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<a href="http://www.tagteachblog.com/">www.tagteachblog.com</a>Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-61108662714861182222014-11-17T22:22:00.000-05:002014-11-21T09:59:35.358-05:00TAGteach: Better than a Jedi Light Sabre!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>This is an account by Seany Fdm Pogson, the father of a non-verbal child with severe developmental delay. Seany has been shaping new behaviors with his daughter, Tink, using TAGteach. Former efforts by therapists to teach Tink using hand-over-hand methods had not worked well and in fact Tink had rebelled against this touching by refusing to cooperate and regressing in some previously learned behaviors. Seany has had huge success with shaping many new behaviors and Tink is very tag savvy (and Seany is an excellent shaper!), so when Tink got sick and required oral antibiotics via syringe, Seany was able to avoid force and shape Tink to accept the syringe and happily take her medicine. Here is his account of this process:</i><br />
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Tink's not well and has an ear infection and the flu. Having an ear infection is also amplified by sensory processing problems, so making sure she has her medicine on time is important. Normally Tink's very good at taking her medicine but this morning not a chance. She pushed the syringe away. I tried once more this time Tink pushed the syringe away and avoided any further attempts by hugging her pillow in her play pen and biting it. This she will do when excited, stressed or if she just needs a hug and gets a hug from her pillow because sometimes she can't cope with the sensory of being hugged. So it was a no go, I couldn't even get anywhere near her mouth. Then I had a Jedi moment and a calm reassuring voice popped in my head like Ben Kenobi (<a href="http://autismchaostocalm.com/about/" target="_blank">Martha Gabler</a>) "use the tag Seany". Straight away my own voice of determination popped in to my head and said "I can do this shit".<br />
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So I got the clicker from my pocket and sat near the playpen for a moment till Tink calmed down a bit from her rocking and biting on her pillow. Then I calmly reached over the to her with the syringe of medicine till I was about foot away from her face were she was burrowing it in the pillow whilst biting it. This was the first tag point and clicked and I paired it with praise "did it " (the clicker now has become a conditioned reinforcer). So I moved it forwards again a bit but waited till a brief pause in the biting as I moved the syringe closer and tagged again (clicked ) and verbal praise. This time as I tagged I noticed a brief sideways eye movement in my direction at the sound of the tag, so I seized the day and moved the syringe closer, tagged again and rewarded with "did it". Tink then moved her head up a bit sideways off the pillow, so again I moved the syringe closer about 2 inches from her mouth and tagged her. Then I moved the syringe to her lips were she grabbed it and put in her mouth and I was able to get over half in and tagged her and rewarded her with "did it yeyyyyyyyy ". At this point I was confident that she would do the same as the last time so I moved the syringe to her lips and she did exactly the same and she emptied the syringe so tagged and big "DID IT " and passed her drink to her.<br />
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This is how TAGteach and Applied Behaviour Analysis is teaching me to think. As I use it more, the more effective it and my thinking become. It's teaching me to think on my feet and apply it on my feet. This is far greater than any light sabre and more useful than any force. This is teaching me and my daughter at the same time.<br />
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<a href="http://autismchaostocalm.com/" style="line-height: 1.1;" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Martha Gabler (autism mother) TAGteach blog</span></a><span style="line-height: 1.1;"> - free tips and step-by-step descriptions</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="line-height: 1.1;"></span><a href="http://autismchaostocalm.com/free-updates/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Free ebook by Martha Gabler: Behavior Basics - A Primer for Parents</span></a> - ABA terminology explained in simple terms for parents</blockquote>
Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-49697600502271618262014-06-27T18:17:00.000-04:002014-07-01T14:00:19.703-04:00TAGteacher Tale: Success After a SeminarOne of the great things about a TAGteach seminar - attendees go straight home, put the techniques into practice and see success right away.<br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We worked on a holding the leash in a manner that may help calm her dogs. Several behaviors</span></span><span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> including: taking hold of the leash, standing on one point, and relax as you hold the leash were put together and called "Standby".</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> To simplify her focus, </span></span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I attached a green piece of tape to her leash hand, and another piece of tape on her stomach. When she performed the "Standby" sequence, she just had to touch the two green pieces of tape together to have the perfect leash position.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">First she felt a bit strange as she came from the hardcore dog training</span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> in German and Swiss dog places (Schutzdienst)...but then they realized how easily THEY learned the skills. I was so happy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dear Theresa, dear Joey (Iverson), I thank you so much for opening up a world of giving training.</span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I hope I will see again soon</span><br />
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<span style="color: #274e13;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dagmar (the musician )</span></span><a href="http://www.hundelongierschule.ch/">www.hundelongierschule.ch</a></div>
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times with kids, (</span>as you can see in this video), but this was the first time an
entire TAGteach Seminar was dedicated to parents and educators of children aged
3 to 10 years. The seminar was presented by TAGteach co-founder Theresa McKeon.
Theresa introduced us to TAGteach tools and the laws of behavior and how they
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videos demonstrating how to change an emotion by changing physical behaviors as
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<span lang="EN-US">During the afternoon session we worked
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<span lang="EN-US">EATING VEGETABLES: One group chose to use
successive approximations to introduce vegetables to their children. They could reinforce looking at vegetables,
then smelling, touching and finally taking small bites, observing the child's
body language to establish when they are ready for the next step. Theresa also
suggested that parents initially play tag game together “ignoring” the child.
The parents could start with the same approximations (looking, smelling,
touching, tasting) that are to be ultimately be performed by the child. In this way the child is gradually introduced
to the practice in a playful manner and with a low emotional impact.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">RAISE YOUR HAND (Before speaking in the
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teacher. A focus funnel was used to provide context for the tag point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Theresa suggested initially giving the
taggers to the students and having them ‘tag the teacher’ each time the teacher
performs the tag point, ‘Raise hand before speaking’. This process could help
the children participate in the learning process and pay more
attention to the teacher. The students could have tagulators hanging from their
desks and pull a bead each time the teacher raises her hand. After a few
repetitions, the teacher would collect the taggers and begin tagging the
student’s behavior of ‘Raise hand before speaking’. When all the beads have been
pulled, the students could choose a favorite activity as an added reinforcer. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">HUDDLE ROUND: The purpose of this project
was to discover a positive way to gather children back together as quickly as
possible after being separated by activities within the classroom. The process
had to be compatible with a class of children ages 3 to 6 years.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">The process started with the teacher taking
the hand of one child and proclaiming “Tag!” That child grabs another student’s
hand and calls “Tag!” and so on and so until everyone is holding hands in a
circle. They end with everyone raising their clasped hands in the air and
proclaiming “Tag!” In this way the children are part of the process of
gathering together physically and mentally with the benefit of having the children
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<span lang="EN-US">A special thank you to all the participants
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<span lang="EN-US">To Theresa McKeon who has accepted this new
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<span lang="EN-US">Two days later I've got some news. One of
the teachers has already began to experiment the marker in her classroom and
one of the dads has already taught his son to tie his shoes!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Volunteers are one of my favorite parts about
working for animal welfare non-profits. The community that is generated for a single mission can sometimes be
astounding. There are a variety of
reasons why people engage in volunteer activities. Some people volunteer to give back to their
community, others volunteer since they cannot have pets of their own and others
hope to develop friendships along the way. One common thread I see is people longing to learn new things and expand
themselves. So let’s give them what they
want! My philosophy is to empower
volunteers through education in order to develop a dedicated and helpful team
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<span lang="EN-US">For the last 3 years, I directed the behavior
and training department at the East Bay SPCA in Oakland & Dublin, CA. During that time I developed nine volunteer
programs to help support our canine and feline populations. A few of these programs focused on canine and
feline enrichment, assisting dog training classes, canine jogging and exercise
as well as canine behavior modification.
