Joint attention therapy can help children with autism learn to look at and point out a new object.
This study compared two different ways of teaching children with autism to look at the same thing as another person: joint attention therapy and symbolic play therapy. Children who received joint attention therapy were more likely to look at something new and engage in joint looks. They also were able to generalize the joint attention skill to different places and different people. The authors think that the best part about joint attention therapy is that it teaches children to leave a routine to point out and enjoy something new. Joint attention therapy also differed from play therapy in that it taught the child to focus on other people when a new object came in the room.
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