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Using PowerPoint 2016 to Create Individualized Matching to Sample Sessions

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Discrete-trial-training procedures, particularly matching to sample (MTS), are often used to teach children with autism and/or intellectual disabilities. An example is touching a picture that corresponds to a spoken word. When conducted in a “tabletop” manner, the teacher must arrange several pictures on a table, provide the spoken word, and present response consequences, all while maintaining procedural integrity and collecting data. Using computer programs can greatly reduce the burden on practitioners, but many do not have the access, funding, or time to use complex and expensive software. This report serves as a guide to making MTS tasks that have many of the benefits of computerization using Microsoft® PowerPoint™ 2016, a program that many practitioners have basic knowledge of, and access to. Past papers have described the use of PowerPoint™ for whole classroom instruction. This report expands the use of PowerPoint™ to present individualized instruction that detects child responses and presents consequences based on those responses.

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  1. Because PowerPoint™ moves in a forward progression, it is not possible to use a slide for incorrect responses. If there were a slide for incorrect responses, PowerPoint™ would show it following feedback for a correct response.

  2. There is also an option to insert sound in the Timing menu found under the Transitions tab. We do not suggest using this option to play sound on the Start and Choice Slides, because the sound will not repeat. Audio selected for a transition will only play once, when the slide first appears.

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  1. Department of Applied Behavioral Science, Dole Human Development Center Rm 4001, University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA

    Carol Cummings

  2. Life Span Institute, Dole Human Development Center Rm 1052, University of Kansas, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA

    Kathryn J. Saunders

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Cummings, C., Saunders, K.J. Using PowerPoint 2016 to Create Individualized Matching to Sample Sessions. Behav Analysis Practice 12, 483–490 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-018-0223-2

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