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In order to develop these programs I had to
create educational materials as well as hands on training curriculum. There were many skills the volunteers needed
to learn in order to safely interact with our animals. Some of these skills included what to do when
an animal mouths you, exiting and entering the kennel as well as offering an
animal space and time if they appear fearful. I have found that breaking things down into small steps for volunteers
can be most helpful when teaching a new skill. I used the principles of TAGteach in order to help each learner absorb
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In my upcoming webinar, I will discuss handling
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volunteers learning these and other skills.
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<span lang="EN-US">After many happy years as a teacher at <a href="http://www.adancersdream.net/home.php" target="_blank">A Dancer’s Dream</a>, I recently branched out into the world of public education,
accepting a position as a full time dance teacher in a charter School network
in Boston, MA. For those unfamiliar with A Dancer’s Dream, it is a wonderful
studio where every teacher is TAGteach certified and the children are very tag
savvy. This particular charter school network is a high performing K-8 charter
school with 3 campuses. The schools are academically rigorous, have a very
strict behavior policy, and are huge on positive reinforcement and behavior
narration. They also have every student
take dance. The dance classes are large, with 27-32 students per class. Needless to say, I have my hands full.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">After a year and a half of struggling with
huge classes, no mirrors, and less than perfect dance ‘studio’ conditions, I
asked my principal if I could start using TAGteach. She said yes and I breathed
a huge sigh of relief. I could finally introduce TAGteach and the audible
marker to all my classes. Below are a
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<span lang="EN-US">Sixth grade: We are well into our tap unit. With 27 kids
in class, it’s challenging to see and correct the mistakes of every child. How do you solve problems like too many kids,
not enough time? With TAGteach, of course! After watching the entire class
attempt flaps (a tap skill) and making a mental note of the most common errors,
I chose one student to start the process.
I explained what a tag meant and how it helps your body and brain
learn. In less than two minutes and with
only two tag points, his flaps were fixed. Not only did it fix his flaps, but
everyone in the class vastly improved after watching the TAGteach session. They
were thrilled and just a little amazed. I was just reminded of the
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<span lang="EN-US">First grade: There are 32 children in this class
(THIRTY-TWO CHILDREN!!) In an effort to streamline my classes, I decided to
start using TAGteach to work on class management first. As the class began, I
kept an eye out for the first scholar who quietly sat down in crisscross.
Without saying a word, I tagged him and voila!
The room went from chaos to silence in 3 tags. It was so easy, They
figured out right away that if they didn't get a tag, they could look at a
friend who did get tagged and fix their behavior to match. My entire class was
silent, ready to go without redirection from me and in less than a minute. One
scholar told me “I like the tagger because when you tag one person, we all know
what to do without you talking and wasting our learning time”. Right on, kid - me too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">I am so excited to have brought this tool
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and everyone is happier. I know it makes helps me stay calm and focused. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Let me just apologize right up front for the title of this article. I am not in fact going to explain how to use a verbal marker, or to expound on the benefits of verbal markers. In fact the opposite is quite true, if disappointing to some.<br />
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I am not a fan of the verbal marker (that is using a word such as "yes" or "good" to mark a correct response). The more experience I get with TAGteach and clicker training, the more firmly I believe that the verbal marker is inferior to the tag sound (click) in teaching new skills. We have used taggers (clickers) with everyone from tiny tot ballerinas to business professionals to fishermen with lots of muscles and tattoos who work in the Bering Sea (<a href="http://tagteach.blogspot.ca/search/label/fishermen" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">see previous blog posts</span></a> for the tale of the fishermen). We have used taggers with elite athletes, kids with autism, kids with Down syndrome, business professionals, prison inmates and medical students to list a few examples. Using the tagger absolutely works and it works with every population of learner that we have encountered.<br />
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We at one point back in the time before we had as much experience as we have now had suggested to people that they might use the word “good” or another verbal marker to signal success to the learner. In practice this has turned out not to work well. The verbal marker becomes very repetitive and annoying very quickly. It seems condescending in a way to say “good, good, good” over and over especially to another adult. It is also very difficult to keep the tone of the “good” the same each time. People tend to want to convey additional information with the verbal marker. They tend to vary the tone and give a more expressive “good” if there is a particularly good effort. It is hard to avoid the big excited “YES” when they finally get it, or the desultory "yes" when you're tired, hungry and have a headache.<br />
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A teacher may inadvertently vary the tone of the "good" for different learners, and trust me - they notice! The learner wonders why they didn’t get the big “good!!” the next time or why another person got a bigger “good” than they did. Learners no matter how young can tell the difference between genuine praise and a rote "good job".<br />
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The verbal marker inevitably mixes praise with information. This defeats the purpose of using a marker. The marker must be the same every time and must convey only one piece of information “you got it right”. There are no degrees of “rightness”. It is either tag or no tag (click or no click). This allows the learner to focus only the task at hand, <a href="http://tagteach.blogspot.ca/search/label/tag%20point" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e06666;">the tag point</span></a>, and not to have to process verbal information at the same time.<br />
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I am not saying that praise is bad, or that there is no place for it. What I am saying is that words cannot be used as markers as effectively as a neutral sound because words inevitably convey more than just the critical information (yes! you got it). The way to use praise effectively is in concert with the marker. Tag without talking and at the end of the tag session, give the verbal praise. For example, the learner might get 10 tags and then you end the session and say “You’re doing really well” or “you are hitting your tag point much better than yesterday” or “Fantastic!!!”<br />
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We have been trying to work out in our own minds the problem with the verbal marker and over time we have come to the conclusion that is the mixture of praise with information that is at the heart of the problem. Separate praise from information and you will get better results and more satisfied learners.<br />
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TAGteacher Joey Iverson has successfully introduced TAGteach to the tennis world, although she said it’s for selfish reasons. “I want to be the best tennis player I can be and that will happen faster if my coach uses TAGteach!”<br />
