NIH-supported study confirms that pointing, gestures to focus attention improve later language
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–June 21, 2012. An intervention in which adults actively engaged the attention of preschool children with autism by pointing to toys and using other gestures to focus their attention results in a long term increase in language skills, according to researchers supported by the National Institutes of Health.
At age 8, children with autism who received therapy centered on sharing attention and…
