Alternating Focus Attention is the ability to shift focus between two or more tasks.

Alternating Focus Attention: This is the capacity for mental flexibility that allows a person to shift the focus of his attention back and forth between tasks. Examples of this activity might be:

1. This first example of alternating signals is a demonstration that we used earlier in the Auditory Perception discussion, but it is worth repeating. The child is instructed to listen to one of two competing voices and follow his/her instructions.

NOTES: Hear a switching signal task
2. The second example involves alternating an attribute with meaning. It is a repeat of the "big/LITTLE" activity above.

However, this time on the first word you tell the size of the print; and on the second word, you give the meaning of the word; then you keep alternating. Then you self destruct! (see next page).