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Priming: Introduction

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Priming helps prepare children for an upcoming activity or event with which they may have difficulty.

Does your child experience:

  • Difficulty adapting to new learning situations?
  • Difficulty with transitions?
  • Avoidance behaviors when presented with materials or tasks?
  • Difficulty interacting with adults and peers?

Priming is an intervention that helps prepare children for an upcoming activity or event with which they normally have difficulty. Priming can occur at home or in the classroom and is most effective if it is built into the child’s routine.

Priming sessions are short and concise, and typically involve using the actual materials that will be used in the lesson. It is not meant to teach the material. Instead, priming familiarizes the child with the material so he/she is comfortable with it and therefore more ready to learn.

Priming is an effective strategy for increasing success with a variety of tasks such as comprehending new material, interacting with others and reducing behavioral problems due to anxiety caused by environmental changes.

Priming is not meant to teach, only to familiarize!

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