1. Meet with the person who who answered the questions in the initial assessment and ask why that person felt that table manners were not at an independent level. Attempt to rephrase the response into a behavioral statement that the respondent agrees would cause him or her to rate that skill as independent.
2. Create a mock mealtime setting. Demonstrate the desired behavior(s) identified by the respondent.
3. The student should he prompted to imitate or model your example.
4. Reduce all prompting until the student can role-play the outcomes independently.
5. Transition the mock setting to a real mealtime setting.
6. Use the respondent's observation to verify that objective(s) have been met,