Teaching Eye Contact: Video Demonstrations | RBT PDU | 0.5 Hour

This recording introduces teaching eye contact as a topic of debate in behavior analysis and then consists primarily of video demonstrations of interventionist–learner interactions. In the examples, adults prompt learners to orient toward the speaker or materials, respond to questions, and participate in instructional or play activities. Several clips include prompts such as “look” or “check it out,” followed by feedback such as “nice looking” or praise for answering. One sequence uses animal pictures and a shared reading of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? while the instructor repeatedly redirects attention to materials and acknowledges responses. A later reading activity uses Amelia Bedelia Makes a Friend and a playful listening rule: the learner performs a silly movement only when hearing the name “Amelia Bedelia.” The adult practices the rule, includes distractor names, and praises correct responding. Together, these clips supply concrete examples of prompting, learner responding, feedback, and contingent participation in shared activities. Because the transcript is dominated by recorded dialogue rather than extended narration, it provides limited explicit explanation of the presenter’s broader clinical recommendations.