1. Present three different food items in bowls to the student in a classroom setting. Have the student identify each of the different items. Ask the student to grasp and lift the bowl that you request.
2. Have the student use a spoon to scoop the item from the selected bowl into another bowl. Physical prompting may be needed. If so, reduce prompting to a verbal level only.
3. During a mealtime, verbally prompt the student to serve a specific food item onto a plate. Have the student then "pass food [the served item] family style" (see prerequisite ADT 21) to another person. 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 only prompt needed is the total-task request: "Please serve the (name of the fond item)."