The purpose of this symposium was to clarify some characteristics of therapeutic standpoints and methodologies for the behavioral handicapped children comprehended as an inclusive concept.
Agari classified the mental retarded into equilibrium type, hyperactive type, and inhibitive type by using several measures in order to comprehend their behavior, and reported the results of therapeutic practice, which corresponded to the three types. Azuma saw the possibility of teaching the mental retarded by using the operant conditioning techniques. Ishii reported from his many years' experience that the important thing in the education including therapy and training for autistic children was to improve the human relationship between therapist and children.
The authors concluded: the therapeutic approach to the behavior handicapped children was discussed among the members, but no integrated conclusion was reached. Perhaps there were among the members some, differences of views on handicapped children. Sufficient study should be given not only to the change of behavior but to the formation of the inner world of the handicapped children, and in the study we should consider a handicapped child as a whole person
