As the internship’s limited timeframe did not allow for an assessment of the actual effects of this activity on the children or a concrete objectivization of the tool's evaluation, the study was designed (in agreement with the association) as an empirical study. The chosen angle of research was: “The perception of the mediator by the parties present and the most important determining factors of this perception” (Touzard, 1968, p. 271). It was observed that the mediation’s institutional investment strongly contributed to its smooth implementation and its having positive effects on the children, notably regarding their motivation and their capacity to participate in and help construct a project.
However, the integration of this mediation into the day-to-day routine with the MEMA project remains, over and beyond the associated results, an important variable to be tested, for the question of its daily presence would seem an essential consideration over the long term. Would not the implementation of this tool as a “special event” during transition periods (such as school holidays) contribute to its effectiveness? Indeed, the tool’s daily integration could deprive it of its “special event” qualities, and thereby engender less investment on the part of the children. What’s more, the current mediation setup actually proposes an escape from this day-to-day routine, which according to the teachers can occasionally prove difficult. In addition, limiting the artists' presence to school holidays also allows the children to more serenely approach these periods without school. Not all children have the possibility of returning home to their families during the holidays, and so the mediation can help fill the gaps left by this lack of school and family.
These observations would suggest that this theatrical activity should perhaps undergo a “trial period” prior to its implementation via the pre-established MEMA project, by progressively increasing the presence of artists in such organizations, rather than opting for their immediate integration into the organizations’ day-to-day routines.