Dee Ann is teaching a little boy with autism how to get his lunch at the school cafeteria. The task has been broken down into the following steps: pick up a tray, place silverware on the tray, go through the line, choose a beverage, and then go sit down. The first few days, she does all of the steps with him except for choosing a beverage, which he does himself. Once he can select his beverage on his own without assistance, she starts having him walk through the line by himself and choose his beverage. Then once that is mastered, she has him place the silverware on the tray himself as well as the subsequent tasks. Dee Ann follows this pattern until the little boy is capable of getting his lunch for himself. Dee Ann is using a(n) ____ process for self-care skills training of her client.

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Dee Ann is using backward chaining, where the last step of the task is taught first, and then the preceding steps are taught in reverse order until the entire task is learned.

Dee Ann Is Teaching a Little Boy with Autism How