Why is Joint Attention important? Thasbih Amin – Speech Therapist

Why is Joint Attention important? It is a vital skill for children to help them communicate through their life. Join me in this short video, where I bring awareness to this skill and how we can incorporate it in our children’s daily lives.
Thasbih Amin, Speech Therapist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8o-wlOPfMw

Gestures are one of the most undervalued milestones of communication and language development. Several studies have shown that gestures are highly related to language in early development (Watson & Barneck 2009). Babies/Toddlers/Children learn to use gestures before they start talking. This word-gesture combination is what leads to multi-word speech in kids.
Typically, it starts between the ages of 9-12 months. Parents shouldn’t fail to notice this important milestone.
Give importance to GESTURES milestone of your child Let’s change the world one word at a time!
Thasbih Amin, Speech & Language Therapist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=robA82UOQmY