Anthology from the year 2017 in the subject Pedagogy - Orthopaedagogy and Special Education, , language: English, abstract: The present work introduces a project named “Help Joselito!”. The project “Help Joselito!” aims to help a Mexican autistic child and his very modest family to pursue the innovative therapy plan that has been tailored especially for him and which has given excellent results so far. This therapy plan takes place in Mexico. The child’s name is Joselito.
Moreover this work presents an alternative therapy model that can be implemented with other persons having an Autistic Spectrum Disorder and developed for persons with different Pervasive Development Disorders (according to the current terminology).
The present work is written in English, Spanish, French and German.
The author and developer of this project, Dr. Jean Weinfeld, is a retired Frenchman living in Germany. He is going regularly to Mexico in order to practice and supervise the therapy plan mentioned above together with local colleague therapists. Dr. Jean Weinfeld has a PhD in Philosophy, is graduated in Law, Political Science and Economy. His main professional field has been cross-cultural education. Dr. Jean Weinfeld already published on the topic of Autism in French, and (at GRIN Publisher) in Spanish.