Table 1.
Program Modules
| Module | Details | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Expected Development | Expected language development, social interaction and thinking and self-help for children ages 12 to 60 months | Video – English videos with introductions in Albanian |
| 2. Basic Principles of Teaching | Principles of ABA, including reinforcement, how to choose rewards prompts, and prompt fading | Video – Primarily Albanian |
| 3. Choosing Skills To Teach and Breaking Skills into Smaller Parts | Eye contact, making requests, selection of functional and socially significant targets for teaching | Video – Primarily Albanian |
| 4. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) | Introduction to PECS, initiating communication and expanding the use of pictures | Video – Primarily Albanian |
| 5A. Teaching Children In The Context of Daily Routines | Teaching language, imitation, play, eye contact, social interaction during daily routines | Video – Primarily English, with introductions in Albanian |
| 5B. Teaching Games and Activities | Additional specific activities for waking up and going to sleep, diaper changing and dressing, meal time, learning during errands, chore time, bath time, indoor play, outdoor play, and music-themed play | Manual |
| 6A. Setting Up Special Learning Sessions | Learning to sit in the learning place and comply with simple instructions, imitating, matching, following instructions | Video – Primarily Albanian |
| 6B. Importance of Using Clear Instructions and the Concepts of Mastery and Generalization | Importance of giving clear instructions using simple language, how to measure mastery, and how to facilitate maintenance and generalization | Manual |
| 7. Teaching Pretend Play | Knowing when the child is ready to begin pretend play, choosing toys that encourage pretend play, one-step and multi-step play with your child, simple pretend play with an object as an actor | Manual |
| 8. Prevention and Handling of Problem Behavior | Crying and fussing as forms of communication, recognizing problem behavior, strategies for preventing problem behaviors, increasing cooperation, choosing battles wisely | Manual |
| 9. Picky Eating | When is picky eating a problem, how to handle normal picky eating, selecting new foods to introduce, a program to increase child's food repertoire, teaching children to use utensils | Manual |
| 10. Toilet Training | When is your child ready for toilet training?, toilet training during the day, planned "sitting", responding to accidents during training sessions, fading prompts | Manual |