Click on the link below to read AMTA’s Music Therapy Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders Paper.
Autism Spectrum Disorders: Music Therapy Research and Evidence Based Practice Support
“Music therapy is a well-established professional health discipline that uses music as the therapeutic stimulus to achieve non-musical treatment goals. Research supports connections between speech and singing, rhythm and motor behavior, memory for song and memory for academic material, and overall ability of preferred music to enhance mood, attention, and behavior to optimize the student’s ability to learn and interact. Therefore, one of the purposes of music therapy for persons with autism is to provide the individual with an initial assist using melodic and rhythmic strategies, followed by fading of musical cues to aid in generalization and transfer to other environments”
http://www.musictherapy.org/assets/1/7/bib_autism10.pdf
For more information contact Becky Watson at Becky@Music4Wellness.net
