Santino was happily greeted as he finished with Marcus, who reported Santino was in a good mood today. Santino followed directives to close computer and put away items to start session. He was smiling throughout session. He assisted in setting up for session. Placing paper plates on table for himself and SLP.Tortilla's were presented in a clear bag in which Santino took out of the bag with ease. There was minimal tactile aversion and no gaze aversion. He placed one of each on the plates. Cookie cutters that were letters were introduced. Cookie cutters are great because they promote sustained visual attention to food and allow the child to touch the food but for fun reasons! With cues, we built Santinos name with letter cookie cutters. Between each letter he assisted with opening the vanilla pudding on the side. When he initially saw it, he was very calm and happy and actually reached for it (this is why multiple exposures to food items is important). With SLP model, he placed a spoon in the pudding with ease. He stirred the pudding with SLP model with moderate gaze aversion. We targeted requesting "help" to push the letter cookie cutters into the tortilla's. We built his name on a separate plate. Santino really enjoyed this activity today! He was laughing and smiling throughout the interaction with food. It's important to keep feeding/food positive and fun yet continue to push through barriers to make progress. He then "painted" the letters SANTINO with pudding using a spoon. He was LOVING that. After that activity, he assisted in clean up. The Z-vibe was introduced and Santino immediately grabbed for that with excitement. He liked to visually stim, however with some prompting - he tapped it to his lips for an extended period. With visual model, Santino opened his mouth and stuck out his tongue. A yellow piece of what looked like food was on his tongue however I did not know what it was. When he later opened his mouth, it was gone. A chew tube was also introduced however he did not want that in his mouth. Veggie Straws and Cheetos were presented and he said "I want orange" - referring to the veggie straw. He assisted with making crumbs and rubbing on the zvibe then eventually tapping to his lips 6x. He did not lick the crumbs off his lips however his overall guard/aversion has reduced.