The Masgutova Method was created by Dr. Svetlana Musgutova during the 1989 UFA train disaster that resulted in many children that were severely injured and traumatized. Dr. Musgutova figured out that these children were not responding to previously used, cognitive approaches to therapy. These children were not responding because the level of trauma they experienced
in Autism Therapies and Treatments by Donnesa McPherson, AAS