23.7. 1993 Vitoria-Gasteiz / Spain - World Federation of Music Therapy

he takes them up on his chest, He has reached sexual
maturity (however masturbation is absent, perhaps also
because of the, pipes, which do not allow any
articulation),
He succeeds in staying a whole day without urinating
and when he decides to go to the bathroom he sits
down on the toilet.
He is not interested in his surroundings; he keeps
on rocking himself (both when he stands up and when
he sits down). He has many stereotypes concerning his
fingers: he points his forefinger, he extends his thumb
and his little finger, while he lets down or crosses the
other fingers.
He always follows all these movements with the eyes.
The mouth is half-opened.
On the whole I have the impression of seeing the parts
of his body detached one from another.
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He does not use either verbal nor sign language.
lt is not possible to give any communicative value to his
stereotypes.
CHOICE OF INTERVENTION
During the first meeting with the equipe and all the
operators who worked with G. when his pipes were
taken off, it emerged that the boy reacted exclusively to
sonorous stimulus-reactions. Therefore the sanitary
director decided to begin a music-therapeutic treatment
(he took this decision after he had heard my favourable
advice).
PURPOSES
Short-term purposes 2 months):
general; observation for knowledge;