Peters, J. S. (2000). Music therapy: An introduction (2nd ed.). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher. 474 pages. ISBN 0-398-07042-3. $79.95 cloth. $64.95 paper

This article endeavors to present the impact of conducting robot-assisted music-based intervention sessions for children with low-functioning (LF) autism. To this end, a drum/xylophone playing robot is used to teach basic concepts of how to play the instruments to four participants with LF autism during nine educational sessions. The main findings of this study are compared to similar studies conducted with children with high-functioning autism. Our main findings indicated that the stereotyped behaviors of all the subjects decreased during the course of the program with an approximate large Cohen’s d effect size. Moreover, the children showed some improvement in imitation, joint attention, and social skills from the Pre-Test to Post-Test. In addition, regarding music education, we indicated that while the children could not pass a test on the music notes or reading music phrases items because of their cognitive deficits, they showed acceptable improvements (with a large Cohen’s d effect size) in the Stambak Rhythm Reproduction Test, which means that some rhythm learning occurred for the LF participants. In addition, we indicated that parenting stress levels decreased during the program. This study presents some potential possibilities of performing robot-assisted interventions for children with LF autism.

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Peters, J. S. (2000). Music therapy: An introduction (2nd ed.). Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher. 474 pages. ISBN 0-398-07042-3. $79.95 cloth. $64.95 paper

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