The therapist's role in the classroom was somewhat like that of a teacher, not only doing hands-on activities with the children around Renee, but also focusing on observing and interacting with Renee and encouraging interactions between her and her peers. The fint time the therapist came to the classroom, Renee looked frozen and did not respond to anyone. She stood silently in a fixed position for a period of several minutes, watching the other children and the therapist. Her body was as immobile as her voice was mute. However, the therapist observed that when Renee saw others laughing, she appeared to have a very small smue, but it quickly disappeared. This observation helped the therapist to know that Renee did pay attention to people and her environment and that she was not as frozen as she appeared.