Sample plan for graded exposure to pasta
| Step | Ticks or stickers |
| 1. Go to the supermarket to look at different types of pasta and choose one to buy | |
| 2. Explore and play with dry pasta at home | |
| 3. Help mum or dad cook pasta | |
| 4. Touch/play with cooked pasta | |
| 5. Have pasta on the table during dinner—see others eat and enjoy pasta | |
| 6. Have pasta on a separate plate near to your plate | |
| 7. Move the pasta on a separate plate closer to your plate | |
| 8. Have one piece of pasta on your plate (not touching other foods and not to eat) | |
| 9. Smell the pasta on the plate | |
| 10. Touch the pasta to your lips | |
| 11. Lick the pasta | |
| 12. Put the pasta in your mouth | |
| 13. Bite a piece of pasta | |
| 14. Chew and swallow a piece of pasta | |
| 15. Gradually increase amount of pasta until it reaches typical portion size for age |