Joint attention is when two people share a focus on interesting objects around them. Normally, between the ages of 9 and 15 months, children learn to pay attention to something pointed out to them and they learn to point an item out to someone else. This article describes three studies that were designed to test the best therapies for teaching joint attention to children with autism. The authors found that younger children (ages 1 and 2) learn best when joint attention treatment uses items that are important to the child. The authors also suggest that once a child develops joint attention, he may learn to speak more quickly.
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