0	None
	The child did not communicate with the experimenter at all. There were no verbalizations or preverbal communications to the experimenter.
1	Only verbal or preverbal responses
	There were only brief responses to the experimenter’s questions (i.e., a one-sentence logical response). Also include preverbal responses, such as looking at what the E is talking about or pointing to.
2	Initiated basic communication
	The child initiated communication on a basic level verbally or preverbally. Child’s verbalizations and/or preverbal communications were designed to initiate or maintain interactions with the experimenter beyond a response to a response to a direct question. However, all initiations involved events within the room. They did not involve divulging of information about the child or his/her family, except for the child’s name or showing off of a pretty shirt or something as a way of starting a conversation.
3	Shared some personal information
	Child’s verbal interactions with the E involved sharing of personal information, but not of the particularly intimate type. The child may have talked about school, the fact they have a dog, or that they were going to McDonalds on the way home. The child didn’t ask intimate questions of the E. If the child asked personal information of the E, this information seemed to be a way of entering a topic the child wanted to talk about: “Do you have a dog? I have a dog…”
4	Shared intimate information or asked personal questions
	Child’s verbal interactions with the E involved sharing of intimate information beyond the usual public kind. This child might have told the E that she wet her bed last night, that her mom and dad had a fight, that her baby brother pooped in the bath tub, and so on. Even if the child didn’t divulge this level of intimate information, score a 4 if the child asked the E questions about her personal life, like “Do you have a dog?” (Unless this is just to introduce a topic the child wants to talk about). Many questions may have followed about the E. The child may not even have stopped to hear the E’s answer. However, the child’s questions were not of the embarrassing kind.
5	Shared highly intimate information or asked very personal questions
	Child’s verbal interactions with the E involve sharing of personal information and/or requests for personal information of the type typically not asked of strangers: “Are you married?”; “Do you have a boyfriend?”; “Are you having a baby?” If at any point the child asks to come home with the E, visit the E’s house, or meet the E’s boyfriend, parents, etc., score the a 5 regardless of the content of the other vocalizations. If the child only invites the E to his/her house or to join them at McDonalds, then base scoring on other aspects of his/her communication with the E, although in this instance the child would not score below a 3.