Before, action, after
Make something useful
- Make three blank places: before, action and after.
- Choose one own check question and record actual or proposed operator/action.
- Keep what was actually seen or reported. If the outcome is unknown, leave it unknown; use not tried only when no action happened.
Example and next help
Prepare three places for one own checking question. Label the before view actual/proposed; name actual/proposed operator/action; retain observed, attributed reported or unknown after information. 'Not tried' is used only if no action occurred. A fictional cue-placement result illustrates the distinction after the child's record. No repeat count or expected success.
Blank guide · Play Plan Bench · Paper twin
Grown-up help
Offer speech, sign, AAC, pointing, drawing, faithful dictation, usual home-language support when competent, private work, pause, rest or finish. Ask one part at a time and keep its meaning. No partner, winner, score, time limit or fixed response length is required. Use only locally suitable broad whole paper/card, a checked marking tool and a stable comfortable table. A helper may act exactly as directed; keep the child's idea and the actual operator's action separate. Record an actual event only when it happened. A missing record can mean unknown; it does not establish that no action happened. A supplied story remains fiction.