Matching Objects with Images | Autism PDD

When did you know if your ASD child could match images - two dimensional - with the objects - 3 dimensional
ie the Big bird doll is the same as the Big Bird picture in a book
I rememebr random fragments of conversations where this was mentioned as an important skill to teach

We did matching programs like apple pic with real apple..dog pic with real 3d toy dog..she did really well and we mixed it up and increased to like 5 pics on table and all the objects were mixed up to see if she could sort and match..she did well with these..it is real important to generalize to real objects as much as possible and not just pictures and plastic items. We moved to groups of dogs, cats, birds, insects, ect..and then progressed to farm animals, pets, pond animals..zoo animals..and what sounds they made or food they ate..where they lived..ect...we did toys, foods, clothing, fruits, vegetables, snacks..candy ect...you can go crazy with these to infinity:)

.... but in the beginning it was one at a time and hand over hand to teach her:)

I think a good way to teach/test this is to have perhaps 6-8 little soft
toys (I use Sesame St characters) and make a pecs size image (with velcro
backs) of each toy. The game is to stick the correct picture onto the tummy
of it's corresponding toy.

Sharlet loves this game, she mastered it pretty quickly last year.Allegra39282.9105208333I first noticed when he went and got his teletubbie guys and tried to imitate what they were doing on the video. He probably first did this around 3.   Allegra, that sounds like a great idea, I think I will try it with teletubbies and some thomas trains. I tried this exercise and my son looked at me like I was from mars. I think he thought,  I thought he was dumb or something. He was way beyond this exercise... bored and frustrated him.I had never thought of doing this, but I think my ds can do this with no issues. Shelley - at what age did you have to do this with Sarah? I think I probably would have noticed if he couldn't do things like this but maybe I should double-check!We started with object to picture in his ABA program. Then, sorting by similar objects (different color spoons). Put all the spoons in this pile and all of the balls in this pile. Now we are on to soritng by category (foods, vehicles, toys, etc.) He went through it rather quickly at age 3 after he understand what was being asked of him. They just say, "match" and he does it no problem, but it had to be taught first.

You know what guys  - I think I have skipped teaching this important step

I will work on it with the ideas you all suggested

Thanks a ton

First you match object to object, and once he has a good amount at 80-100% correct (like 10 objects) I take pictues of the objects and then do pic to object.

This was one of the first progams we implemented when we started ABA when Sarah was almost 3 ...first we taught just the object itself~hand over hand..ex.  apple and orange on table...Sarah "give me orange" and she would just stare~then we would do hand over hand to have her give us orange.  She was so non verbal and didnt seem to understand what anything was.

Once she had a good receptive language we started the matching progams~she breezed through it:) and we just kept building on it.

...she is a very smart little girl now at almost 7 and considered gifted academically so no matter how severe your child may appear they have a lot going on inside:)

Okay, so this is basically a receptive language issue. My ds tests at about the 48th percentile for that and at the 51st for expressive language - which is rare for kids on the spectrum. I think usually the difference between the two are usually greater. I'm guessing at age 6, he is probably past this then...
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