Describes the pathology of a four-year-old autistic child. Characteristic behaviour of this syndrome is clearly presented, as well as the gains such a child can make in a therapeutic nursery. Filmed at a community-based, therapeutic nursery-kindergarten.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010949
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Preschool
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Autism
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behavior therapy
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Developmentally disabled children
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Health education
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)