Lesson 4: Recap
Lesson 4: Teaching Object Imitation

Rationale:

The ultimate goal of RIT is to get in a back and forth social interaction game where you and your child imitate each other. However, because your child is still developing imitating skills, you will need to follow steps for teaching object imitation in order to promote his or her imitation skills.

Key Points:

  • Follow the steps for teaching object imitation each time you want your child to imitate you
  • Increase your child’s motivation
  • Use a verbal label
  • Model actions your child is likely to imitate
  • Give praise
  • You are doing RIT when you are imitating your child, describing play, and the steps for teaching object imitation together

After you have answered the questions below, spend some time practicing the steps for teaching object imitation. Don't forget to start by imitating your child, and then incorporate the steps for teaching object imitation presented in this lesson. Once you have done this, complete the Reflection questions.

Lesson 4: Recap Quiz

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  1. How do you think your child will respond when you use the steps for teaching object imitation?1
  2. How do you think your child will respond if you use a physical prompt to help him or her complete the play action?1
  3. What kind of challenges might arise as you follow the steps for teaching object imitation? What about when you use all of the techniques together to implement RIT?1
  4. During which play our routine activities will you practice using all of the RIT techniques together?1
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