By: Geralynne Solitaire

Constant Time Delay

What Is Constant
Time Delay?
A practice that
focuses on fading
the use of prompts
during instructional
activities while also
delivering
reinforcement to
increase the
likelihood that
target
skills/behaviors will

Examples!

Implementation

Identify target
skill/behavior(s).
Determine current skills.
Select target stimulus and
cue/task direction.
Select controlling prompt.
Identify reinforces.
Determine the response
interval.
Identifying activities and times

Who Benefits?
General Education
Population
English Language Learners
Students with Learning
Disabilities
Students with Autism
Students with Intellectual
Disabilities
Students with Language
Disorders
Students with ADHD
TEACHERS!
Constant time delay can be

English
Math
Science
Social
Studies
Art
Music
Theatre
Constant
time delay
is so
flexible
they can be
used in
EVERY
area!

Implementation in Content
Areas

Why Do Student
Benefit?
Rationale:
Active
recall
Spacing
Metacogni
tion
Self-study
Gauge
progress
Repetition

Retrieval
Pacing
Long term
memory
Working
memory
Mnemonics
Arousal

References

Aldemir, O., & Gursel, O. (2014). The Effectiveness of the constant time delay procedure in teaching pre-school academic skills to
children with developmental disabilities in a small group teaching arrangement. Educational Sciences: Theory & Practice. 733740.
Appleman, M., & Vail, C. (2014). The effects of constant time delay and instructive feedback on the acquisition of english and
spanish sight words. Journal of Early Intervention. 131-148.
Swain, R., & Lane, J. (2014). Comparison of constant time delay and simultaneous prompting procedures: Teaching functional
sight words to students with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. Behavioral Education. 210-229.