EEX 2000 Lecture Notes - Nonverbal Communication, Joint Attention, Perseveration

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Education - Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
• Course: EEX 2000
• Professor: Penny Cox

Document Summary

Communication (no eye contact, gestures, body language, cooing, babbling, etc) Language skills can vary from none to very sophisticated. Echolalia (repeating what they"re hearing) (may not have true comprehension or understanding, but can strictly repeat) (not change pronouns or verb tenses) Difficulty understanding nonliteral language (do not initiate interactions) (will not elaborate on questions) (use words in different way than expected) (idioms or phrases) Will have non-filtered speech (say what is on their mind) Lack of joint attention or social referencing. Share info about topics of interest more than about self (talking at someone) ( don"t allow others to talk during conversation) Don"t see other"s company; prefer to be alone. Perseveration (get on one thing and stay there; dwelling) Insistence on sameness (consistency, routines, predictable) (otherwise, they may not know how to act; meltdown) Repetitive motor movements (stereotypical behavior; twiddling fingers, rocking, flap their hands, spinning around, during stressful.