Prompt Dependence and Fading Adult Support

• Stoplight Cards

  Students show red, yellow or green to say where they are in independent work, without leaving their seat or calling out. You read the room and go to the students who need you most, in order.

  Layered EducationTemplate or formTry tomorrowWhole classPDF

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• Avoiding Prompt Dependence

  Review least-to-most prompting, most-to-least prompting, and time delay on one page.

  Project ACCESSQuick read1 pageTry tomorrowOne student

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• Prompting: Brief Packet

  Use the step-by-step guide, planning checklists, and data sheets to plan least-to-most prompting.

  AFIRMStrategy guide53 pagesPlan togetherOne student

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• Time Delay: Brief Packet

  Download the overview and materials for building a planned wait before prompting.

  AFIRMStrategy guidePlan togetherOne student

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• Embedded Instruction in the Inclusive Classroom

  Plan short practice trials inside general education lessons, with a five-second wait that peers and adults lengthen.

  TIES CenterStrategy guidePlan togetherOne student

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• Helping or Hovering? The Role of the Paraprofessional

  Use eight tips to shift adult support from one student to the whole class. Ask: need or habit?

  SWIFT Education CenterQuick readPlan togetherWhole class

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• Deployment of Teaching Assistants: Guidance Report

  Find the recommendations poster and tools on how support staff can build independence. Written for schools in England.

  Education Endowment FoundationResearch summaryLearn moreWhole class

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• Scaffold practice: Primary and secondary

  Australian teachers, including Year 10 and Year 11 classes, show how they plan a scaffold, check progress, and fade help. Transcript included.

  AEROVideoPlan togetherWhole class

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• HLP #15: Use Scaffolded Supports

  Explains planned and on the spot scaffolds, then shows teachers giving support and removing it once students no longer need it.

  CEC High-Leverage PracticesVideoPlan togetherOne student

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