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A Systematic Review Of Music Therapy For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alana Andrus
A Systematic Review Of Music Therapy For Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Alana Andrus
Honors Theses
Music therapy has been suggested to be effective in Autism. The purpose of this systematic review was to assess the effectiveness of music therapy as a potential treatment option for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. To obtain published records, a PubMed search was conducted with the search term “music therapy autism,” which generated 187 studies. Each study was evaluated for relativity to the topic at hand. The remaining 151 articles were assessed for support status, as well as other later suggested research, in order to more confidently support music therapy as a treatment option for ASD patients. Approximately …