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Bradley, Holly; Smith, Beth A.; Wilson, Rujuta B. – Infant and Child Development, 2023
Joint attention (JA) is the purposeful coordination of an individual's focus of attention with that of another and begins to develop within the first year of life. Delayed, or atypically developing, JA is an early behavioural sign of many developmental disabilities and so assessing JA in infancy can improve our understanding of trajectories of…
Descriptors: Attention, Infants, Child Development, Qualitative Research
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Boudreau, Ainsley M.; Corkum, Penny; Meko, Katelyn; Smith, Isabel M. – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2015
This review examined the effectiveness of peer-mediated pivotal response treatment (PM-PRT) to increase social-communication skills for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A systematic review was conducted of all published studies examining PM-PRT in school-aged children with ASD, based on an established rubric. Five PM-PRT studies…
Descriptors: Intervention, Interpersonal Communication, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Competence