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willing to give it a shot. After just a few tries, he was totally sold on the
value of TAGteach and the powerful learning it facilitates. He</span><span lang="EN-US"> commented that
there was more improved play in my game within a single lesson. He also
noticed that although it was easier to get information to me with the marker,
it also required a different focus. In a group lesson he is usually trying to
take in what each of the players is doing. To tag me for the skill, he
had to momentarily keep his focus on just me or he would miss the marker
timing. Both of us had complete focus and that brought about immediate
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<br />Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-83260848729694147922014-02-20T22:32:00.002-05:002014-02-26T21:38:29.360-05:00Everybody Needs Fluency!<br />
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How many times, during our lives, have we been told to "Pay attention"? At school, driving our cars, playing sports, at work, at home or crossing the streets. The world is constantly demanding our attention. The problem is that we shouldn't pay attention… At all!<br />
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D. Eagleman, in his book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307389928/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0307389928&linkCode=as2&tag=tagtinte-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><i><b>Incognito, The Secret Lives of the Brain</b></i></span></a>", wrote:<br />
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In my webinar "<a href="http://tagteach.com/recorded_webinars?eventId=842513&EventViewMode=EventDetails" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>How the Brain Learns</b></span></a>" I discussed some of the mechanisms used by the brain to learn. In this next webinar we will explore how the brain uses the learned information to attain that which should be the goal of every learning experience: Fluency. As Eagleman writes fluency allows us to perform difficult tasks even in noisy and distractive environments. We don't have to think about our behaviors. We, simply perform them. We don't think which muscles and joints we use when we walk. Try this experiment: stand up and take few steps forward, naming - or paying attention - to each single movement. Your performance will be poor and extremely slow. We don't pay attention, but we can walk to the kitchen efficiently to have a glass of water.<br />
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Fluency allows us to pay attention only to the new things: potential new threats or new reinforcers. All the rest runs smoothly, controlled by many other brain circuitries whose workings are largely unknown (do you have to think to breathe?).<br />
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How do we become fluent? The answer is rather simple: we need to practice. The more we practice the more we become fluent. But, practice is not just the repetition of an action. Deliberated Practice (as Dr. K. Anders Ericsson named it) is purposeful, with clear goals, and precise settings. It requires a great amount of self-sacrifice and great self-control to engage in this kind of practice. But, if you want to play with the Seattle Seahawks this is the only way. Obviously genes matter and if you're tall you will have more chance of playing for the Lakers. But, as we'll see genes aren't enough by themselves. You have to master the component skills of your discipline, put them together in complex behaviors and merge the behavior in stunning performances. AND, above all you have to find the practice reinforcing to keep going.<br />
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<br />Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-54359009117583091232014-02-19T18:24:00.002-05:002014-02-19T18:32:36.415-05:00TAGteacher Spotlight - Marissa Martino<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the past 7 years, Marissa Martino has been working with dogs and their human companions in a variety of settings. She started her career working for the <a href="http://www.boulderhumane.org/hsbv/index.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Humane Society of Boulder Valley</b></span></a> in Boulder, CO. There she implemented a Behavior Modification Program for shelter dogs with various special needs: such as fear, separation anxiety, resource guarding and dog-dog aggression. After two years in Colorado, she moved to San Francisco to expand her horizons. There she started her position at the <a href="http://www.eastbayspca.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>East Bay SPCA</b></span></a> as the Director of behavior and training. During this time, she attended a Clicker Expo in California. There she attended a TAGteach seminar taught by Theresa McKeon. <br />
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After listening to Theresa and observing a TAGteach demo, Marissa was hooked! She loved how the emphasis of the seminar was on the human learner instead of the dog. As a dog trainer it is very important that we know how to train dogs; however, training the owner is even more important! The owner is the one living with the dog and following through with the training plan. If he/she does not fully understand the concepts and how to implement them, the dog’s behavior may not change or may even get worse. This is both detrimental to the trainer as well as the relationship between the owner and the dog.<br />
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During her time at the East Bay SPCA, Marissa has developed nine volunteer programs where volunteers have hands on experience with dogs and cats of the shelter. The main purpose of these programs is to enrich and enhance the lives of all involved, the dogs and cats as well as the volunteers. Marissa’s main priorities were to articulate how to safely handle shelter animals and empower the volunteers to make smart decisions during their shifts. She decided what hands on skills they needed to know and used the TAGteach principles to educate the volunteers. The feedback she received from the volunteers was astounding. They were able to remember the skills they had learned during their shifts since their education experience was simple, easy and fun! Marissa not only uses TAGteach in her curriculum designs but also in her everyday life and with her loved ones. She believes in its powerful messaging of identifying what you want people and animals to do, reinforcing this behavior and ultimately empowering the learner! <br />
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The purpose of this article is to introduce you to a new type of support for children with autism: the acoustical support. Most people are familiar with adaptive equipment for children with physical disabilities such as wheel chairs, braces, and work platforms. In the autism community, most people are familiar with visual supports: picture systems, schedules, token boards, and so forth. These visual supports play a crucial role in educating children with autism and have proven to be extremely useful in both home and school settings.<br />
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Now, for the “acoustical” support: An acoustical support is a neutral sound: a tap, click or ping. The purpose of the sound is to inform a learner that he has done something right. The sound says, “YES, you did it.” The instructor, therapist or parent makes the sound at the exact moment that the child has performed a desired behavior. This behavior may be pointing to a picture of a cat, putting a puzzle piece into place, or, one of those rare beautiful flashes of meaningful eye contact or comprehension. As soon as the child has performed the task and the instructor has produced the sound, the child receives a treat (reinforcer). After a few trials, the neutral sound becomes a “conditioned reinforcer.” Behavior scientist Karen Pryor explains, “A conditioned reinforcer is some initially meaningless signal—a sound, a light, a motion—that is deliberately presented before or during the delivery of a reinforcer.”
