Touching Head and Lack of Eye Contact

Video Summary

In the following clip, a therapist teaches Sajid a simple command, "touch head." The lesson demostrates not only Sajid's receptive language delays, but also his poor eye contact and lack of facial expressions, all symptoms of ASD.

Keywords

Emotion
flattened affect

Nonverbal Behaviors Used in Social Interaction
lack of eye contact

Restricted
unusual sensory interests

Social Interaction
distressed by touch

Therapies
command prompts
reinforcement
therapy strategies
working with autism

Verbal Communicative Skills
receptive language
lack of receptive language