VB-MAPP
VB-MAPP- The Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) is used with your child to expand their skills through the verbal operants. The verbal operants are foundational in developing language and communication skills. Verbal operants include the mand, tact, echoic, intraverbal, listener responding, motor imitation, and visual perception match-to-sample.
Mand (Requesting) Activities
Requesting preferred items (with or without item present)
Requesting missing items needed to complete an activity (ex: requesting “spoon” when given yogurt to eat
Requesting actions from others (ex: “push” on the swing or “open” for assistance)
Tact (Labeling) Activities
Labeling reinforcing items (ex: Mommy, cookie, bubbles)
Labeling non-reinforcing items (common objects – animals, vehicles, clothing, furniture, food, school supplies)
Labeling colors/shapes
Labeling ongoing actions in the environment (clapping, dancing)
Can read a book/look at a book and have child label items in the pictures
Listener Responding Activities
Attending to a speaker’s voice by making eye contact
Responding when name is called
Performing motor actions on command (ex: jump, touch head, clap)
Following 1 to 3 step directions (ex: come here, stop, wait, get the _____)
Visual Perceptual Skills/Matching to Sample Activities
Visually tracking items
Using a pincer grasp
Placing items in a container/placing rings on a peg/stacking items
Matching items/pictures
Sorting colors/shapes
Pattern worksheets
Puzzles
Independent Play Activities
Varying play by interacting with different objects
Engaging in movement play (dancing, jumping, swinging)
Engaging in cause-and-effect play (dumping containers, ball drop toys)
Searching for missing items from toys
Playing with toys according to their function
Independently engaging in play on structures or playground equipment
Social Behavior & Social Play Activities
Making eye contact
Playing with siblings/family
Initiating physical interactions with peers
Motor Imitation Activities
Imitating motor movements (with or without objects) when prompted with “do this” or “copy me” (ex: jumping, touching toes, rolling ball)
Listener Responding by Feature, Function & Class Activities
When reading/looking at a book, selecting the correct item based on the feature, function, or class (ex: Find something you eat and child points out a cookie)
Intraverbal Activities
Providing responses to fill-in statements (ex: ‘The Wheels on the ____’ or ‘ready, set, _____’)
Asking your child questions
Routines & Group Skills Activities
Sitting at a table without negative behavior or trying to leave the table
Putting away personal items
Transitioning between activities
Reading Activities
Attending to a story being read
Identifying and labeling letters
Practicing sounding out letter sounds
Identifying own name
Writing Activities
Drawing lines and shapes
Tracing lines and shapes
Writing letters, numbers, and name
Play Plans
Coloring
Math Activities
Identifying and labeling numbers
Rote counting
Counting out objects from a set
Identifying comparisons involving measuremen
Life Skills Activities- List sent home with instructions and suggestions
Hand washing
Setting placemat
Sorting utensils