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After a few experiences of hearing the sound and receiving a treat (reinforcer), the sound itself becomes meaningful for the child, and he starts to watch out for it. After the child is paying attention to the sound, he starts to pay attention to the behaviors that produced the sound. When he realizes that his own behaviors are producing the sound and the reinforcer, he learns to produce those desired behaviors more often. At that point, you have<i> learning and communication! </i>The use of a sound to signal success to the learner is called Teaching with Acoustical Guidance or TAGteach.<br />
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As a parent, when I started using a neutral sound (a “tag” or click) to indicate to my son which behaviors of his would earn treats, he started doing more of those behaviors. My son was loud, chaotic and wild in the early years. He had self-stimulatory and aggressive behaviors. With my conditioned reinforcer (sometimes referred to as an “event marker” or a “tag”), I was able to tag my child every time he did something good. “Good” things were behaviors like Quiet Mouth, Both Feet On The Floor, Hands Still, or Eye Contact. The procedure is: Observe child, press clicker (tag) when child performs the desired behavior, then reinforce child (give a treat or token).<br />
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The first time I ever used a TAGteach acoustical support, my son had just erupted into a tantrum, complete with shrieking, stomping and storming about. I tagged every split second of “Quiet Mouth” or “Both Feet On The Ground,” and handed him a tiny piece of candy with each “tag.” Twelve minutes later he was sitting quietly and calmly on the sofa, and we were able to go about our day. During those twelve minutes I said not a word and did nothing other than press the tagger and hand out tiny pieces of candy. It was easy to do, and the result was amazing. It was an incredibly empowering experience for me, compared to all the previous tantrums when I always felt panicky, demoralized and helpless. I never feared a tantrum or meltdown again because I had a powerful tool to help him calm down.
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The more I communicated with my son via tags and positive reinforcement, the more skills he gained and the happier and better behaved he became. Despite the lack of speech, despite the sensory issues, the tag rang loud and clear and told him he had done something good. He loved it and responded beautifully. He had many difficult behaviors, but I was able to tag a split second of a good behavior whenever it occurred, with the result that the split second became two seconds, then three seconds, then four seconds of the desired behavior, plus it occurred more often. Gradually I was able to “shape” disruptive behaviors into positive learning behaviors, and he gained many useful skills.
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The reason the tag works so well is because of the precise information it provides to the child. It tells the child, in real time, exactly what he did that was right, at exactly the moment he did it. From the viewpoint of a child with autism, he receives precise, timely information from a neutral sound; there is no emotional burden, language processing or sensory issue to deal with. Thus the child is free to focus on the priceless information he is receiving: the wonderful knowledge that he has done something right.
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The time has come for the use of acoustical supports in the autism community. There are many reasons. From an autism family's perspective, this method is wonderful because it is easy, effective and low cost. From an autism treatment perspective, this method is wonderful because it is based on the scientific principles of Applied Behavior Analysis. It is flexible, portable and wonderful for teaching in the natural environment as well as in structured settings. It is an invaluable tool for weary, dispirited parents, and for over-burdened instructors in the classroom.
Thank you for reading to the end of this article! I hope you are interested in learning more about using acoustical supports for a child with autism. If you have questions, please contact me via the <a href="http://autismchaostocalm.com/questions/" target="_blank">Questions for Martha link</a> on her blog.
For more information on TAGteach and autism please visit:<a href="http://tagteach.com/Autism_and_Special_Education" target="_blank"> tagteach.com/Autism_and_Special_Education</a>
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About ten years ago, Luca had an idea: to give his girlfriend a puppy as a
birthday gift. The puppy, named Iris was a starting point. After a few months, Luca bought a clicker and started to train Iris. The discovery of clicker training was his light bulb moment. Luca gained the CAP3 certification in 2006. After this he started his career as a professional dog trainer, even though his main activity remains Archaeology. Luca holds a Bachelor’s degree In Archaeology from Padova University.
In 2008, Luca’s first son, Alessandro, was born. As a new parent, Luca became more focused towards using positive reinforcement with his son. Karen Pryor’s "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001NLL4YQ/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B001NLL4YQ&linkCode=as2&tag=tagtinte-20" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;"><b>Reaching the Animal Mind</b></span></a>" introduced him to TAGteach. This was a real life changing event, that led Luca to attending one of the first TAGteach seminars in Europe.<br />
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<i><span style="color: #274e13;">“Working with animals through positive reinforcement is an experience that enriches you. Bring this same experience on the relationship with people is something that changes your life! The first time I read about TAGteach I immediately said "I MUST do this!" And it's true: my life and myself changed. TAGteach has increased my awareness of what the other people are doing and why they’re doing it (and I can guarantee you. if you have a four years old boy this a really helpful skill). I became a "TAGthinker". Constantly I strip down things happening around me and reassemble them in tag points. The challenge now is to be able to introduce the TAGteach here in Italy. In this my thanks go to TAGteach International for their help and support and to Theresa McKeon who last year agreed to held a Primary workshop here in Verona, and this year she took on the challenge of co-present with Laura Monaco Torelli and myself the Dynamic Duo Seminar. My goal with this seminar is to share the deep similarities that exist between education and training humans and animals. When we all will know that there’s a new, caring methodology –that works-, to deal both with people and animal I think the world will be a better place to be in”.</span></i></blockquote>
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Luca has used TAGteach with volleyball and basketball teams, with his clients and with his son. He also learned medieval swordplay with his nephew using TAGteach methodology.<br />
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Luca is a Level 3 TAGteacher and offers TAGteach Workshops and Certification Seminars in Europe in both English and Italian. Visit <a href="http://www.tagteachitalia.com/"><span style="color: red;"><b>http://www.tagteachitalia.com/</b></span></a> for more from Luca.<br />
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Luca is a scientist with an interest in the neurobiology of TAGteach and how learning works in the brain. One of the amazing thing about TAGteach is the speed at which it works. Sometimes it seems almost magical! Turns out that the reason for this is because TAGteach is perfectly suited for optimal learning, because of the way the brain learns and retains information. Luca explained this in a fascinating webinar. <b><a href="http://tagteach.com/recorded_webinars?eventId=842513&EventViewMode=EventDetails" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Click here</span></a></b> for more info or to register for the recording.<br />
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My name is Kelly Drifmeyer, I’m a classical musician on the Horn (French Horn), and a college professor at the Crane School of Music, SUNY-Potsdam. I’ve also trained and enjoyed the company of golden retrievers for 24 years.<br />
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I first woke up to the idea that I could learn and teach in a different way about 23 years ago. My early learning experiences as a hornist were with artist-musicians I think of as “old school” teachers. They learned how to teach from their teachers, and they from theirs, back to the European masters of the instrument back to who-knows-when. What they all had in common was a thick language of instruction on “how” to do things, and a negative and often punitive style of correction when you didn’t do those things right. There was one right way – their way – and to not follow instructions to the letter, or not provide the ideal result, was an invitation to a browbeating, embarrassment, or demeaning and sometimes harsh verbal correction. “You’ll never be successful sounding like that…that’s not good enough…you better find a different career,” these were all commonplace comments in both my own experience and the experiences of my fellow students. None of us liked it, but it became a badge of honor to survive lessons under those conditions and not break down.<br />
