ASD and Music Therapy
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
The history of modern music therapy stems from a special education pioneer, Dr Clive Robbins and a American composer, Dr Paul Nordoff. Nordoff and Robbins visited many special education settings across Europe and North America creating a format of music therapy that is widely adopted in the present day. Children living with autism were the focus of their research and since then there have been a wealth of studies to uncover the benefits of music therapy with this client group. Weather it is a private referral or a mainstream/special school, music therapists have a clear and present focus on supporting individuals living with Autism and benefit people in the following ways.
POTENTIAL AIMS AND OUTCOME MEASURES OF MUSIC THERAPY AND AUTISM
- Increase Communication
- Social Development
- Emotional Development
- Cognitive Development
- developing awareness, concentration, memory, creativity
PLACES/SETTINGS THAT BENEFIT FROM MUSIC THERAPY
- Hospital Wards
- Care homes for the elderly
- Schools, mainstream/specialist
- Private healthcare settings for Physical/Learning disability
- Prisons
- Private homes
- Council run support settings
We service clients across the North West of England and have bases in the City of Liverpool and the Wirral. If you have an enquiry, please feel free to contact us from the details below.