Santino was seen for session 45 of 46 with this SLP in the individual classroom and appeared pleasant and calm upon transition between sessions. The daily, visual schedule was referenced and reviewed...Goals for the session remained consistent and included the following...1. to engage in forming a relationship with Santino that includes regulation, and shared attention and interest 2. to enter into two-way, purposeful interactions with gestures and intentional communication 3. to determine highly motivating/favorable, cause and effect activities, so that Santino may develop a feeling of control and predict/anticipate what will happen next 4. to imitate predictable action sequences and communication patterns through cause and effect activities 5. to develop single-word requesting via eye-gaze, picture exchange and/or verbalization...Santino requested "Pop! The Pig" via verbal request ("Pop Pig") from the activities in this SLP's bag. The photo of his request was added to the sentence strip on the communication book and referenced by Santino. Independent of direction, Santino removed the strip, handed it to this SLP and verbalized "I - Want - Pop! The Pig" paired with point to each element of the sentence. His request was immediately validated. Santino removed the "Pig" from the box and all of the "Hamburgers" from the storage compartment independently. As in the previous session, Santino requested "Hamburger", added it to the strip, then removed and presented it to this SLP followed by pointing to all elements of the sentence paired with the verbalization: "I - Want - Hamburger". When asked, "What Color?", Santino opened his communication book, located the "Colors" page, selected "Yellow", added it to the sentence strip, then removed and presented it to this SLP paired with point and the verbalization: "I - Want - Yellow - Hamburger". His request was immediately validated...This exchange of two-way, purposeful interaction with intentional communication continued INDEPENDENT OF PROMPTS/CUES for 15 of 15 opportunities over 35 minutes. Additional verbalization paired with communication intent was noted from time to time and included the following: "Pink Nose", "Hat", "Puffy Belly", "Spatula" - in reference to the pig -. Santino verbalized number words correctly for 16 out of 16 opportunities to complete the phrase initiated by this SLP, "Hamburger Number...???". In addition, "Did Pig/He Pop?" was posed after each turn as Santino was directed to the "Yes"/"No" pictures on the communication strip. This SLP modeled the responses..."All Done" or "More" "Pop! The Pig?" was referenced and verbalized by this SLP. Santino requested and verbalized, "All Done Pop the Pig", independent of prompts/cues as he followed the sequence noted previously then participated in clean-up of the activity...Santino took a break for approximately one-minute then followed the one-step verbal direction to sit in the brown chair. Attempts to entice Santino to participate in an activity to request "Do-A-Dot" markers were successful as he requested via sentence exchange paired with verbalization and point, "I - Want - (Color)" for 10 out of 10 opportunities. He proceeded to create his own color pattern on white paper and verbalized "Splash" and "Puddle" as he dabbed color throughout the paper. (This creation is part 1 of 2 to be completed during the next session.) It is important to note that he removed and replaced the caps on each bottle independently...The session came to a close in the usual manner with clean-up, the "Good-Bye" Song, and successfull photo exchange on his daily, visual schedule in preparation for dismissal. Continue as planned...