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Communication, joint attention and gesturing
Orson is now able to divide his attention between two points of interest – joint attention. In this chapter we see a lovely example of this new emerging social skill as Mum reads a book to him. We look at the cues Mum picks up on in the way Orson communicates his thoughts and needs.Good for looking at
- Gestures, pointing
- Books
- Joint attention
- Babies
- Parents
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- Communication between mom and Austin
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- is getting more complex.
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- Because she knows him so well,
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- she picks up on all of his movements and notices the way
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- he uses his hands to indicate his interests.
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- Austin sees and hears the way
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- mom points out and names things.
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- A big girl is standing up.
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- He's getting to enjoy looking
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- at books with her.
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- Is that a big boy like Sammy?
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- Yeah!
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- And there's a heart.
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- A telephone.
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- Yeah.
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- Austin is now nine months
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- and he's just acquired an important new skill.
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- Previously, he could only concentrate
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- on one thing at a time.
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- When he was looking at the book,
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- he couldn't turn in glance at mom.
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- Now he can divide his attention.
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- Mum talks about and looks at dad.
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- Dada!
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- Austin follows her gaze
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- and checks back with mom.
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- This is called joint attention.
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- He's realized that mom can be looking
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- at the same thing as him.
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- The developing cortex is processing information
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- from the eyes allowing Austin to follow another's gaze.
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- That's a loud noise Austin baby.
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- Very loud!
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- As both Austin and dad look at the ball,
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- he's now able to ask him to do more bouncing
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- by gesturing with his hands.
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- He's saying do it again.
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- Isn't your daddy clever!
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- Gesturing with hands will be crucial
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- in learning the names of things.
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- His handout gesture has developed into proper pointing.
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- At first, he uses this to point at things for himself.
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- When he points the sponge, mom names it.
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- Shows him what it can do.
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- And then gives it to him.
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- A sponge!
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- A sponge.
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- He'll used pointing increasingly
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- to get what he wants and to find out the names of things.
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- Squishy, isn't it?
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- He's getting the hang of some of mom's gestures
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- His brain has become used to a hands out gesture
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- leading to him being picked up.
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- Now it's a sign that Austin understands and can reply to.
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- Yeah, come on baby!
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- Out you get before you get too cold.
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- Mhmm?
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- Is that nice?
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- A nice little bath?
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- Mhmm?
