Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

EFFECTIVENESS OF MUSIC THERAPY ON AUTISTIC BEHAVIORS AMONG CHILDREN WITH AUTISM

Liya Sarah George

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INTRODUCTION: Autism is a severely incapacitating developmental disorder of ain function characterized by three major types of symptoms: impaired social interaction, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and unusual or severely limited activities and interests. METHOD: An evaluative approach was used for this study. The research design used was one group pretest and posttest design. The conceptual framework of the study was based on “weidenbach’s prescriptive theory”. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 samples for the study. The tool used for this study was Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist (ATEC). Music therapy was administered to children with autism for one hour once a day for 4 weeks. RESULTS: The mean pretest score was 61(SD+18) and the mean posttest score was 30(SD+14) respectively. The mean difference was 31.The posttest mean score was lower than the pretest mean score, which showed that music therapy is effective in reducing autistic behavior. DISCUSSION: The study findings revealed that music therapy is beneficial for children with autism and there was a significant reduction in autistic behaviors among children with autism. CONCLUSION: Music therapy has produced significant improvement in the level of communication and social interaction among children with austism.

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EFFECTIVENESS OF MUSIC THERAPY ON AUTISTIC BEHAVIORS AMONG CHILDREN WITH AUTISM, LIYA SARAH GEORGE PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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