Santino established brief reference upon social greet. Support to enter the numeric code on the keypad for entry was presented in a fading cue hierarchy to facilitate independence. Presentation of pictured activity options facilitated immediate requesting via picture placement and subsequent verbalization of desired items upon entry into Santino's room. Subsequent verbal requests within the established activity were facilitated via phonemic cue with decreased need for picture manipulation 7/8 trials ( I want+color+shape). Additional activities focused on action regulation with support to encode Agent+Action, Action + object (+preposition). Initial models paired with sentence strip use x3 , followed by phonemic cues only, facilitated verbalization to indicate intent
7/8, 6/8, 7/8 opportunities across 3 tasks. Use of "Help me" sentence form was strongly encouraged via use of picture point paired with gesture for 3 initial presentations and subsequently with phonemic cues across 9 additional opportunities to request assistance. Use of "help me" allows for further sentence expansion (help me + verb form ) rather than encouraging use of the structure "I want help," which limits sentence expansion. Santino was happily engaged for the majority of the session today and responded well to all activities presented. Use of "all done+task name" continues to be facilitated as decreased interest and /or attention indicate the need for
activity transition.