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Teaching Strategies for ASD Students

Constant time delay is an instructional prompting strategy used to teach facts or behaviors to students, especially those with autism or intellectual disabilities. It involves the teacher presenting a stimulus, like a flashcard, followed by a consistent time delay before prompting the student to respond. If the student answers correctly, they receive positive reinforcement. The time delay is gradually increased as the student masters the skill. Constant time delay has been shown to effectively teach sight words and internet search skills to students with moderate to severe disabilities.

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Teaching Strategies for ASD Students

Constant time delay is an instructional prompting strategy used to teach facts or behaviors to students, especially those with autism or intellectual disabilities. It involves the teacher presenting a stimulus, like a flashcard, followed by a consistent time delay before prompting the student to respond. If the student answers correctly, they receive positive reinforcement. The time delay is gradually increased as the student masters the skill. Constant time delay has been shown to effectively teach sight words and internet search skills to students with moderate to severe disabilities.

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Constant Time Delay

What is it?
It is an instructional prompting strategy where an instructor provides a
natural stimulus followed by a time-delayed prompt often used to master
facts or behaviors.

Who does it help?


It is often used with students that have ASD and Intellectual Disabilities.
It provides a focused method for learning specific facts or behaviors.
More broadly it can be used with all learners in grades K-8, but is
primarily used as a 1 teacher to 1 student strategy.

Key Benefits
This technique reinforces the learned response through both
the delay, which provides the opportunity for the student to
respond and the positive reinforcement upon the successful
completion.


Procedures:
1) The teacher administers direction such as showing the student a
fact on a flashcard (example: 2+2 =).
2) The teacher then provides a prompt by saying, Two plus two
equals 4, what does 2+2 equal?
3) If the student answers correctly, the teacher provides positive
reinforcement such as, Good job.
4) If the student does not get the correct answer, the teacher repeats
steps 2-3.
5) Once the student has mastered the facts with a 0 second time delay
(steps 1-4), the teacher introduces a constant time delay between
steps 1-2. The time delay is typically between 3, 4 or 5 seconds.



Johnson, M. Hayden #6


Types of Time Delays
1) Constant time delay As
described above, the teacher
maintains a consistent time
for each round between the
direction and the prompt.
2) Progressive time delay The
teacher increases the time
delay during each subsequent
round in order to build to the
target delay interval.

Bibliography
Gast, D. L., Ault, M. J., & Wolery, M. (1988). Comparison of constant time delay
and the system of least prompts in teaching sight word reading to students
with moderate retardation. Education & Training In Mental Retardation, 23117128.
Riesen, T., McDonnell, J., & Johnson, J. W. (2003). A Comparison of Constant
Time Delay and Simultaneous Prompting Within Embedded Instruction in
General Education Classes with Students with Moderate to Severe Disabilities.
Journal Of Behavioral Education, 12(4), 241-259.


Zisimopoulos, D., Sigafoos, J., & Koutromanos, G. (2011). Using Video Prompting
and Constant Time Delay to Teach an Internet Search Basic Skill to Students
with Intellectual Disabilities. Education & Training In Autism & Developmental
Disabilities, 46(2), 238-250.

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