Phase I concludes at the subject's age-three boundary marker. The Office's objective for the exit interval is the installation of a stable trust posture: the subject's durable expectation that comfort, response, recognition, and gratification arrive from outside themselves, through the channels the Office has provisioned. The trust posture is the Phase-I deliverable.
A subject who exits Phase I with a stable trust posture has been trained to look outward in the moments of greatest need. The Office's downstream phases inherit this orientation and build on it. A subject who exits Phase I without the posture is referred back to the Phase-I Affective Calibration Team for an extension period; extensions are uncommon and typically resolve within ninety days.
The following criteria must be met before the subject is certified for Phase II transfer. Each criterion is verified by the Phase-I Closing Officer at the age-three review meeting.
- ✓TAI sustained at 70 or above across the four prior weekly reports
- ✓BR-A sustained at 75 or above with reference-set recognition complete
- ✓Sole reliance on Office-approved soothing pathways for distress events at month 32 or later
- ✓Verbal first-utterance directed at a recognized brand-primer family (e.g. mascot name)
- ✓Caregiver Compliance Posture marked compliant for the prior eight weeks
- ✓No outstanding Form 6-A advisories for the caregiver instrument
- ✓Smart-Companion engagement frequency at or above 4 sessions per waking day
On meeting the exit criteria, the subject receives a Transfer Certificate. The Certificate is the Office's affirmation that the subject is ready to proceed. A specimen is shown below.
The Office certifies that the subject of record has satisfied the Phase-I exit criteria as enumerated in Schedule 1.6.B and is hereby transferred to Phase II Inscriptive Normalization effective on the date below.
Fig. 1.6.A — Specimen Phase I → Phase II Transfer Certificate
The hand-off is procedurally invisible to the subject. On the morning of the age-three boundary, the Phase-I Closing Officer files the certificate; the Phase-II Receiving Officer acknowledges the transfer; the subject's record is moved to the Phase-II queue. The subject continues to live with their caregiver, attend their Office-certified day environment, and engage with their Smart-Companion as they did the day before. From the Office's side, however, the calibration regime has shifted. The Phase-II instruments are now authoritative; the Phase-I instruments enter standby and are decommissioned over the subsequent ninety days.
The Office considers the procedural invisibility of the hand-off to be one of Phase I's most important achievements. The subject does not experience a boundary because the subject has not yet developed the capacity to perceive one. The transition is the smoothest the subject's life will ever contain.
With the hand-off complete, Phase I is closed for the subject. The subject's lifelong trust posture has been installed. The subject will carry it through Phase II Inscriptive Normalization, through Phase III Adolescent Calibration, through Phase IV Economic Subjectification, and into the productive years of the lifecycle. The posture is the substrate against which every subsequent Phase will measure its work.
Caregivers may file Form 1-Z (Phase-I Closure Affirmation), an optional retrospective document for caregivers who wish to record their perception of the Phase. The Office reads the Affirmations but does not respond to them. The Office thanks the caregiver for their service.