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What is Joint Attention

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Cutting-Edge Language and Literacy Tools for Students on the Autism Spectrum
When two individuals consciously focus on the same item. Joint attention takes two forms: receptive joint attention (RJA), in which one person follows another person’s attentional lead, and initiating joint attention (IJA), in which one person tries to get the other person to follow his or her attentional lead.
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Introduction to the Core Attention and Socio-Cognitive Deficits of Autism
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 30
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9442-1.ch002
Abstract
This chapter surveys the core attention and socio-cognitive deficits of autism. It begins by discussing the key characteristics as reflected in the standard diagnostic criteria and screening tools. It then turns to research on attention-related differences in infants and toddlers later diagnosed with autism, including diminished attention to voices and faces, diminished eye contact, stimulus over-selectivity, and difficulties with attention shifting and joint attention. It then turns to later-stage socio-cognitive difficulties, particularly issues with emotional and cognitive perspective-taking, weak central coherence, executive function, and complex information processing. It concludes with a discussion of comorbidities like sensory issues, motor control difficulties, and intellectual impairment; of other skills that may be intact; and of open questions about central vs. peripheral symptoms of autism.
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Understanding the Development of Social Cognition in Childhood: Milestones of Social Cognition and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Refers to the ability to share focus on an object or event with another individual, often involving both participants understanding that they are both attending to the same thing simultaneously ( Mundy, 2016 ).
Published in Chapter: Understanding the Development of Social Cognition in Childhood: Milestones of Social Cognition and Neurodevelopmental Disorders; From: Principles and Clinical Interventions in Social Cognition
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Attention and Perception in Social Cognition: Clinical Applications and Practical Implications
A socio-cognitive process that includes two individuals sharing a common focus on an object or event with the ability to follow someone’s gaze, gestures or other verbal cues to establish a shared point of reference.
Published in Chapter: Attention and Perception in Social Cognition: Clinical Applications and Practical Implications; From: Principles and Clinical Interventions in Social Cognition
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Parenting in Dyads With an ASD-Child: An Overview of the Challenges and Intervention Perspectives Through Attachment Theoretical Framework
Joint attention is an individual’s ability to share the focus of attention toward an object. It can be achieved by means of eye-gazing, pointing or through verbal indications. Joint attention was demonstrated to be a developmental precursor to many social and cognitive skills.
Published in Chapter: Parenting in Dyads With an ASD-Child: An Overview of the Challenges and Intervention Perspectives Through Attachment Theoretical Framework; From: Exploring Best Child Development Practices in Contemporary Society
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