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March 27, 2026Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

Joint Attention Episodes and Language Skills in Children With Language Delays

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TFTraci FredmanTKTobias KrollMGMark J. Garrison

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This observational study examines how joint attention impacts language skills in children with language delays, suggesting significant implications for early intervention.

Key Points

  • This research aims to explore the relationship between joint attention, joint engagement, and language skills in children with language delays.
  • Recorded play sessions of six mother-child dyads for 15 minutes.
  • Coded for joint attention acts and language use during interactions.
  • Collected vocabulary data using the MacArthur–Bates Communicative Developmental Inventory.
  • Analyzed data using Ordinal Pattern Analysis in Observation Oriented Modeling software.
  • Children with more initiating joint attention showed greater receptive and expressive vocabulary and longer utterances.
  • Weak correlation found between responding joint attention and language skills.
  • Higher engagement in joint attention episodes (JAEs) correlated with better vocabulary and longer utterances.
  • The duration of engagement in JAEs related to increased utterance length.

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Fredman et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c61ff615a0a509bde18582https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_jslhr-25-00173
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