“It did something different. What now?”
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: Use a difference that has really occurred in ordinary play, such as an item moving on one contact and staying still on another. Do not create a difficult or stuck-object challenge. No-object version is an adult who cannot carry out a requested imagined act and explains their limit honestly.
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.
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Play and choice: Name the difference without blaming the child or assuming a cause. Offer help immediately if requested. The child can change the action, change purpose, ask you to act or finish. “The toy stayed there” is sufficient; do not demand a stronger push or a better motor attempt.
Three routes: (1) Continue ordinary safe item play and attend to the actual effect, without a performance target. (2) A willing adult does a clearly directed suitable try or explains why not; no forced child attempt first. (3) No object: revise an agreed pretend/communication action the adult can actually provide, or keep it imaginary.
Notice/next/stop: No motion can reflect several factors; a single try does not diagnose ability or prove friction/force. If a difference is not known, use T11's one event. Next time choose an accessible wanted action/support; end for uncertainty or unwanted effort.
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