# T20 · Make a little play agreement

“What shall my answer be when that happens?”

**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:** Current wanted play with familiar willing adult. A child may choose one available event and one agreed adult response, such as “when my imaginary machine stops, your character rests.” No objects, signals, turn counters, chart, photo or new AAC meaning are 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:** Invite an own simple agreement, or offer one clearly adult-supplied possibility if help is wanted. Check the meaning once through usual communication. Use it in one wanted play moment if both agree. The child can change it before the event; the adult can explain limits. An agreement that is never used remains an agreement, not a tested game.

**Three routes:** (1) A suitable familiar item's ordinary event can cue a clearly agreed adult response, only if actually observed; no required child act. (2) Play one fictional event-response through familiar communication; adult narration is not a physical effect. (3) No new object/action: keep the agreement imagined/private, return to solo play or finish.

**Notice/next/stop:** What event actually occurred, what response actually followed, and who supplied the agreement? No invented understanding, independence, turn-taking or permanent symbol meaning. If unclear, pause the agreement without stopping normal support. Next time start from a fresh wanted purpose rather than testing memory of the rule.

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