Profiles of Joint Attention Ability for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
- DOI
- 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.102How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- assessment, children with autism spectrum disorders, Joint attention
- Abstract
The ability of joint attention is a series of behaviors that develop early in the life of a child and have an important role in communication and social development. This study aims to describe the profile of joint attention skills for children with autism spectrum disorders and intervention strategies used by teachers in developing these skills. This study uses a qualitative approach with 2 (two) children with autism spectrum disorders as subjects. The results showed the ability of children in Initiating Joint Attention is still low on aspects of Eye Contact, Alternate, Point and Show. The ability of the Responding to Joint Attention also still low also on aspects Following Proximal Point and Following Line of Regard. The intervention strategy carried out by the teacher was very rigid, not in accordance with the age and development of the child, teacher's understanding of joint attention is limited to eye contact only, the teacher teachers do not assess activities, food, and or toys that are favored by children that can be used as reinforcement to improve joint attention skills in children with autism spectrum disorders. It is necessary to understand the child's ability profile and current interventions to form appropriate intervention
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Rahmahtrisilvia AU - Sunaryo Kartadinata AU - Sunardi AU - Endang Rochyadi PY - 2019/08 DA - 2019/08 TI - Profiles of Joint Attention Ability for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 645 EP - 650 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.102 DO - 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.102 ID - 2019/08 ER -