If one day you do 7 trials and the next day you do 25 – you aren’t going to be able to compare your data. That isn’t so you can add up how many you did each day, it’s so you can remember how many total trials you are doing. That’s why my DTT data sheets have a column for total number of trials. If you are using food, make it small amounts (cut up gummy worms, use mini m&ms, small pieces of chips, etc.). Make it awesome when they get it correct.

Use high powered reinforcers! Enough said.

There are some essentials that you need to have and need to do when running DTT: This is something we have talked a lot about. This works best with students who can sit and wait. I recommend putting the data sheet or post it in front of each student and going in a circle in the same order. Sometimes the teacher gods shine down on your and you have multiple kids with the same goals, get extra organized with your data sheets and alternate trials between students. 3.} If kids have the same goals, work together. When you are done with the first student, repeat until you’ve worked with each kid. You work on DTT with one student and have the other two work on the independent tasks.

When you have a group of 3 students, have a big ole’ bin of independent work (file folders, the leveled work books are great for this, worksheets, etc.). 2.} During small groups, work with one student at a time. Maybe during large group activities, independent work, or any random down time, pull students one on one to work on DTT programs. Here are some ways you can use this in your room: 1.} Pull students one on one. This is why grouping students and that all important schedule that we talked so much about in the fall is critically essential. This is a one on one teaching method and I doubt any of you have only one student.

The next question in everyone’s head is how can I use this in my classroom.

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