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When I started my own music teaching, it was about the time I also began formal dog training. In the early ‘90’s in my area this consisted of the “jerk and release” methods of instruction and correction. You said “good girl” in an anemic sort of way if they did it right, and yanked them around on the end of a leash when they didn’t. My first, sensitive golden began to avoid me on training nights, and at home she would startle and cower at the slightest raising of my voice – whether it was meant for her or not. We stopped training, how could I keep abusing my sweet girl like that? I finally went hunting at the bookstore for something different (this was pre-Google!) and stumbled upon “Don’t Shoot the Dog!” by Karen Pryor. I read it, and re-read it, and felt immediately guilty for being so stupid when there was such an obvious alternative. A “clicker” wasn’t easy to come by, but I found one eventually and off we went into dog training happiness.<br />
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It was quite a while later when I connected the dots to myself, and to my horn students. My early training (and being a perfectionist) had left me with a pile of mental self-abuse chatter that turned “on” every time I picked up the horn. I couldn’t practice, rehearse, or perform without a stream of negative thoughts flowing through my head. I almost quit the profession twice. I struggled with auditions, the one and only way to get a job in the performance field. I played beautifully at times, and had meltdowns at others. Nothing was ever “good enough”, so the angry commentary never stopped. Worst of all, I saw the same attitudes and negativity in my own students.<br />
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Tagteach isn’t where I started, but it is where I ended up. I tried the Artist’s Way, the Inner Game books, Peak Performance ideas, even “positive speaking” models, nothing solved the problem completely - until I picked up my dog clicker and used it on myself. I gave myself one task, used positive-only feedback, and ignored the bad stuff because it didn’t matter. The first time I tried it, I cried like a baby for an hour. And then went back and did it again.<br />
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I used this method for several years on my students and on myself before I discovered TAGteach in 2010. Another revelation – I wasn’t secretly doing something bad by using my dog training skills on my students, other people were doing it too! I read every inch of the website, watched every video I could find, took the online class and wanted more. In Spring 2011 I went to my first workshop with Theresa McKeon and it was amazing! I didn’t have the easiest time there – I had been using a self-taught method with a more relaxed structure, and I struggled with the new format and new terminology. But with practice has come an understanding of how the language of TAGteach helps me define my own thoughts, and helps my students with their own frame of reference.<br />
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I now use tagging regularly for specific tasks with all of my students. They universally respond in a very positive way, and many of them will ask for a tagging session when they find they’re struggling with a particular activity. I don’t use it every lesson, or for everything, but its an invaluable tool when working on high stress or high frustration problems. I find it to be especially effective when working on more physical issues. Musicians frequently work with muscles on a micro level – tiny, flexible motions of tiny, fragile muscle groups. Stress and tension can ruin the ability to use these muscles correctly, and I’ve found tagging lowers frustration, which lowers tension, which creates a calmer, more relaxed learner. And like magic, the relaxed learner is a successful doer.<br />
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The “magic” of TAGteach was brought home to me just a few weeks ago. I have a new student, “Amy”, who is bright, hard working and dedicated. She is also a mental and physical mess – tight, twisted posture, loads of tension, and a low threshold for frustration. She gets upset at the smallest things, and I sometimes walk on eggshells trying to get her to correct a problem without having a full-on meltdown. I’ll be honest – Amy was not my favorite student. I was irritated by her touchiness, and I’d lost patience with her meekness and sensitivity. It was no surprise that in a recent lesson, I found myself correcting, and correcting again a singular problem she could not seem to manage. I was getting frustrated, my voice was getting louder - when I noticed her hunching lower and lower in her chair, getting smaller and tighter at every attempt. Just like my sweet, sensitive golden almost 20 years ago.<br />
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Stop, I said to both of us. I took a deep breath and picked up my tagger. “This is a tagger. When you hear this sound - *click* - you’ll know you’ve done it right. If you don’t hear the sound, just try it again, no problem.” That’s all I told her the first time out. I took her through a focus funnel – explained what we were doing, then defined a single task, then gave her a single tag point – and off we went. And I felt stupid all over again for not having done it weeks earlier – she was finding success within ten minutes. And more importantly, she was then able to successfully integrate the new skill into a larger, more complex format. She also remembered, and repeated, the newly won skill for me the next week, and the next.<br />
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What’s most interesting to me about this story? I like Amy more now than I used to. We’ve found a way to communicate that takes some of the friction out of our relationship. She learns more confidently, and I’m also more relaxed, knowing I can say what I need to without hurting her.<br />
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TAGteach is an elegant, simple, precise language I use to interact with myself and with others. It’s a gateway to learning and teaching that bypasses the traditional use of negative feedback that so often produces frustration, stress, anger, and resentment. The teaching of musicians is shrouded in those traditions passed on through generations. That seems great to me in “what” we learn, but “how” we learn it needs some help. TAGteach resolves so many of the barriers to effective learning and retention, I’m spending a semester on sabbatical in 2014 to improve my own understanding of TAGteach and show others in my field how useful it can be.<br />
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<i>Kelly Drifmeyer</i><br />
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<i>The Crane School of Music SUNY-Potsdam</i><br />
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TAGteacher Joey Iverson has successfully introduced TAGteach to the tennis world, although she said it’s for selfish reasons. “I want to be the best tennis player I can be and that will happen faster if my coach uses TAGteach!”<br />
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value of TAGteach and the powerful learning it facilitates. He</span><span lang="EN-US"> commented that
there was more improved play in my game within a single lesson. He also
noticed that although it was easier to get information to me with the marker,
it also required a different focus. In a group lesson he is usually trying to
take in what each of the players is doing. To tag me for the skill, he
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what I need to do and I love the focus of what students can do if they are
tagging somebody else. I love everything about it, it's fantastic and I plan on
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<br />Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-40359317370320764172013-11-30T18:37:00.000-05:002014-02-05T00:34:21.100-05:00What Do a Sea Hare and Stephen Hawking Have in Common?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><span style="color: #666666;">We are often asked why it is that TAGteach works so well and so fast, sometimes yielding behavior change or learning that seems magical. There is no magic involved, except that which goes on in our brains. Level 3 TAGteacher Luca Canever presented a fascinating webinar about how the brain learns and why TAGteach works so well.</span></i><br />
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I am pleased to have this chance to share my passion about the brain and how it learns, with my fellow TAGteachers. Here is a brief outline of the topics I will cover in my webinar:<br />
