Family-Centered Music Therapy in the Home Environment: Promoting Interpersonal Engagement between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Parents

Thompson, Grace

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“…42 In recent years, parent-and family-centred approaches to music therapy have begun to be developed. 43 This approach involves music therapists working with parents and other family members, to support the whole family and try to embed a positive therapeutic culture in the family dynamic. Such an approach also has the potential to increase the exposure of children to music-based interventions beyond that which can be achieved in traditional music therapy sessions.…”

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International multicentre randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder: TIME-A study

Crawford

Gold

Odell‐Miller

et al. 2017

Health Technol Assess

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Background Preliminary studies have indicated that music therapy may benefit children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Objectives To examine the effects of improvisational music therapy (IMT) on social affect and responsiveness of children with ASD. Design International, multicentre, three-arm, single-masked randomised controlled trial, including a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-funded centre that recruited in London and the east of England. Randomisation was via a remote service using permuted blocks, stratified by study site. Setting Schools and private, voluntary and state-funded health-care services. Participants Children aged between 4 and 7 years with a confirmed diagnosis of ASD and a parent or guardian who provided written informed consent. We excluded children with serious sensory disorder and those who had received music therapy within the past 12 months. Interventions All parents and children received enhanced standard care (ESC), which involved three 60-minute sessions of advice and support in addition to treatment as usual. In addition, they were randomised to either one (low-frequency) or three (high-frequency) sessions of IMT per week, or to ESC alone, over 5 months in a ratio of 1 : 1 : 2. Main outcome measures The primary outcome was measured using the social affect score derived from the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) at 5 months: higher scores indicated greater impairment. Secondary outcomes included social affect at 12 months and parent-rated social responsiveness at 5 and 12 months (higher scores indicated greater impairment). Results A total of 364 participants were randomised between 2011 and 2015. A total of 182 children were allocated to IMT (90 to high-frequency sessions and 92 to low-frequency sessions), and 182 were allocated to ESC alone. A total of 314 (86.3%) of the total sample were followed up at 5 months [165 (90.7%) in the intervention group and 149 (81.9%) in the control group]. Among those randomised to IMT, 171 (94.0%) received it. From baseline to 5 months, mean scores of ADOS social affect decreased from 14.1 to 13.3 in music therapy and from 13.5 to 12.4 in standard care [mean difference: music therapy vs. standard care = 0.06, 95% confidence interval (CI) –0.70 to 0.81], with no significant difference in improvement. There were also no differences in the parent-rated social responsiveness score, which decreased from 96.0 to 89.2 in the music therapy group and from 96.1 to 93.3 in the standard care group over this period (mean difference: music therapy vs. standard care = –3.32, 95% CI –7.56 to 0.91). There were seven admissions to hospital that were unrelated to the study interventions in the two IMT arms compared with 10 unrelated admissions in the ESC group. Conclusions Adding IMT to the treatment received by children with ASD did not improve social affect or parent-assessed social responsiveness. Future work Other methods for delivering music-focused interventions for children with ASD should be explored. Trial registration Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN78923965. Funding This project was funded by the NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme and will be published in full in Health Technology Assessment; Vol. 21, No. 59. See the NIHR Journals Library website for further project information.

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Section: Implications For Services and Future Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

International multicentre randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder: TIME-A study

Crawford

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Odell‐Miller

et al. 2017

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“…In this way, the music therapist flexibly worked to create opportunities for reciprocal personal interactions, affect sharing, turn-taking and joint attention. A detailed description of the familycentred approach has been previously described (Thompson, 2012a).…”

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“…McFerran very deprived mother to build up a good musical and personal relationship with the child. (Alvin, 1978, p. 116) There is a small but growing body of literature describing the use of music therapy with families of children with ASD as part of: sessions conducted in the family home (Müller & Warwick, 1993;Thompson, 2012a); individual family work in centres (Horvat & O'Neill, 2008) and centre-based community group programmes (Allgood, 2005;Oldfield, 2006;Warren & Nugent, 2010;Williams, 2010;Woodward, 2004). An important early research project focussed on family involvement in music therapy was conducted by Müller and Warwick (1993).…”

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“…First, practical benefits have been described including better consistency of therapeutic approaches between home and educational settings (Thaut, 1984), improved relevance of goals for the child (Pasiali, 2004), improved communication between therapists and parents (Procter, 2005), increased opportunities for parents to experience first-hand what motivates their child (Thompson, 2012a) and opportunities for parents to develop skills to enhance their child's development (Chiang, 2008;Warren & Nugent, 2010).…”

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“We’ve got a special connection”: qualitative analysis of descriptions of change in the parent–child relationship by mothers of young children with autism spectrum disorder

Thompson

McFerran

2013

Nordic Journal of Music Therapy

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“…(20) b. atmosphere and positive attitude (7) c. new insights, memories (9) d. motivation (8) e. normalization and reduced symptoms (3) a. Aasgaard 2005;Ayson, 2008;Barrera & Rykov, 2002;Bruce & High, 2012;Drake, 2008;Dun, 1999;Dun, 2007;Gfeller, 1990;Hadley, 1996;Hall, 2012;Hendon & Bohon, 2008;Kim et al, 2009;Lecourt, 1991;Lindenfelser et al 2012;Loth, 2008;Oldfield, 1991;Oldfield, 1993;Shoemark & Dearn, 2008;Thompson, 2012 b. Dun, 1999;Dun, 2007;Edwards, 1994;Pasiali, 2012b;Shoemark, 1999;Shoemark, 2004 c. Dun, 2007;Lindenfelser et al, 2008;Nall & Everitt, 2005;O´Callaghan & Jordan, 2011;Rees, 2005;Shoemark, 2004 d. Dun, 1995;Elefant & Wigram 2005;Finnigan & Starr, 2010;Gfeller, 1990;Kim et al, 2009;Oldfield, 1991;Skewes & Thompson, 2009;…”

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Literature Review of Early Childhood Music Therapy Between 1990-2012

Tuomi

Ala-Ruona

Oldfield

2017

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Abstr Abstract actThe article examines music therapy literature from 1990 to 2012 focusing on children aged 0 to 5-years old. The literature includes clinical descriptions, research articles, chapters in books, peer reviewed electronic publications, and peer reviewed journals. Altogether 125 different texts were found which fulfilled the criteria for inclusion. Simple quantitative analysis gave guidelines for deeper, comparative qualitative analysis. According to the data the older children were more often written about than younger children. Historically the dominance from individual work has been shifting to dyadic/family work. The active methods were most commonly singing and playing with instruments. Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) were most strongly represented together with paediatric patients and children with developmental disabilities. Interaction between family members and the positive factors were emphasized in the articles. The importance of fun and enjoyment was underlined throughout all client groups. The results claim that more specific information of the effects of early childhood music therapy is needed. In addition, related areas of research, cross-scientific viewpoints, and common fields of interests should be taken into consideration in the future.

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Family-Centered Music Therapy in the Home Environment: Promoting Interpersonal Engagement between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Parents

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International multicentre randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder: TIME-A study

International multicentre randomised controlled trial of improvisational music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder: TIME-A study

“We’ve got a special connection”: qualitative analysis of descriptions of change in the parent–child relationship by mothers of young children with autism spectrum disorder

Literature Review of Early Childhood Music Therapy Between 1990-2012

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