A Research Project – Martin

Abstract

Introduction The research project which is the subject of this chapter was undertaken under the direction of the consultant psychiatrist of the Family and Child Guidance Clinic, and the Head of a primary school. It was conducted on three autistic boys between eight and eleven years old. The aim of the project was to try to help the boys to integrate into the normal primary situation by means of individual assistance given by home tutors and a music therapist The parents were involved in the project and received help or even treatment at the clinic. The general aim was: to help the children to recover their spontaneity; to study and develop their individual potentials; to help them to catch, up with their delayed emotional maturation. The greatest flexibility of approach and methods was essential to the success of the scheme.