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Oct 2024
14m 35s

Receptive Language Skills and Discrimina...

Shira Karpel & Shayna Gaunt
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A member of our Bx Resource membership community raised a question about teaching receptive language skills, specifically receptive labels, as the strategies she tried weren’t working. Here, we cover how to teach receptive language skills and discrimination to our learners. We go over the steps to take when building a receptive language program, starting wit ... Show More
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