Choose the support condition currently carrying the most weight. The loudest adult is not automatically the load-bearing node, despite years of determined auditioning.

Adult proximity selected. Ask what becomes impossible when this thread is removed, who pays to keep it active, and whether the child’s next movement still begins with the child.

Verbal prompting selected. Ask what becomes impossible when this thread is removed, who pays to keep it active, and whether the child’s next movement still begins with the child.

Peer cooperation selected. Ask what becomes impossible when this thread is removed, who pays to keep it active, and whether the child’s next movement still begins with the child.

Object access selected. Ask what becomes impossible when this thread is removed, who pays to keep it active, and whether the child’s next movement still begins with the child.

Time selected. Ask what becomes impossible when this thread is removed, who pays to keep it active, and whether the child’s next movement still begins with the child.

Audience pressure selected. Ask what becomes impossible when this thread is removed, who pays to keep it active, and whether the child’s next movement still begins with the child.

No move selected. That may be correct. A mesh is not improved by adding random yarn because the adult owns a laminator.

Move the object within reach selected. Make only this environmental change. Do not add a prompt to guarantee the result. Reread whether the child initiates, refuses, pauses, or chooses another route.

Clear one route selected. Make only this environmental change. Do not add a prompt to guarantee the result. Reread whether the child initiates, refuses, pauses, or chooses another route.

Reduce the audience selected. Make only this environmental change. Do not add a prompt to guarantee the result. Reread whether the child initiates, refuses, pauses, or chooses another route.

Put the adult one step back selected. Make only this environmental change. Do not add a prompt to guarantee the result. Reread whether the child initiates, refuses, pauses, or chooses another route.

Offer a stable peer anchor selected. Make only this environmental change. Do not add a prompt to guarantee the result. Reread whether the child initiates, refuses, pauses, or chooses another route.

Wait for child initiation selected. Make only this environmental change. Do not add a prompt to guarantee the result. Reread whether the child initiates, refuses, pauses, or chooses another route.

Choose one thread to reduce—or explicitly choose not to fade yet. Withdrawal testing is not abandonment. It asks what the formation can carry without turning the adult into infrastructure.

Fade one prompt selected. Reduce only this thread, preserve safety and access, then watch what carries. If movement collapses, reread the formation instead of blaming the child.

Fade one step of proximity selected. Reduce only this thread, preserve safety and access, then watch what carries. If movement collapses, reread the formation instead of blaming the child.

Remove one audience member selected. Reduce only this thread, preserve safety and access, then watch what carries. If movement collapses, reread the formation instead of blaming the child.

Stop handing over the object selected. Reduce only this thread, preserve safety and access, then watch what carries. If movement collapses, reread the formation instead of blaming the child.

Return one transition to the child selected. Reduce only this thread, preserve safety and access, then watch what carries. If movement collapses, reread the formation instead of blaming the child.

Do not fade yet—reread selected. Reduce only this thread, preserve safety and access, then watch what carries. If movement collapses, reread the formation instead of blaming the child.