Santino was finishing up his session with Lynn. As soon as he saw me enter the classroom, he grabbed his bottle from his book-bag, indicating he wished to drink. I put the three options available in front of him and he selected the PediaSure. In efforts to foster more independent self-help behaviors, I chained the sequence of actions involved in drinking in the hopes it would elicit an anticipatory response. If Santino wanted to drink enough, he would attempt to open the bottle and pour in the liquid. The words 'open' and 'stop' were rhythmically repeated as I poured the liquid into the bottle to help Santino connect the words with the sequencing of actions. However, he presented the bottle back to me and did not initiate self-feeding behaviors. Instead, Santino presented me with the organic nutrition shake (juice). I then narrowed the choices and asked Santino which he wanted to drink, the green drink (juice) or the blue drink (PediaSure vanilla shake). He chose the blue when presented with the choice of only two options (PediaSure), clearly making his needs known. Given this simpler sequence. Santino did not demonstrate any interest when his communication board was used to facilitate language. He did not utilize the communication board to either point to a picture of a drink or to point to the yes/no option. Again, the behavioral technique of chaining was used to connect, or chain, the different steps involved in the act of pouring oneself a drink: opening the bottle, twisting off the cap, and pouring the liquid into the bottle. Santino appeared more focused when this was done a second time, possibly because his motivation (to drink) was greater. With some physical prompts, Santino twisted off the top of the shake and together we poured it into his bottle. He was reinforced verbally for the greater effort to help himself with this task. Santino did not wish to participate in the marble run game today and vocalized his displeasure when this was taken out. As we were in his original classroom and the children from the science camp were returning to occupy the space temporarily, we remained in the room while the children attempted to socialize with him and engage his attention. As he had not eaten in his earlier session with Lynn, I again presented Santino with his Fruit Loops cereal and with minimal assistance he opened it and sat on the floor to eat. I allowed him to view some videos and he happily navigated my phone and listened to 'The Wheels on the Bus." Some of the children sang along and Santino would occasionally repeat a word or phrase from the song. He did not imitate any of the actions we paired to the words, such as the movement of the windshield wipers or the turning of the wheel. After listening to this song, he navigated to the song 'BINGO" and "Old MacDonald," one of his favorites. He also listened to the Spanish version of it so that when Ingrid came to pick him up, he was happily finishing his bowl of cereal while repeating ‘Buenas noches,’ the phrase that was frequently used and repeated in the song. Santino seems to be gravitating to the Spanish version of late, and I have allowed him to watch and listen as it engages his attention and often elicits spontaneous speech and linguistic patterns. Santino enjoyed finishing his snack while repeatedly viewing 2 or three of the same videos in a looping pattern. All in all, Santino remained in a consistently excellent mood during today's session while working with me.