A recent finalist at the American Film & Video Festival, this intriguing documentary makes a strong case for renewed commitment to behavioral training for autistic children. Beginning with film clips from earlier films/studies conducted during the 1960s, the documentary flashes forward to examine the lives of two of the children, Pam and Ricky, twenty-five years later. Pam has regressed to a level even lower-in terms of language skills-then when she underwent treatment in 1964, and Ricky, though better able to function independently, has lost the spark which so clearly animated him in the earlier film clips. In the second part of the film, the filmmakers look at the results of a new-much more time intensive-behavioral treatment study which ran from 1970-1984. Using a control group of autistic children to measure the results by, the study group posted phenomenal results. 47% of the study group entered public schools for regular instruction, while one student is now in the gifted program. Overall, the study group's I.Q. level rose by 20 points, while the control group's declined by 5 points. This is a fascinating and very hopeful documentary that is highly recommended for high school and university libraries. (Available from: Focus International, 14 Oregon Drive, Huntington Station, NY 11746-9794.)
Behavioral Treatment Of Autistic Children
(1988) 43 m. $395 (instructor's manual included). Focus International. Public performance rights included. Vol. 4, Issue 9
Behavioral Treatment Of Autistic Children
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