DRR Part 1: Joint Attention becomes clinically important the moment a team has to turn good intentions into reliable action inside clinic sessions and day-to-day service delivery. In DRR Part 1 Joint Attention, for this course, the practical stakes show up in clearer case conceptualization, better instructional targets, and stronger generalization, not in abstract discussion alone.
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Join Free →Joint attention is when two people actively share attention with respect to an object or event and monitor each other's attention to that object or event and is likely one of the first behavioral cusps to be learned by children. Joint Attention is a critical feature of language development and is a strong predictor of current and future language skills. Up to 90% of autistic children have observed deficits in joint attention, making it a very important skill to assess and treat in clinical practice. This is the first in a 3-part series in which I take a deep dive into the prerequisite skills for derived relational responding. This is a follow-up to my previous CEU which can be found at behaviorlive.com/verbal/home. "Applying Advances in Relational Frame Theory and Derived Relational Responding to Clinical Practice". In that CEU I discuss the basics of DRR, its development, prerequisite skills, and briefly how to teach it. This CEU will focus on the first prerequisite: Joint attention.
| Certification Body | Credits | Type |
|---|---|---|
| BACB® | 1 | General |
| COA | 1 | — |
Tessa Divine, of Verbal Beginnings LLC, is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst with 5 years of experience with an additional 4 years of experience as an RBT. Born and raised near Nashville, TN, she attended Purdue University Global and focused on Complex language development and Relational Frame Theory. Tessa has spent the last 2 years assessing clients and providing informed treatment recommendations to clinicians using her knowledge of The PEAK Relational Training System and Derived Relational Responding (DRR) to create long-lasting, socially significant, and life-changing treatments for dozens of clients. Additionally, Tessa has been a dedicated force in informing and training other clinicians in the assessment, treatment, and troubleshooting of DRR skills.
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