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The TAGteach mantra "talk less, teach more", seems counter-intuitive, but there is sound science behind this. In this part I want to discuss how working memory works in the brain. The role of this specific memory is to catch things from environment to ensure our survival. We can think of the working memory like a window from which our consciousness looks at the world. Also the working memory creates the memories for the long term memory. If we overload the working memory with too nmuch information it won't be able to pass on the memories, and the learning will stop. Too much information it's not good for the learning. TAGteach, indeed is.<br />
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Associative Learning: What a Sea Hare and Stephen Hawking Have in Common</h3>
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Earth had 3 billion years of bacteria, before life discovered associative learning. Life had blossomed about 540 million years ago when the first multicellular organisms discovered associative learning. If you know (and you can remember) where you can find food, mating opportunities and where your predator is waiting for you, your survival chances will increase. Organisms have learned by association for millions of years, so the argument that TAGteachers sometimes hear from parents: "Don't treat my daughter like a dog!" makes no sense. From the lowly sea hare to the brilliant Steven Hawking, we all learn in the same way. What is different is the complexity in the brain. But I'll give references to recent findings that indicate our (human) brains are not brand new. On the contrary they use pieces and parts that already exist and adapt them to our new requirements.<br />
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Maps in the Brain - Why My Car is not Like Yours</h3>
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<br />Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-33895151186996408142013-11-25T09:31:00.000-05:002013-12-04T19:35:47.221-05:00Theresa's TAGteacher Gift ListLooking for the perfect gift for a TAGteacher? Or to put on your own Christmas list? We've put together a list of Theresa's recommended reading for TAGteachers. Just forward this link to Santa and try to be very, very good!<br />
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If you are a coach using TAGteach and you want to explain what you are doing to the parents of your athletes - we have just the thing! You can download these cool pamphlets created by Michelle Ma and Maya Rankupalli. One is generic and one is specifically for skating. These are PDF files. If you want to add your own contact information you can do this by importing the file into Adobe Photo Shop or similar program and making changes. We are unable to help with this.<br />
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Not only are these available in print, but TAGteach is also explained in ASL in this wonderful video created by ASL interpreter Bonnie Gibson-Brydon and her beautiful assistants Sissy and Nicole Paniagua.<br />
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For more about TAGteach with skating, purchase the <a href="http://tagteach-international.myshopify.com/collections/video-downloads/products/tags-on-ice-video" target="_blank">Tags On Ice DVD</a> produced by TAGteacher and skating coach Lynn Loar. Here is a video trailer:<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #666666;">By Martha Gabler</span></i></b><br />
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Hello. My name is Martha Gabler and I am the parent of a nonverbal teenage boy with autism. I would like to invite you to learn about a teaching approach known as “Teaching with Acoustical Guidance” (TAGteach), and how it turned the “liabilities” of autism into “assets” in our house. I will also give an example of how I used TAGteach to teach my son two useful behaviors that greatly improved our quality of life. I hope you will want to learn more, and if you do, I invite you to <a href="http://autismchaostocalm.com/" target="_blank">contact me</a> with any questions.
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The liabilities</h2>
If you ask, “Why is it so hard to teach a child with autism?” you will get a long list of “liabilities.” These include sensory issues, speech and language difficulties, and challenging behaviors, many of which are severe. Recent research at the University of Rochester shows how just a few of these problems can create confusion for a learner with autism. Research at the <a href="http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/05/09/children-with-autism-hypersensitive-to-motion/54637.html" target="_blank">University of Rochester</a> has demonstrated that children with autism perceive movement as occurring faster than it actually is. So, if you demonstrate something with objects or your hands, the child will perceive the movements as happening faster than they actually are. Combine this perception problem with research from <a href="http://sfari.org/news-and-opinion/in-brief/2012/cognition-and-behavior-study-probes-speech-processing" target="_blank">SFARI</a> which demonstrated that children with autism take longer to listen to and process speech. Now, imagine the confusion for the child: objects, people’s movements and activities are moving too fast, but language comprehension is going too slowly: everything is out of snyc. No wonder the child has a hard time with learning and becomes frustrated. These negative emotions can lead to anger, acting out and all those challenging, sometimes aggressive behaviors we hear about.
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TAGteach changes all of this by starting the teaching process with only the behavior the child is <strong>already doing</strong>. TAGteach is based on the same scientific principles as Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and uses positive reinforcement to increase desired behaviors. What TAGteach adds—and this is the unique part--is an acoustical signal, a sound such as a tap, click or ping. The purpose of the acoustical signal is to “mark” a behavior that the child performs, at the exact moment the child performs the behavior. With TAGteach, the acoustical mark is called a tag. Demonstrations and long-winded explanations are replaced by a neutral sound that gives the child precise information that he has <i>done something right</i>. It’s a two-step procedure: tag the behavior when the child performs it, then hand over a treat or desired item (the reinforcer). The child gets precise information and a reinfocer. You can see how this would be pleasant for the child, and we all know that a behavior that is reinforced is a behavior that will occur more often.
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Here is how I used TAGteach (tags and positive reinforcement) to teach my son good car behavior. When my son was little he had difficult behaviors in the car: lots of ear-splitting shrieking and kicking the front seat. These behaviors interfered with my ability to watch traffic and drive safely. I could not explain to him that these behaviors were dangerous, nor could he control the behaviors. I desperately wanted him to be quiet and still in the car so we wouldn’t have an accident. After thinking about it, I decided that the two behaviors I wanted in the car were “Quiet Mouth” and “Feet Still.” We practiced with my husband driving and me tagging, every time my son had a split second of “Quiet Mouth” or “Feet Still,” I tagged the behavior by clicking with a little plastic box clicker and immediately giving him a little treat (the reinforcer). He learned fairly rapidly to lower his voice and keep his feet down. He has good car behavior now, so the whole family can get out and go places with no anxiety; even 7-8 hour trips are no problem.<br />
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With TAGteach I was able to change his behaviors from dangerous to safe. There was no punishment. There was no coercion. He liked it because he experienced positive reinforcement in the form of praise and candy. Plus, we ended up taking more car trips and going to interesting places, which he enjoys. At the beginning he could not connect the car trip with getting to go to somewhere fun and interesting. It was essential to have reinforcement along the way, until he began to realize that the car meant good things to come.
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TAGteach works so well because the sound (the click or ping) tells a child, “You did something right, now you are getting a treat.” The click indicates success to the child, and success is great! We all like success and kids with autism generally experience very little success. Despite the sensory issues and the language processing issues, the click rings loud and clear and tells the child that he did something right. Once the child realizes that his own behaviors result in helpful information and reinforcement, <em>i.e</em>., success, he looks for more opportunities to get more of these good things. From that point on, it is just a matter of observing the child, noting which behaviors are helpful or positive, then tagging and reinforcing those behaviors. When a child is successfully learning functional behaviors and is able to participate in more pleasant activities, his horizons expand and the difficult, angry behaviors decline.
