“It moved and turned.”
Stop first: Stop the added offer immediately for a known no/stop, discomfort, withdrawal of interest or uncertainty. Keep ordinary care and usual supports available; no repeated signal, clearer reply or restart is owed.
Setup and free swap: Begin only after an actual ordinary event in wanted safe play has had two observed effects, such as one comfortable contact making a suitable familiar item shift and turn. Do not stage a combined-action challenge or ask the infant to recreate it. With no object, one actual spontaneous sound may be followed by an adult answer and then an adult pause; name these as an exchange, not two physical effects.
Common agreement for every route
Use an awake, comfortable, wanted moment in the child's usual supported setting with a familiar caring adult. Keep the child's body and usual communication/supports as they are. Do not manufacture distress, withhold a comfort item or necessary help, reposition the child, guide their body, demand eye contact, lure reaching/tracking, test hearing, or ask for touch/speech/imitating to make the offer work.
An optional object is one existing large, intact, familiar, non-powered play item already judged appropriate for this individual child and setting under its actual instructions, age labelling, condition and current recall information. “Large” alone is no safety clearance. No object is required. No small loose pieces, detachable parts, food, water, tools, tight lids, bags, cords, magnets, batteries, foam, glass, raised ramps, lights, covering faces or surprise reveals are introduced. No child handling of paper; any print stays adult-held away from mouth/reach. Adults maintain normal supervision and unobstructed access. These offers certify no material or setup.
Use known home words, established signs/AAC and family-informed supports. A competent familiar speaker may use their own language; this pack supplies no translation, invented gesture dictionary, cultural story or First Nations language claim. The adult can speak, sign/communicate through established supports, act silently if accessible, or stay quietly available. Quiet does not remove usual communication access.
Stop rule: respond to a known no/stop, discomfort, withdrawal of interest or uncertainty by stopping the added offer and returning to ordinary familiar care/play. Never keep testing until a clearer answer appears. No new touch, sound or movement is used to obtain evidence. A restart needs current willingness. Necessary routine transitions remain adult responsibilities, with a familiar explanation; child participation is not required for tidying or ending care.
If this contribution is wanted
Offer and child control: Make one short factual comment only if useful. The child can continue whichever part of exploration is currently wanted, signal a known request, change interest or leave. You need not draw attention to both effects or ask for a selection. If a known message names one wanted part, follow that part without treating ordinary orientation as such a message.
Three usable routes: (1) Leave current safe item play available; describe only changes actually seen, without a required second contact or orientation task. (2) On a known request, the adult helps with one appropriate part, naming the adult action separately; do not guide the child's body. (3) No new object: respond to an actual communication contribution or stay available; no object transformation/comparison is claimed.
Notice and next: One contact can be associated with more than one change, but a glance does not prove that the child noticed, intended or understood both. If only one effect was seen, say only that one. If cause is unknown, use I14's uncertainty. Next time follow the present safe interest, not a two-effect quota; stop added commentary when unwanted.
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