Here are a few examples of how eye contact may be focused on early in behavioral treatment. While I present the information in terms of programs that may be used in therapy, all of the examples reach a level (some quickly and some with practice) at which parents can also practice them at appropriate times throughout the day.

ABA therapy for children with autism is a science of both what to teach and how to teach. The more prominent discussions concerning ABA often revolve around how to teach. The use of discrete trials, incidental teaching, and generalization training are all examples of strategies of how to teach that have been assessed in the research. Yet just as important as how to teach is deciding what to teach. ABA therapy for children with autism has been engaged with this question through the years as well. One example of this engagement I find interesting is when and how to teach a child eye contact.