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Music Therapy & Autism
An amazing research study was published in October 2018 that includes the first brain scans that show evidence of a significantly positive outcome in children with autism who had 8 weeks of music therapy intervention compared to a control group.  It is so validating to have the proof, in the form of improved brain structures, that music therapy is hugely impactful.  Check out the research here;  
Music improves social communication and auditory-motor connectivity in children with autism. - PubMed - NCBI
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Transl Psychiatry. 2018 Oct 23;8(1):231. doi: 10.1038/s41398-018-0287-3.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30352997

How Does Music Therapy Make a Difference for Individuals with Diagnoses on the Autism Spectrum?


• Music is a “universal language” which provides bridges in a non-threatening setting between people and their environment, facilitating relationships, learning, self-expression, and communication.

• Music captures and maintains attention.

• Music is highly motivating and engaging.

• Music therapy can enable those without language to communicate, participate, and express themselves.

• Music therapy can encourage social communication development.

• Music therapy provides individuals the opportunity to develop identification and appropriate expression of their emotions.

• Because music is processed in both hemispheres of the brain, music can stimulate cognitive functioning.

• Music provides concrete, multi-sensory stimulation (auditory, visual, and tactile).

How Does Music Therapy Help Families of Individuals with Diagnoses on the Autism Spectrum?

• Music therapy interventions can provide opportunities for positive interaction and the building of relationships among family members and the client.

• Music therapy interventions can help family members see their loved one in a different light.

• Music therapy can provide family members with alternate ways to interact, socialize, and communicate with their loved ones.
















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