How Children with Autism Learn to Mand | What is a Mand?

Dr. Mary Barbera discusses how children with autism learn to mand.
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In this video, I share one of the lessons from my courses which is all about manding. So what is a mand exactly? Manding is the skill of asking questions, it’s a part of our daily life as we mand for items, mand for attention, and many other requests and needs. Manding for information involves asking questions that will receive meaningful information.
Before teaching your child or client to mand for information they should be manding for items that are in front of them. There are many steps involved in manding for information in this setting, with an engaging activity the learner will notice a needed item is missing, mand (ask) where it is, and follow the directions (the information they received by asking) to find and retrieve the missing item. This is a hallmark skill that contributes to more learning and conversation skills in a child’s life.
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Dr. Mary Barbera. I fell into the autism world as an autism mom in 1999 when her first-born son, Lucas, was diagnosed with autism. Since then, she became a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and best-selling author of The Verbal Behavior Approach. Since 2015, she’s created 3 autism online courses based on applied behavior analysis for professionals and "gung-ho" parents. Whether you’re looking for autism parenting strategies, working with developmental delays in children, or in search of autism help for professionals, I can encourage you to subscribe to the channel and join me on my journey. I’ll be providing weekly autism resources that you don’t want to miss.