Glossary
A
Title
Description
Adult style
refers to being the guide, making yourself interesting, encouraging eye contact, reducing prompting and having confidence
Affect
The emotion that leads the interaction
Attunement
The sharing of attention when you are both entirely focused on each other. Emotions are attuned with each other.
B
Title
Description
Being the guide
Knowing what to ignore and what to pay attention to - knowing what the child is interested in and being able to move it forward. Being the guide means "thinking on your feet"
D
Title
Description
Dark alley
Analogy used to explain how children with autism may be feeling anxious
E
Title
Description
Engaged
Anytime when the child is interacting and responding.
I
Title
Description
Imitation
Observing someone else act in a certain way and then using that observation to try it out
Interaction
Another word for engagement. Two or more people are communicating verbally or non verbally
Intonation
The stress that is placed on words to help make their meaning clearer
J
Title
Description
Jim Sinclair
An adult with Autism - google "Don't mourn for us."
Joint attention
Two people share attention with each other and something else, purely for a social reason
M
Title
Description
Making yourself Interesting
Exaggerating body language and intonation, using emotion
Memory catchphrase
Like an advertising jingle, that reminds you of something. Used here to remind of joyful interaction
P
Title
Description
Pattern
A repeated set of actions
S
Title
Description
Same same and change seesaw
A way of examining each of our daily situations
Shared attention
Two people look at each other to share eye gaze, smiles, laughter and gestures
Social motivation
Wanting to be with people
T
Title
Description
Thinking on your feet
Looking for where the next pattern will come from and deciding what part you will take and what part the child will take