Focus Training
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Focus Training
Basic Characteristics
- Description
This is a home based parent-training program that focuses on promoting compliance, mutual enjoyment, joint attention, and language development. In an initial pilot study, the children whose parents received the Focus Training made more progress in language development than children who only received government paid services. However, only parental measures were used.1
- History
Criticisms
A second study which looked at the effectiveness of the Focus Training using both professional and parent measures, larger sample sizes than the pilot study, and a followup evaluation 1 year after the conclusion of the training found no significant effects of treatment on outcome.1
References
1. Oosterling I. et. al. Randomized Controlled Trial of the Focus Parent Training for Toddlers with Autism: 1-Year Outcome.J Autism Dev Disord. 2010 May 4 PMID 20440639
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External Resources
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- Wikipedia: Joint Attention
- Google: Joint Attention
- PubMed: Joint Attention
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