.
Mands for others to attend to his own intraverbal behavior 5
15 F14 No materials needed
times

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 Tacting

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective

1 Tacts 2 reinforcing items G1 Child specific reinforcers

2 Tacts 4 items G2 No extra materials needed

3 Tacts 6 non-reinforcing items G2 No extra materials needed

No specific materials
4 Spontaneously tacts G47
needed
5 Tacts 10 items G2 No extra materials needed

6 Tacts 25 items when asked, "Whats that" G2 No extra materials needed

Generalizes tacts across 3 examples of 50 items, tested or
7 N/A Need multiple exemplars
from a list of known generalizations
Tacts 10 actions when asked, for example, "What am I
8 G7 No materials needed
doing?"
Tacts 50 two-component verb-noun or noun-verb
9 combinations, tested or from a list of known two-component G21 NEED MATERIALS
tacts
Tacts a total of 200 nouns and/or verbs (or other parts of
10 N/A
speech), tested or from an accumulated list of known tacts

Tacts color, shape, and function of 5 objects (15 trials) when

11 N/A NEED MATERIALS
each object and question is presented in a mixed order.
12 Tacts 4 different prepositions and 4 pronouns G35, G37 May need materials
Tacts 4 different adjectives, excluding colors and shapes and Will need materials for
13 G13
4 adverbs adverbs
Tacts with complete sentences containing 4 or more words,
14 N/A No materials needed
20 times
Has a tact vocabulary of 1000 words, tested or from an
15 N/A baseline data
acculumated list of known tacts

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 LRFFC

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
Selects animal or objects from an array of 3, for 5 different
6 C37, C38, C39 NEED SPECIFIC MATERIALS
sounds made by the corresponding items
Selects 5 different foods or drinks when each is presented in
7 an array of 5 and asked the vernal fill-ins "you eat…" and C37, C38, C39 NEED SPECIFIC MATERIALS
"you drink…"
Selects the correct item from an array of 8, for 25 LRFFC fill-in
8 C37, C38, C39 May need more materials
statements of any type
Selects the correct items from an array of 10 (or from a book)
9 for 25 different verb-noun LRFFS what, which, or who C37, C38, C39 NEED SPECIFIC MATERIALS
questions
10 Spontaneously tacts the item on 50% of the LRFFC trials C37, C38, C39 No materials needed

Selects the correct item from an array of 10 that contains 3

11 C37, C38, C39 NEED SPECIFIC MATERIALS
similar stimuli for 25 different WH question LRFFC tasks

Selects items from a book based on 2 verbal components:

12 C37, C38, C39 NEED SPECIFIC MATERIALS
either a feature, function, or class for 25 lRFFC tasks
Selects items from a page in a book or in the natural
No specific materials
13 environment based on 3 verbal components for 25 WH C37, C38, C39
needed
question LRFFC tasks
Selects the correct items from a book or in the natural
No specific materials
14 environment given 4 different rotating LRFFC questions about C37, C38, C39
needed
a single topic for 25 different topics
Demonstrates 1000 different LRFFC responses, tested or
15 C37, C38, C39 baseline data
obtained from an accumulated list of known responses

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 Intraverbal

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
Completes 10 different fill-in-the blank phrases of any type H1, H2, H4, H6 No materials needed
6
7 Provides first name when asked, What is your name? H5 No materials needed
Completes 25 different fill-in-the-blank phrases (not including H2, H4, H6 No materials needed
8
songs)
9 Answers 25 different What questions H10, H11, H23, H24 No materials needed
10 Answers 25 different Who or Where questions H12, H13, H28 No materials needed
Spontaneously emits 20 intraverbal comments (can be part N/A No materials needed
11
mand)
Demonstrates 300 different intraverbal responses, tested or (any intraverbal) No materials needed
12 obtained from an accumulated list of known intraverbals

Answers 2 questions after being read short passaes (15+ N/A NEED MATERIALS
13
words) from books, or 25 passages
Described 25 different events, videos, stories, etc… with 8+ N/A No materials needed
14
words
Aswers 4 different rotating WH questions about a single topic N/A No materials needed
15
for 10 topics

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 Reading

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
Attends to a book when a story is being read to him for 75% N/A Child specific reinforcing
11
of the time book
Selects (LDs) the correct uppercase letter from an array of 5 N/A NEED MATERIALS
12
letters, for 10 different letters
13 Tacts 10 uppercase letters on command Q2 NEED MATERIALS
14 Reads his own name N/A Child specifc materials
Matches 5 words to the corresponding pictures or items in an Q5, Q6 NEED MATERIALS
15
array of 5, and vice versa

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 Writing

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
Imitates 5 different writing actions modeled by an adult using N/A NEED MATERIALS
11
a writing instrument and writing surface
Independently traces within 1/4 inch of the lines of 5 S3 NEED MATERIALS
12
different geometrical shapes
13 Copies 10 letters or numbers legibly S7 NEED MATERIALS
Legibly spells and writes his own name without copying T7 NEED MATERIALS
14
15 Copies all 26 upper and lower case letters legibly S7 NEED MATERIALS

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 Math

Correlating ABLLS-R
VB-MAPP Target Materials Needed
Objective
Identifies as a listener the numbers 1-5 in an array of 5 N/A NEED MATERIALS
11
different numbers
12 Tacts numbers 1-5 R7 NEED MATERIALS
Counts out 1-5 items from a larger set of items with 1:1 R5 NEED MATERIALS
13
correspondence
Identifies as a listener 8 different comparisons involving NEED MATERIALS
14
measurement
Correctly matches a written number to a quantity and a R8 NEED MATERIALS
15
quantity to a writetn number for the numbers 1-5

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