Music therapists and occupational therapists can work together to help children with autism learn to perform self-care tasks.
It is good for children with autism and their parents when the children are able to do many of their own self-care tasks. This study was based on the idea that songs would be helpful in prompting a child with autism to perform multi-step self-care routines. The routines included hand washing, toileting, and cleaning up. The authors found that both song and lyric helped with all of the multi-step tasks. Children learned more, though, if the songs were sung more often.
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