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TAGteach opened my eyes to other features of my child. I observed that he is extraordinarily attuned to positive reinforcement. He uses his sensory <em>skills</em> (as I call them now) to perceive what actions are bringing reinforcement to him, and he is very focused on what is happening in his environment. Please note that now I describe him in terms of being “attuned,” “perceiving” and “focused”, as opposed to sensorily challenged. He uses his remarkable sensory and perceptive abilities to figure out what he is doing that is right, and thus learns lots of great new behaviors. Plus, he is always proud of himself when he has mastered a new skill.<br />
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My son has learned to use his exceptional sensory abilities to tune in to and capitalize on positive reinforcement in his environment, in particular, the sound of the tag. Because anyone can observe his behavior and tag him to tell him he is on the right track, he can go places without me and learn new cooperative behaviors. For example, this summer he went to <a href="http://autismchaostocalm.com/videos/douglas-goes-to-camp-tagteach-magic-in-action/" target="_blank" title="Douglas goes to camp: TAGteach magic in action">sleep away camp</a> for a week and camp staff were able to keep him calm and happy by telling him with the tagger what was expected of him in this new environment. It is a huge relief to me to know that he can be content away from me and that the TAGteach approach I have used with him is transferable to others.<br />
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My son’s name is Douglas; his nicknames are “Doug” and, inevitably, “Doug-bug,” “Love bug,” “Hug-a-bug” and “Bug-alicious.” These nicknames raised up an image in my mind of a child with autism as having powerful sensory “antennae” that are sweeping about looking for positive reinforcement. Once the antennae “lock on” to the positive reinforcement trail, they will continue to follow it. All we have to do is provide the bread crumbs, cookie crumbs or treats at frequent, strategic intervals to lead him to the desired destination: functional skills, learning, and opportunities to go places.<br />
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About Martha</h2>
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Martha Gabler is the mother of a non-verbal teenager with severe autism. Martha lives in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband and two sons. Her older son is at university pursuing a degree in mathematics. Martha runs a tutoring company called <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/martha-gabler/6a/9b0/83">Kids' Learning Workshop LLC</a>, and is the author of the book entitled <a href="http://goo.gl/vm7dgX" target="_blank">Chaos to Calm: Discovering Solutions to the Everyday Problems of Living with Autism</a>. Martha writes articles to help other autism parents solve or prevent behavior problems at her blog: <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.AutismChaosToCalm.com" target="_blank">www.AutismChaosToCalm.com</a>. Martha loves to hear from readers and to answer questions at her <a href="http://facebook.com/%20AutismChaosToCalm" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.
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<b><i>By Karin Coyne and Abigail Curtis DVM</i></b><br />
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Let’s do some simple math to start. Don’t be scared, I promise it is simple! You have a structured class once a week, which leaves how many days a week without a class? Six! Very good! Wouldn’t it be great if there was some way for you to make progress in those six days in between classes? Yeah, that would be quite awesome. Luckily, there are some things we have discovered through practice that will help you to get the most use out of each of your lessons.<br />
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Two minds (or even three!) are better than one. Ideally, this training partner excels at different things than you do. They don’t have to be MORE skilled than you, often it will actually be to your benefit to be of similar skill level. That way you explain things in terms you both can understand.<br />
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Watch the instructor, but also watch your classmates who can do the skill. See what works. Make note of the little things. Pay attention to their hand position, foot position, where they are looking and what the rest of the body is doing. If you are doing a skill one at a time, each person’s turn is an opportunity to learn something important about the movement. You are looking for movements that are smooth and effortless. Those are the ones you want to model. If you can, come up with <a href="http://tagteach.blogspot.ca/2013/09/sport-coaches-four-things-your-athletes.html" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">tag points</span></b></a> you think might be helpful later DURING your lesson or practice session.<br />
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<b>YouTube! Use It</b><br />
Class can teach you the basic skills and what you need to focus on outside of class. YouTube can help you refine them and come up with tag points to make them better. If you find yourself really struggling to figure out a movement, watch several different people perform that movement on video. Pay particular attention to the components that are similar between different people and where there seems to be some “play” in the performance. Things that are often key elements are often: foot placements, foot order, hand placements, and core body position.<br />
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Focus on one section of a skill at a time. This is where TAGteach is a HUGE help. Decide on a skill that you want to focus on and then break it into small components. You might have to hunt for specific obstacles that let you practice one component. Height is often the easiest and most useful element to remove. For example: when practicing vaults, find a place where the railing only has a drop on one side and gradually increase the drop on the other side.<br />
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Take video of your training sessions and use it DURING that session. Watch what seems to work and what doesn’t. The more you watch people move, the easier it will be for you to figure out how a particular muscle group contributes to a movement and how these movements will fit together into a fluidly performed skill. Don’t be afraid to experiment as the video will tell you if something is working well before you will see it on a larger scale. Find something you are struggling with, come up with a tag point you think might help, practice it a few times, and then check the video to see if you see ANY signs of improvement. If you do, great! If not, the new way you moved in this video will likely give you an idea for a new tag point. Use that.<br />
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If you don’t know something, ask! If you are struggling with a specific skill, ask. Ask your coach for one thing that you could do to make the skill better. Just one. Make this into a focus point during the session, only focus on this one aspect of the skill (for example, legs straight in lazy vault). If your coach struggles with giving you just one thing, try to pick out what you think is the key point and ask specifically if that is a good thing to focus on. When you are on own, use this focus point to guide your practice! Even better, have someone tag you. They don’t even have to know the skill. You should be able to explain it clearly enough that they can tag you with no outside knowledge.<br />
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<b>Get Stronger</b><br />
Know when something is a strength issue and when it is a technique issue. Practicing climb-ups 8 million times does you no good if you just aren’t strong enough to do good climb ups. It simply starts building movements into your muscle memory that will be difficult to fade later. Conditioning to increase your strength is as important (if not more so for some movements) than just training techniques and movements.<br />
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Watch this video of a practice Parkour training session using TAGteach to focus and improve skills and reduce fear:<br />
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">TAGteach Webinar: Tagging Without the Tagger - Applying TAGteach Principles to Any Situation (Free for Members)</span></b><br />
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<b>TAGteach Primary Certification and Training Seminar </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Eva Bertilsson Och Emelie Vegh-Johnson</span><br />
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These videos and comments were recorded during the Primary Certification Seminar which we have held at the TICE Center in Piacenza. Among all the wonderful things presented, I would like to share these two videos. Thank you to the participants!<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Video #1: Teaching Sign Language to a Learner that is Deaf, Mute and Visually Impaired</span></b><br />
