EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The typical child development of joint attention begins with eye gazing as early as 4-6 months. A 6-month-old should be able to follow the gaze of his parent by turning to whatever the parent is looking at. At about 8-9 months, babies begin pointing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Being able to establish joint attention is vital for developing social-communication and cognitive skills. In typically developing children, joint attention skills start to develop soon after birth and by the age of three, children are usually competent at gaining and maintaining joint attention from adults and peers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 6 and 12 months, babies begin to coordinate attention with their parents to objects or events in their environment. For example, they might look at a toy, and then look to their parent and then back to the toy, suggesting that they enjoy knowing that their parent is looking at the same thing as them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Children who are learning social and communication skills in a typical way will often show examples of joint attention from the time they are 12 months old. Joint attention is important in helping people communicate with each other all through life. Children with autism have a hard time with this kind of communication.