What makes Give Me A Voice unique?

All teaching steps are broken down into an easy to read “Quick Reference Steps” section within the text in order to provide the reader with a reference of exactly how to teach at each stage of instruction.

In other words, Give Me A Voice teaches you how to motivate a learner to WANT to have a voice. Give Me A Voice describes in detail how the reader can analyze a learner’s current reinforcer repertoire and answer the base question “What do they like about what they like?”  Once this question is answered, Give Me A Voice describes how this information can be used to exponentially increase a learner’s list of reinforcers which maximizes both the amount and intensity of communication opportunities. This increase in the quality and quantity of communication practice is what helps your loved one or client find their voice!

Give Me A Voice provides step-by-step instructions on how to teach a learner to fully communicate far beyond just basic wants and needs using either a mobile device or traditional picture exchange. This helps a parent or clinician connect on a more intimate level with their loved one or client.

Everyone loves routines and a learner looking to gain a voice is no different.  Give Me A Voice gives detailed instructions on how to use these routines in order to best predict a learner’s highest motivation point and increase initial skill acquisition.

Give Me A Voice advocates for always keeping a learner’s motivation as high as possible.  This means we recommend that the teacher focuses more on what is uniquely motivating for the learner than on just teaching techniques. The notion of “teaching compliance” or gaining “instructional control” is scrapped in favor of an approach that encourages constant learner engagement. At its core, Give Me A Voice believes that all non-verbal individuals hold thoughts, feelings and desires that deserve to be heard and the way to unlock those inner thoughts is through fostering what motivates them the most.

The Give Me A Voice method was written to be implemented by just one person at all stages of learning.  This was done in order to align with what actually happens in the real world where having more than one person to work with a learner is rare. This means that the method and strategies can be accessed by anyone, anywhere, anytime!

The step-by-step method provided in Give Me A Voice has been made flexible so that it can be used in any setting such as home, school, or a community location. Strategies are explained using simple, basic language so that the method can be used by a wide range of readers with limited to no prior experience.

All of the text in Give Me A Voice was purposely written using common language so that parents and other family members that do not have prior training in ABA can access the content and use the method immediately. There will be no need for reading additional books, flipping through a dictionary or looking up terms on the Internet.

Give Me A Voice has provided free downloadable forms to support important steps within the Give Me A Voice method. These helpful visual aids allow the reader to simply download, print and use the forms immediately with their learner.