Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
riforzatore
English translation:
reinforcer
Italian term
Rinforzatore
I am struggling with the following.
From a speech and language therapy report of a child with autism spectrum disorder, here's the entire sentence:
"Abbiamo lavorato sulla discriminazione fra le istruzioni "point" and "give me". Il bambino ha una maggiore percentuale di successo nel compito "give me", probabilmente perché è stato maggiormente esposto a questa richiesta, ogni qualvolta deve riconsegnare il rinforzatore."
I have found online that this tool is also called rinforzatore labiale but I may be wrong.
I am completely stuck so any help is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
| 4 +2 | reinforcer |
Kate Chaffer
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| 4 | repeat the task |
Cillie Swart
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| 3 | reinforcing stimulus |
Barbara Cochran, MFA
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May 30, 2022 04:44: Kate Chaffer Created KOG entry
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Proposed translations
Italy
British IT>EN translator living in Italy
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK) 
Works in: Italian to English
reinforcer
https://beyondspeech.co/speech-therapy/using-games-as-reinfo...
https://chloeelizabethslp.com/2019/02/20/my-10-favorite-rein...
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Note added at 16 mins (2022-05-16 10:08:15 GMT)
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The reinforcer has to be a tangible object in this case because the therapist uses the "give me" instruction to ask for it back.
South Africa
Finance, Legal, Business Texts
Native in: English 
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repeat the task
United States
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Discussion
Rafforzatore could refer to a strengthening device rather than a reward given to reinforce a response to a stimulus.
The strengthening device is used during the sessions and then given back to the speech therapist, hence the extra exposure to "give me"