Goal: Improve Joint Attention
Long Term-Ultimate Goal:
The client will demonstrate joint attention 3 times per day with a variety of activities.
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Therapy Phases:
- Responding to Unexpected Stimuli: The client will react appropriately (e.g. look at stimuli, change facial expression, etc.) to an unexpected stimuli (e.g. doorbell ringing, blocks falling over, etc.) on 4 out of 5 opportunities.
- Acknowledgement of Others: The client will demonstrate recognition (e.g. looking, seeking response, etc.) that a partner has joined/moved closer to their activity on 8 out of 10 opportunities.
- Others to Take Turns: The client will continue preferred activity and allow the partner to take turn(s) on 8 out of 10 opportunities.
- Attending to Activity: The client will shift attention (e.g. looking, seeking response, etc.) to an activity initiated by the partner on 8 out of 10 opportunities.
- Taking Turns: The client will take 3 turns during an activity following no more than 2 prompts.
- Sustained Joint Attention: The client will demonstrate joint attention (e.g. looking, seeking response, taking turn, etc.) for 2 minutes with no more than 3 cues.
- Carry Over of Joint Attention: The client will demonstrate joint attention 3 times per day with a variety of activities.
Disclaimer (For Copy and Paste):
Feel free to copy and paste these sample goals into your plan but make sure you modify them to meet the individual needs of the child. This should include individualized level of cueing, such as "independently" or "with verbal prompts".
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