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When developing programming for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) parents and professionals should consider spending time on developing core characteristics or skill deficits of the disability. When improvements are made on core characteristics of a disability, the end result is a less affected child.
In many children with ASD, joint attention is a major skill deficit area which contributes to core characteristics of the diagnosis of the disability itself. To assist in developing joint attention skills parents and professionals should consider targeting objectives related to the following:
1) Attending to others
2) Tracking eye gaze of others
3) Sharing eye gaze of others
4) Monitoring and shifting attention
5) Sharing emotional states with others
6) Drawing attention too and sharing experiences with others
AmyShymansky @ October 30, 2009
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