Dee Ann Is Teaching a Little Boy with Autism How

question 9

Multiple Choice

Dee Ann is teaching a little boy with autism how to get his lunch at the school cafeteria. The task has been broken down into the following steps: pick up a tray, place silverware on the tray, go through the line, choose a beverage, and then go sit down. The first few days, she does all of the steps with him except for choosing a beverage, which he does himself. Once he can select his beverage on his own without assistance, she starts having him walk through the line by himself and choose his beverage. Then once that is mastered, she has him place the silverware on the tray himself as well as the subsequent tasks. Dee Ann follows this pattern until the little boy is capable of getting his lunch for himself. Dee Ann is using a(n) ____ process for self-care skills training of her client.

• A) random chaining
• B) forward chaining
• C) backward chaining
• D) simultaneous chaining

---

Definitions:

Sweet Flavors

A taste sensation that is pleasingly sugary and is one of the five basic tastes.

Taste Preference

An individual's predisposition towards liking or disliking certain flavors and foods.

Piaget's Stages

A theory of cognitive development that outlines how children progress through four stages: sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational.

Cognitive Development

The process by which individuals learn and develop mental processes used for thinking, understanding, reasoning, and problem-solving throughout their lives.