Attention Autism is an intervention approach by Speech and Language Therapist Gina Davies which aims to work on the early fundamentals of language including awareness of others, attention, listening, shared attention, switching attention and turn-taking.

Attention skills are an integral part of how we connect with people, the world around us and how we learn. These early skills can be particularly difficult for children with Autism. Gina Davies suggests that the answer is to make your interactions irresistible by using activities that are worthy of the child’s attention.  If the child is having fun, they will be more likely to join in and engage.

Children with Autism are often visual learners and have a good memory for things they find interesting. Attention Autism uses these areas of strength to scaffold learning.  It aims to engage children using highly motivating activities and using this as a base to introduce other skills including joint attention, turn-taking and vocabulary development. The aim is to get spontaneous engagement from the child rather than simply telling the child to listen, look and attend to an activity.

It works across 4 stages, designed to build on your child's abilities to focus, attend, sustain, participate and transition.