Working on Eye Contact

Video Summary

In this clip, Sajid is participating in a one to one therapy session aimed at improving his eye contact and response to name. The therapist uses an object Sajid wants to bring his eyes to her face when she calls his name, thus pairing his name with the act of making eye contact. As she repeats the task, Sajid learns the association, looking to her face more immediately and automatically with each trial.

Keywords

• Nonverbal Behaviors Used in Social Interaction
• lack of eye contact
• Restricted
• negative reactions to sensory stimuli
• Therapies
• reinforcement
• Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
• therapy strategies
• working with autism