Joan: Kathy says, “Oh no, Kerri’s mega-obsession —– plastic sea creatures, ha, ha, ha. Did he 

get to keep them?” Yes, he did get to keep them.

Jen says, “Calm, relaxed and positive.” 

Shubata says, “Great video. Amazing how fast he learned and generalized.” She also said, “I like 

the creative use of a toy reinforcer.”

Joan: When you are trying to change a behavior that’s been reinforced by itself – getting melon 

out of the fridge is a reinforcing behavior by itself – and we are not stopping him from doing 

that. Any time he wants he can go and open the fridge, so in order for us to insert another 

behavior into that chain we had to come up with a good reinforcer that we could use for that 

alternative behavior. We know that he loves sea creatures, so that was something even better 

than getting melon, for him.

Martha: Yes, you could see that on his face. His face just lit up. 

Joan: Jennifer Shryock says, “Yes, you can see him thinking it through.” Yes, the wheels are 

always turning. 

Joan: Kathy said, “Lear understood the structure of the game.” Yes, Lear is a frequent visitor 

here, so he’s been a TAGteach guinea pig for quite some time. You will see Lear growing up in 

the course of these videos. He definitely knows when we are going to tag and he understands 

exactly what works and how to make everything go to his advantage.