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Meet & Greet: PP: 1. Making Face Contact - Story

Meet & Greet: PP: 1. Making Face Contact - Story

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We start the term off with learning about facial referencing.  Some children (especially those on the Autism Spectrum) find making eye contact very difficult.  As a result, the focus is more on face contact (facial referencing) rather than eye contact.  They are encouraged to look briefly at others between the eyes, not necessarily into the eyes.  Some cultures have an expectation for eye contact as a means of respect where others see direct eye contact as disrespectful.  You will need to discuss these differences with the children and ensure that you have some understanding of each child’s family and cultural expectations. Aside from cultural expectations however, facial referencing provides an important social purpose.  Facial referencing assists us to recognise other people’s emotional reactions and read their body language.  Closely linked to eye contact, is the skill of joint attention.  Joint attention is the ability to follow someone’s eye gaze towards the item they are looking at.  This lesson introduces both concepts.  It must be emphasized that children should NOT be forced or expected to look at each other IN the eyes, the aim of the group is to find a way for children to reference others’ face and note where their attention is for joint attention to something.

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