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1. B is a 20-year-old student. She has an intellectual disability.

2. B is working on grocery shopping independently, specifically finding items and payingusing the dollar up method.

3. B can complete tasks in a timely manner most of the time but makes errors when shegets distracted. She has been taught a general description of the first three isles (out of

five) at Aldi (on Prospect by Walmart). When B shops, she looks for the items on her

shopping list but does not always make purchases due to lack of school funding.However, she has opportunities to practice paying in other contexts (such has when

eating out or making purchases for recreation).

4.

What? Why? Source

Where does B shop? To determine what items to include and to

determine the store layout

Ask Bs

teacher

Answer: Aldi

What does B usually

buy at the store?

To decide what sections of the store she might

know

Bs Teacher,

observation,

B

Answer: She buys chicken nuggets, but her teacher wants her to become accustomed with

staple items.

What method does B

use to pay for items?

To determine where to proceed with instruction Bs teacher

Answer: B has had previous instruction in the dollar up method.

What has Bs

previous shoppinginstruction looked

like?

To determine what B might know and what might

have worked.

Bs teacher,

observation

Answer: Her teacher has taught her isle-by-isle, up through the third isle.

What

accommodations

does B currently use

shopping?

To determine how best to teach her to use the list

in the context of instruction.

Observation,

Bs teacher

Answer: B uses a picture shopping list.

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5.

What? Why? Source

What items can B find in the store?How long does it take her to find certain

items?Does she have a procedure for looking foritems (go isle by isle, look for similar items)?

What does she do if she cant find an item?

Can B pay for items using the dollar up

strategy independently?

To determine Bs skilllevel and anticipate the

errors she will make.

Runningrecord

PROCEDURES:

Mark + for each step completed correctly and a for steps completed incorrectly. Forrepeat steps tally the number of +s. For the total, but the number of +s out of the total

number of steps.

1. Get cart go into the store2. Look at shopping list for items in isle one

3. Look through shelves to find item

4. Find item and cross off list (and put in cart if buying)

(repeat step 3 and 4 for every item on list from that isle)

5. Look at shopping list for items in isle two

6. Look through shelves to find item

7. Find item and cross off list (and put in cart if buying)

(repeat step 6 and 7 for every item on list from that isle)

8. Look at shopping list for items in isle 3 (NOT SEASONAL)

9. Look through shelves to find item

10. Find item and cross off list (and put in cart if buying)(repeat step 9 and 10 for every item on list from that isle)

11. Look at shopping list for items in the meat section

12. Look through shelves to find item

13. Find item and cross off list (and put in cart if buying)

(repeat step 12 and 13 for every item on list from that isle)

14. Look at shopping list for items in isle four

15. Look through shelves to find item

16. Find item and cross off list (and put in cart if buying)

(repeat step 15 and 16 for every item on list from that section)

17. Look at shopping list for items in the produce

18. Look through displays to find item

19. Find item and cross off list (and put in cart if buying)

(repeat step 18 and 19 for every item on list from that isle)

20. Look at shopping list for items in isle five (the far wall)

21. Look through shelves to find item

22. Find item and cross off list (and put in cart if buying)

(repeat step 21 and 22 for every item on list from that isle)

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23. Get in line at the check out.

24. Put items on belt

25. Greet Cashier

26. When cashier says amount out loud, give one dollar more.

27. Take the receipt.

Data: See data sheet (attached)

Answer: B could find some items, but she was inconsistent about scanning isles andconsulting her list. Also, she did not give the cashier the correct amount or remember to

take the receipt.

6.B could find some items, but she was inconsistent about scanning isles and consulting her

list. She had no real procedure for looking for an item she couldnt find right away. She

missed some items in isles she knows. When paying, B did not give the cashier thecorrect amount or remember to take the receipt.

7. When shopping at the grocery store, B will correctly complete 90% of steps of the task

analysis across 3 consecutive trials.

8. Teaching B to grocery shop will allow her to grocery shop independently. This will

also give her the skills to pay for other items on her own. By having these skills, B willbe able to make more choices about what she buys.