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TAGteach stands for “Teaching with Acoustical Guidance”. Actually, what is unusual about the methodology shown in this video is the type of a marker (tag) used to reinforce students’ correct answers. In this video, (presented for the Primary Certification) by Gabriella (the teacher) and Eleanor (the student) the marker is no longer acoustical, but tactile. The tag phrasing is not verbal but tactile and is modeled by the teacher with her hands. As long as the marker is always consistent and can be easily perceived by the student any stimulus is suitable. In the project, the 'student' is a deaf-mute person and visually impaired.<br />
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I can only add that it was one of the most exciting experiences that I have had since working with TAGteach. See below for an explanation of what is going on in the video.<br />
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0.00: The teacher " draws" on students shoulder the letter R. Many people with similar disabilities like those presented in this project, learn to recognize the letters in this way. In the project we want to teach the correct sign for the letter R. The first phase of the video shows how, usually, these behaviors are thought.<br />
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0.30: Student does not perform the action properly. The teacher checks her program<br />
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0.32: The instructions are presented by the teacher with the right hand . The student " feels " the movements with her left hand and replicate it with her right hand.<br />
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0.35: The TAG is a touch on the right leg.<br />
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0.43: The teacher lowers student’s right hand of the . In this way they get ready for the next step of the practice.<br />
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1:10: after checking the skills of the student , the teacher moves back to ask the complete gesture for the letter R. The teacher holds student’sright hand, to indicate the exact number of rotations of the wrist required for the letter R. Lacking the ability to communicate visually or verbally ithe touch is the only means of communication.<br />
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1:15: The teacher explains why he has decided to take action by blocking the wrist<br />
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1.30 : The student repeats the gesture correctly.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #38761d;">"as far as my experience I can say that it was interesting to play the role of someone with these problems. I'm always the other side, teaching someone, and, with this experience, I truly realized what it means to want to succeed in something and have a thousand of obstacles. Then, blindfolded and silence all around, so many thoughts went through my head, and the most common was "Am I wrong?" I think, however, that it is the recurring thought of anyone who is actually learning. Having a good teacher as Gabriella, and an immediate signal that I could use to have clear evidence of my success, was a big help. I think that the TAGteach methodology that you have shown us to could have some interesting applications, used properly and setting realistic goals."</span></b></blockquote>
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Get an expectant mother, a doctor and a therapist, add a puppet and what comes out is this wonderful lesson to teach to breastfeed. Thanks to Sara & Sara (the two teachers) and Serena, future mom!<br /><br /><i>If Eleonora and Gabriella's video was exciting, this one was fun, professional and instructive. Personally I wish we'd had someone to tell us how to breastfeed during the first week of my son's life when he wanted to suck as he thought it had to be done.<br />...<br />many sleepless nights</i><br /><div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
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<i><b><a href="http://www.tagteachitalia.com/articoli/tagteach-in-piacenza-2013/" target="_blank">Click here</a> for more from Luca at the TAGteach Italia page</b></i>Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-19730108181600392952013-10-07T15:40:00.000-04:002013-10-07T17:09:08.976-04:00TAGteach Nominated for SuperNova Award for Use of Gabitat Social Team Software<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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TAGteach International is proud to announce that it has been selected as a finalist in the SuperNova Awards, sponsored by <a href="https://www.constellationr.com/">Constellation Research</a>. The finalists were selected from a pool of over 220 applicants, and recognized by the <a href="https://www.constellationr.com/content/supernova-award-judges">SuperNova Award Judges</a> as exceptional examples of those who embody the SuperNova Award spirit to innovate and overcome the odds in successfully applying emerging and disruptive technologies within their organizations. The winners of the SuperNova Awards will be announced at the SuperNova Awards gala dinner on October 30, 2013 in Half Moon Bay, California. Applicants were subjected to a vigorous set of criteria that reflect real-world and pragmatic experience. <br />
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"We've been very impressed with the quality of this year's SuperNova Awards finalists. The individual and companies who have been selected truly buck the trend and show disruption," said R "Ray" Wang, principal analyst and CEO of Constellation Research, Inc.<br />
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TAGteach International is a finalist in the category, The Future of Work, for using the new social team software, <a href="http://gabitat.com/" target="_blank">Gabitat</a> in publishing and marketing its book: Chaos to Calm: Discovering Solutions to the Everyday Problems of Living with Autism. Gabitat allowed the team scattered across North America in three time zones to work together efficiently, share documents using Box, track tasks using Asana, share and edit Google docs, and communicate using a central discussion area, all from within a single user interface.<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><b>"Overall, I don't see how we could have done this project and taken a manuscript from draft from to published book in the time we did without </b><a href="http://gabitat.com/" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Gabitat</a><b>. There were no problems with losing documents or data; there were no system crashes. It was reliable, convenient and easy to use", </b>said author <a href="https://www.autismchaostocalm.com/" target="_blank">Martha Gabler</a>.</span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.constellationr.com/content/sna2013/supernova-award-2013-finalists">Public voting</a> continues until Oct 9, 2013 and will contribute 30% toward the final decision, with judging by a panel contributing 70%.<br />
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<b>About TAGteach</b><br />
<a href="http://tagteach.com/" target="_blank">TAGteach</a> is a company dedicated to promoting positive strategies for increased productivity and success in every facet of life. TAGteach offers public seminars and private consulting to teach people in all fields of endeavor how to reduce instructions into manageable pieces, present these to the learner in an effective way and provide immediate positive reinforcement. <br />
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<b>About Gabitat</b><br />
<a href="http://gabitat.com/" target="_blank">Gabitat</a> is social team software that gives users a single interface from which to share and discuss content from many different cloud applications.<br />
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<b>About Constellation Research</b><br />
<a href="https://www.constellationr.com/">Constellation Research, Inc.</a> is a research and advisory firm focused on helping organizations apply emerging technologies to disrupt business models.<br />
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Joan Orrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08370425566079116793noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3616733788068373909.post-29235445485784677032013-10-03T08:49:00.000-04:002013-10-03T08:52:48.865-04:00Peer Reviewed Published Study: TAGteach and Autism<div style="border: 0px; color: #555555; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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Angela Persicke, Marianne Jackson, Amanda N. Adams. 2013. <strong style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brief Report: An Evaluation of TAGteach Components to Decrease Toe-Walking in a 4-Year-Old Child with Autism. </strong>Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Sept 2013.</div>
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The current study evaluated the effectiveness of using a modified <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">TAGteach</em>™ procedure and correction to decrease toe-walking in a 4-year-old boy with autism. Two conditions were analyzed: correction alone and correction with an audible conditioned reinforcing stimulus. Correction alone produced minimal and inconsistent decreases in toe-walking but correction with an audible conditioned stimulus proved most effective in reducing this behavior. This has implications for decreasing toe-walking in other children with autism and may be easily used by teachers and parents.</div>
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