1. Present three different food items in beech to student. Have the student identify each of the different items. Ask the student to grasp and lift the bowl containing the item that you request.
2. Have the student pass you a selected bowl that contains the specific food item. Physical prompting may be needed. If so, reduce prompting to only a verbal level.
3. During a mealtime, verbally prompt the student to pass a specific food item to a person sitting next to him or her. Provide verbal praise for every successful action of the target objective.
4. Reduce verbal praise incrementally until the rate is only once per meal experience and the request to "please pass (the food item)" is the only verbal prompt needed.