Dr Dawn Wimpory's research relates closely to, and impacts on, clinical practice. For example, she has has introduced Musical Interaction Therapy (MIT), a parent-mediated therapy.  MIT focuses on children with the most severely affected forms of ASD, for whom toys are too distracting from interaction. Instead MIT offers a prolonged and exaggerated form of preverbal interaction without toys, whereby the potential social timing of the parent-child dyad is therapeutically supported by the live accompaniment of a Musical Interaction Therapist. Both and DAISI and MIT reflect Dawn's long held interest in the role of social timing in the development of typically developing children and those with ASD, ranging from genetics to a broader conceptualisation of how social timing may impact on the core difficulties in ASD, including teasing, pretence, empathy, communication etc.
This video demonstrates MIT in clinic, with parental feedback (and consent to share)

Publications relating to Dr Wimpory's work on MIT:

Wimpory, D & Gwilym, E (2019). Music Therapy and Autism Across the Lifespan: A Spectrum of Approaches. In H. Dunn, E. Coombes, E. MacLean, H. Motram & J. Nugent (Eds.), Musical Interaction Therapy (MIT) for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASCs): Underlying Rationale, Clinical Practice and Research Evidence. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Wimpory, D., Nash, S. (1999) Musical interaction play therapy - therapeutic playfor children with autism. Child Language Teaching and Therapy.15, 17-28. (9 peer-reviewed citations; Impact Factor 1.1)*

Wimpory, D., Nash, S. (1999). Musical interaction therapy for children with Autism. In Schaeffer, C. (Ed), Innovative psychotherapy techniques in child and adolescent therapy. 2nd Edition. New York: Wiley.

Wimpory, D., Chadwick, P., Nash, S. (1995) Brief Report: Musical interaction therapy for children with autism: An evaluative case study with two year follow-up. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 25, 541-552. (31 peer-reviewed citations; Impact Factor 3.5)

Wimpory, D.C. (1993) Communication Therapy with Synchronised Music for Children with Autism. The Psychologist (February), 6, 1.