the following is absolutely the truth: tonight i was doing my normal job to augment graduate school, which is working with autistic kids doing highly regimented behavioral modification therapy called applied behavior analysis. i was extremely stressed out because the kid was hitting himself and he pissed on my new steve madden shoes, so i decided to pop in a cd into the old cd player. the cd i chose was plus 8 classics vol. 1, it being the handiest and in my coat.
the kid immediately stopped hitting himself and began following verbal directions to complete the discrete trials!!!! i was really suprised and decided to stop the cd. he started hitting himself again! so i put the cd back on. he stopped hitting himself again. not wanting the kid to start hitting himself again i left the cd on for the rest of the shift. now, i've had a couple of days to digest this. i decided that the heavy bass kick and textural acid lines provided some high level of stimulation. the only problem with the whole situation is that he's now fixated on the song with the vocal "vortex" and the squelching acid line. i had to give the cd to the kids parents for them to burn and bring back the next session. so any other suggestions for music to accompany applied behavior analysis? apparently my client has a hankerin' for aceeeeeeeeeeeed!!! -sam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
