The weather is heating up, but learning has never been cooler! Learning opportunities are all around us. Whether you are a parent or teacher, there are many simple ways in which you can integrate learning into daily life. In this presentation, Rethink's own Stephanie Whitley takes a look at the advantages of Incidental Teaching. She provides tips for how to incorporate more learning into your child's or student's everyday routines during the summer.

3. Objectives:
•Learn what incidental teaching is and
looks like
•Learn the reason for and advantages of
incidental teaching
•Be able to identify different
examples/situations in which incidental
teaching can be used

4. “occurs when a child shows interest in
an activity or item (reinforcer) and the
child is reinforced with the activity or
item as a natural consequence ”
(Charlop-Christy & Carpenter, 2000)
Taking advantage of a teaching opportunity (contrived
or natural) in order to teach a new skill or
maintain/generalize a previously learned skill.
Incidental Teaching:

5. Incidental
Teaching
Discrete Trial
Training
• Child initiated • Adult initiated
Utilize 3 Term Contingency
• Utilizes teaching
materials
• Structured
environment
• Utilizes objects
from child’s
environment
• Low structure
environment
Goals are socially significant
Progress is analyzed

6. Reasons:
Incidental
Teaching
Language
Expansion
Generalization
Relationship

7. How does it work?

8. The Process…
Seize the
Moment
Contrive
Opportunity
Wait
Support
Confirm

9. Step One

10. Looking
Pointing
Seize the Moment:
Reaching

11. YOUR TURN

12. Contrive Opportunities:

18. YOUR TURN

19. Step Two

21. Step Three

22. Support:

23. Step Four

24. Confirm:

26. Seize
Wait
Support
Confirm

27. Seize Wait
Support
Confirm

29. SupportSeize Wait Confirm

30. Support
Seize
Wait Confirm

31. Support
Seize
Wait
Confirm

32. Wrap up:
•What incidental teaching is and looks
like.
•The reason for and advantages of
incidental teaching.
•The reason for and advantages of
incidental teaching.

33. Rethink Training Center
http://www.rethinkfirst.com
Rethink June Blog
http://rethinkrethink.com/2015/06/making-summer-fun-and-education-for-
you-and-your-child/
Project SPIES Chapter Guide.
http://www.spiesforparents.cpd.usu.edu/Modules/learning.htm
Incidental Teaching - Special Learning Article.
http://www.special-learning.com/article/incidental_teaching
Webber, J., & Scheuermann, B. (2008). Educating students
with autism: A quick start manual. Austin, Tex.: PRO-ED.