“What is your part? Here is a part I can offer.”
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: Familiar willing adult and current wanted play. No shared object needed. The adult may offer one small contribution while preserving the child's own separate play and ordinary supports. No other child, turn token or social-skill demonstration required.
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
Play and choice: Agree one contribution each only if wanted: the child might choose a pretend consequence and the adult an available quiet narration. Either can reject a proposed contribution or finish theirs. No equal duration, alternating turns or handing over possessions. If the adult cannot do an action, explain and offer an available alternative without making the child earn it.
Three routes: (1) Two chosen ordinary acts with separate actors, only where both are appropriate; the item may stay adult-held throughout. (2) Two story contributions through usual communication, without required sound or copying. (3) No object/partner joining: respect solo play and remain available; no cooperative outcome is claimed.
Notice/next/stop: Agreement and actual contributions are different; silence supplies neither. If meanings differ, check once as in T14 or withdraw your contribution. Next time offer a part that supports the child's current purpose. Either person's refusal ends that contribution promptly.
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