Generalization and Maintenance

It’s important to teach our learners new skills. It’s just as important to make sure previously mastered skills are generalized and maintained. Here, we cover the best ways to incorporate generalization and maintenance into our learners’ programming. Generalization is the ability to show the same skill under different conditions, which includes different people, materials, places, and more.

Sometimes, we get very specific about the skill we’re teaching, but we forget to diversify the situations so our learners can generalize those skills. Right from the start of a program, we should include variety to instill generalization as soon as possible. We discuss some real-world examples of generalization and helpful techniques to include in your practice. We also talk about stimulus and response generalization, the definition of maintenance and how it ties into generalization, and how to encourage maintenance once a program is closed.

What’s Inside:

• The importance of diversifying situations when teaching skills to learners
• Examples of stimulus and response generalization
• How to encourage maintenance after the end of a program

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