The quality of the health care provider , the duration , and the intensity of intervention played an important role in the effectiveness of the intervention .
Interpretation Music therapy appears to be an effective tool for improving social interaction in preschool-aged children with ASD .
Background Autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) is characterised by significant impairment in social communication and the presence of restrictive and repetitive behaviour or interest .
Intervention during early childhood could decrease ASD symptoms .
We aim ed to identify the most effective intervention based on cognitive , developmental , and behavioural approaches and the factors that impact the effectiveness of the intervention .
The effects of music therapy incorporated with applied behavior analysis verbal behavior approach for children with autism spectrum disorders.
This study compared a common form of Applied Behavior Analysis Verbal Behavior ( ABA VB ) approach and music incorporated with ABA VB method as part of developmental speech- language training in the speech production of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders ( ASD ) . This study explored how the perception of musical patterns incorporated in ABA VB operants impacted the production of speech in children with ASD . Participants were 22 children with ASD , age range 3 to 5 years , who were verbal or pre verbal with presence of immediate echolalia . They were r and omly assigned a set of target words for each of the 3 training conditions : ( a ) music incorporated ABA VB , ( b ) speech ( ABA VB ) and ( c ) no-training . Results showed both music and speech trainings were effective for production of the four ABA verbal operants ; however , the difference between music and speech training was not statistically different . Results also indicated that music incorporated ABA VB training was most effective in echoic production , and speech training was most effective in tact production . Music can be incorporated into the ABA VB training method , and musical stimuli can be used as successfully as ABA VB speech training to enhance the functional verbal production in children with ASD
The quality of the health care provider , the duration , and the intensity of intervention played an important role in the effectiveness of the intervention .
Interpretation Music therapy appears to be an effective tool for improving social interaction in preschool-aged children with ASD .
Background Autism spectrum disorder ( ASD ) is characterised by significant impairment in social communication and the presence of restrictive and repetitive behaviour or interest .
Intervention during early childhood could decrease ASD symptoms .
We aim ed to identify the most effective intervention based on cognitive , developmental , and behavioural approaches and the factors that impact the effectiveness of the intervention .