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For more information about Joint Attention please visit our website at http://www.1to1therapy.ca/ HOW DO YOU IMPROVE JOINT ATTENTION? Here are some tips: - Your child will benefit from less structured natural interactions - Your child will learn best through play and natural interactions such as feeding and bathing - Get down to your child’s level, be face to face - Use an animated voice with exaggerated facial expressions - Imitate your child’s facial expressions, sounds, words and actions - Use toys or objects that your child finds interesting or motivating. Children under 2 years of age enjoy cause and effect toys. - Observe your child and wait to see what he’s interested in. - Follow your child’s interest by labeling objects and actions using single words or short phrases. - Sing to your child - Show your child books, turn the pages and point to pictures

For more information about Joint Attention please visit our website at http://www.1to1therapy.ca/ Joint Attention (shared engagement and enjoyment) Let’s talk about the building blocks of language… INTRODUCTION: - Have you ever wondered how your baby will learn to speak, play and interact with others? - They start by sharing experiences with their parents. This is known as joint attention. - Joint attention occurs in early development and is an essential building block to learning language. - Joint attention emerges as early as 2 months and is well established by 18 months of age.