Date of Award
Spring 5-2013
Degree Type
Honors College Thesis
Department
Speech and Hearing Sciences
First Advisor
Jennifer Salgo Corie
Advisor Department
Speech and Hearing Sciences
Abstract
This study sought to investigate the effect of an intervention program for joint attention on joint attention and expressive language skill. The participants were five males with autism spectrum disorders who were attending a reverse inclusion preschool in the southeastern United States. The investigator observed the participants in their classrooms over a five-week period. The most significant finding was variation in the participants’ joint attention and language behaviors. Only one participant showed improvement across the period of the study. One important clinical implication from this study is the idea that therapy for joint attention might be more effective in a natural setting instead of a therapy setting where the clients might only be giving responses in order to gain rewards.
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Recommended Citation
Locker, Beverly L., "The Effect of Joint Attention Intervention Techniques On Expressive Language Ability In Preschool Children With Autism" (2013). Honors Theses. 172.
https://aquila.usm.edu/honors_theses/172