The Feasibility and Efficacy of Tele-Music Therapy on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

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Yue Wu

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Description

Low accessibility and lack of resources are primary barriers for children in rural areas to receive music therapy services. The research summarized in this poster used real-time video-conferencing platforms to provide cost-effective music therapy to serve children with autism in any location. This concurrent mixed-methods research tested the feasibility and efficacy of tele-music therapy.

Qualitative online interviews and a quantitative randomized controlled trial were used to collect data to examine two related research questions: (1) What is the feasibility and efficacy of delivering tele-music therapy for children with autism?; and (2) What are the barriers and feasibility of delivering tele-music therapy at home? Both quantitative and qualitative data showed that tele-music therapy is a feasible and potentially efficacious method to deliver music therapy intervention to children with autism spectrum disorder. The researcher hopes this clinical research will contribute to the potential for tele-music therapy to be an alternative mode to increase equity and access to music therapy in rural areas worldwide.

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Date

2023 

Type

Presentation 

Publisher

Institute on Community Integration, University of Minnesota