autism | empower | music therapy | self
Music therapy may allow children with autism to communicate with music and improve their sense of self.
It may be very hard to start a dialogue with a child with autism. Because of this, the author believes that some children with autism may have lost their sense of self. This paper describes how music therapy can be used to start a music dialogue with children with autism. Some of the goals of the therapy were to teach the child the give and take of a dialogue, empower the child by giving the child a voice through music, and to accept the child for who he or she is. The author notes that the three children in the study changed during the course of the music therapy.
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