Marcus Autism Center Grand Rounds 1/26/18
Location: 1920 Briarcliff Road, Atlanta, GA 30329 (2nd Floor Bellsouth Conference Room)
Featured Presenter
Lauren B. Adamson, PhD
Regents' Professor Emerita
Department of Psychology
Georgia State University
Topic: Expanding Views of Joint Attention in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Learning Objectives
Following the education, the learner will be able to:
- Develop a basic understanding of the development of joint attention in typically-developing children and children with ASD.
- Discover the distinction between toddlers' joint attention skills and joint engagement during social interactions and how they each may contribute to early language development.
- Learn about the use of systematic observational methods to document parent-child interactions and to discern change over time.