TY - JOUR
T1 - One Step at a Time
T2 - Using Task Analyses to Teach Skills
AU - Snodgrass, Melinda R.
AU - Meadan-Kaplansky, Hedda
AU - Ostrosky, Michaelene
AU - Cheung, W. Catherine
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2017/11/1
Y1 - 2017/11/1
N2 - Task analyses are useful when teaching children how to complete tasks by breaking the tasks into small steps, particularly when children struggle to learn a skill during typical classroom instruction. We describe how to create a task analysis by identifying the steps a child needs to independently perform the task, how to assess what steps a child is able to do without adult support, and then decide how to teach the steps the child still needs to learn. Using task analyses can be the key to helping a young child become more independent.
AB - Task analyses are useful when teaching children how to complete tasks by breaking the tasks into small steps, particularly when children struggle to learn a skill during typical classroom instruction. We describe how to create a task analysis by identifying the steps a child needs to independently perform the task, how to assess what steps a child is able to do without adult support, and then decide how to teach the steps the child still needs to learn. Using task analyses can be the key to helping a young child become more independent.
KW - Disabilities and developmental delays
KW - Evidence-based practice
KW - Functional skills
KW - Independence
KW - Natural environment
KW - Young children
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U2 - 10.1007/s10643-017-0838-x
DO - 10.1007/s10643-017-0838-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011664751
SN - 1082-3301
VL - 45
SP - 855
EP - 862
JO - Early Childhood Education Journal
JF - Early Childhood Education Journal
IS - 6
ER -