Goal: Understand and Use Idioms

Sample Goal:

When given a particular idiom, Client will demonstrate appropriate use of the idiom by writing or speaking a short paragraph that uses that idiom on 80% of observed opportunities.

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Therapy Phases:

  1. Define: When asked, Client will define the word “idiom” as “a phrase that people say that is commonly accepted as having a different meaning than the individual words may lead you to believe” on three consecutive data collection days.
  2. Understand: When shown a paragraph that uses an idiom, Client will describe the intended meaning of the idiom (not the literal meaning) on 80% of observed opportunities on three consecutive data collection days.
  3. Use: When given a particular idiom, Client will demonstrate appropriate use of the idiom by writing or speaking a short paragraph that uses that idiom on 80% of observed opportunities.

What’s Next?

  • Once the client has mastered idioms, you can move on to other types of figurative language (such as similes and metaphors) or other types of abstract language (such as inferencing, hyperbole, and sarcasm).

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