Music Therapy: the Effects on Autism Merriam-Webster dictionary defines autism spectrum disorder as any disorder that is “marked by impairments” of communication and behavior. It also defines music as a scientific “ordering of sounds” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary online, 2014). By using these orders of sound, music could be the crucial filling to these autistic impairments. In other words, music therapy, a field of psychological therapy, is a magnificent way to help children stricken with this disorder. More specifically, music therapy can help improve a child’s communication and behavioral skills. Music is a world-wide phenomenon that everyone can enjoy, but not everybody knows its true powers. While it obviously has an impact on the listener’s
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Autistic children have a hard time communicating what they feel and have trouble building relationships with other children and adults. According to Serendip Studio, music therapy is a way to help these children communicate better and destroy the barrier between an autistic and a non-autistic child. Music is a way a child can speak without using words. As stated earlier, music is a universal language that all people can relate to and understand in one way or another. By using music, autistic children can learn to trust other people and develop tools for learning. Using singing techniques can help a child by getting them used to speaking more. One unexplained fact about music therapy is that autistic children have a strong liking for music. It is something that they can understand and connect with on a deep level. They also tend to be proficient musicians when taught how to be (“Katherine”, 2007). By improving a child’s communication skills, it can help them interact with other people better, understand other people better, and be able to express themselves better. One study showed that children, when listening to songs that they like, can become more likely to do what’s right in society by changing the words to certain instructions. This helps get good deeds inside of the child’s mind. While children’s communication skills are certainly effected by music, there are other reason why music therapy is an …show more content…
Music therapy is an amazing solution for these problems. Both hemispheres of the brain can be improved by music. This is extremely crucial to helping someone who has mental problems. By using music, a therapist can help “build bridges” in the child’s mind by getting them to finish music, melodies, or lyrics. As mentioned before, autistic children have to be taught to act a certain way. Music does help with this, but is a mostly mental challenge. The problem lies within their mind and by fixing this mental problem, their behavioral problems can be solved (Indiana University, 2014). Not only does it help the child, but it just makes them feel good. They definitely feel a lot of grief through autism, so music can be a way to heal and provide them with something they can love and enjoy. Music can also help them in other areas. It can help them in their school work. For example, a child can see how to read music notes and learn to follow timings. This then helps them in subjects like math, as they have to think and put different parts together. The chart below makes many points about the effects music has on the
Autistic children have a hard time communicating what they feel and have trouble building relationships with other children and adults. According to Serendip Studio, music therapy is a way to help these children communicate better and destroy the barrier between an autistic and a non-autistic child. Music is a way a child can speak without using words. As stated earlier, music is a universal language that all people can relate to and understand in one way or another. By using music, autistic children can learn to trust other people and develop tools for learning. Using singing techniques can help a child by getting them used to speaking more. One unexplained fact about music therapy is that autistic children have a strong liking for music. It is something that they can understand and connect with on a deep level. They also tend to be proficient musicians when taught how to be (“Katherine”, 2007). By improving a child’s communication skills, it can help them interact with other people better, understand other people better, and be able to express themselves better. One study showed that children, when listening to songs that they like, can become more likely to do what’s right in society by changing the words to certain instructions. This helps get good deeds inside of the child’s mind. While children’s communication skills are certainly effected by music, there are other reason why music therapy is an …show more content…
Music therapy is an amazing solution for these problems. Both hemispheres of the brain can be improved by music. This is extremely crucial to helping someone who has mental problems. By using music, a therapist can help “build bridges” in the child’s mind by getting them to finish music, melodies, or lyrics. As mentioned before, autistic children have to be taught to act a certain way. Music does help with this, but is a mostly mental challenge. The problem lies within their mind and by fixing this mental problem, their behavioral problems can be solved (Indiana University, 2014). Not only does it help the child, but it just makes them feel good. They definitely feel a lot of grief through autism, so music can be a way to heal and provide them with something they can love and enjoy. Music can also help them in other areas. It can help them in their school work. For example, a child can see how to read music notes and learn to follow timings. This then helps them in subjects like math, as they have to think and put different parts together. The chart below makes many points about the effects music has on the