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JAR (Joint Action Routines)

Routine activities designed to encourage communication skills in people with autism.

Johansen Sound Therapy

Auditory integration training whereby a person with autism listens to modified music.

Joint Attention

When a child identifies the direction of an adult’s gaze and can direct their own gaze accordingly.

Joint Attention Deficit

The inability to be interested in the same things as others and to interact with others accordingly.

JOIT (Jakey-Olson Integrative Therapy)

An intervention which combines behaviour modification with meditation.