Table 1.

Guidelines from grow and LeBlanc (2013)

Grow and LeBlanc (2013) guidelines	Additional strategies
Require an observing response
For visual stimuli
For auditory stimuli
Minimize inadvertent instructor cues
Eye gaze and physical movements	Sound discrimination
	Receptive video labeling
	Receptive singing labeling
Voice modulation	Voice inflection
Purposefully arrange the antecedent stimuli and required behaviors
Teach distinctly different behaviors	Verb–noun combination
	Touch object versus hand object
Introduce multiple targets simultaneously	Simple-to-conditional discrimination
	Blocked trials
	Time expansion
	Two-item field
Consider interspersing mastered targets	Similar task interspersal with expansion trials
Select appropriate and concise auditory instructions	Verb–noun combination
Counterbalance visual and/or auditory stimuli
Select features of the discriminative stimulus and incorrect comparison stimuli	Modes of stimuli
Use effective prompting and differential reinforcement
Identify an effective prompt and fading strategy
Conduct systematic preference assessments	Embedded discrete trial teaching
	Modified incidental teaching
Use differential reinforcement
Troubleshoot existing problems with stimulus control

Strategies that expand upon the guidelines are in boldface font. Those that violate the guidelines are in regular font. For example, the verb–noun combination strategy both expands upon one guideline and violates another