Should parents give up on their children’s enjoyment of therapeutic processes in order to achieve significant and measurable results?

Should parents give up on their children’s enjoyment of therapeutic processes in order to achieve significant and measurable results?
Thousands of stressed-out parents are trying to find suitable therapies for their autistic children. What contributes to their stress is the process of deciding between what many parents perceive as being either (1) results-oriented, mechanistic main-stream therapies or (2) process-oriented, enjoyable, but alternative therapies.
  [Moins]