Validating dynamic assessment of triadic gaze for young children with severe disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This research investigated the use of a dynamic assessment (DA) to identify differences among young children with severe disabilities, which would predict progress in learning behaviors indicating coordinated joint attention (CJA).

Method

Six children 10-24 months of age were enrolled in a 16-week treatment for behaviors indicating CJA, specifically triadic gaze (TG), which is a 3-point gaze shift between object and adult. An initial static assessment documented the children's eligibility for the study and their baseline performance of TG. DA procedures were then implemented to determine each child's performance with examiner support in producing behaviors suggesting joint attention (i.e., tracking, gaze toward an object or an adult, scanning between objects, scannin

SUBMITTER: Olswang LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3841076 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature