Date of Award

2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Cook, Peter

Area of Concentration

Biopsychology

Abstract

Children diagnosed with autism are known to have deficits in both social communication and emotional abilities. Recently, DIR/Floortime, a developmental social pragmatic approach to interventions, has targeted these deficits by using naturalistic, child-led sessions, while keeping in mind the child’s affective and emotional capacities. Surprisingly, little research has explored the relationship between a child’s emotional state during therapy and the effectiveness of therapy. Children partaking in DIR/Floortime based intervention at a speech therapy center were assessed for joint attention abilities and emotional state. Although joint attention occurred frequently throughout the session, no significant relationship was found between joint attention and emotional state.

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