Santino established brief reference in response to initial social greet. Assistance was provided to guide the transition this morning, as his focus was inconsistent. He rapidly engaged as he was again encouraged to assist with pushing the keypad to successfully enter the main area. Provision of choices, both familiar and novel were immediately available upon entrance into his room. He rapidly scanned the picture choices, as well as the bag of activities, and subsequently reached for the pile of additional picture choices not yet displayed. He rapidly searched for a preferred item. Upon locating it, he quickly placed it on the picture strip and verbalized as he simultaneously pointed to the picture sequence on the strip ( "I want color shapes"). Continued paired/simultaneous verbalization of intent with the finger point along the sentence strip is evident, with increased use of more frequent spontaneous verbalizations once engaged within an activity. Santino appeared to be a bit tired today, as he would actively engage for brief periods followed by periods of postural changes, eye rubbing and decreased engagement. He responded well to sensory inout, HANDLE activities and RMT as his arousal, engagement, referencing and vocalizations increased following these tasks. Task engagement, use of picture exchange, and verbalization subsequently increased.