What is included in the plan regarding fading components of the plan?

• A. Plan for fading components of the plan
• B. Plan to maintain all components indefinitely
• C. Plan to increase components over time
• D. Plan to replace all components with a single strategy

Answer: (A)

Fading is a planned, systematic reduction of prompts and other supports as the learner gains independence. The best answer says to include a plan for fading components of the plan because, without it, there’s no clear roadmap for gradually removing assistance. This ensures the learner can perform tasks with less help and still maintain the behavior when supports are reduced. A proper fading plan would specify which components will be faded, the order and pace of fading, the criteria for advancing steps (for example, a set number of independent correct responses), how data will be collected to guide decisions, and what to do if progress stalls.

Other approaches don’t align with how fading works: maintaining all components indefinitely keeps the learner dependent on prompts; increasing components over time adds more supports rather than reducing them; replacing multiple components with a single strategy eliminates the gradual removal of supports that fading requires.