Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1108498 | Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences | 2015 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
The research engaged in the promotion of joint attention skills among 82, Ethiopian origin children between the ages of18-30 months through early intervention program – the ORR program. Joint attention skills refer to the infant's ability to coordinate and share his attention with others in reaction to an object or an event. Overt behaviors of joint attention are: eye contact, point in aim to share and show in aim to share. The results indicated that the participants in the intervention group initiated significantly more eye contacts, point and show in aim to share behaviors than control group.
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