Following a Point
Video Summary
As part of their daily interactions with others, typically developing children will point to objects of interest as well as follow the points of other children or adults as part of an interaction. Both using and following points allow the child to engage and share experiences with others as well as interactively learn from the environment. Whereas typically developing children will turn their gaze to follow a parent's point by the age of one, this behavior is often lacking in children on the autism spectrum. In this segment, Dr. Soorya illustrates the presence and absence of this behavior by presenting examples of both typically developing children and children on the autism spectrum.
"It is important to observe how a child responds to a point."
— Latha Soorya, PhD
Keywords
- Autism-General Information
- Early Signs
- Learning
- Identifying common objects
- Social Interaction
- not following a point
- Social Interaction
- following a point