Dance Movement Therapy has recently made its mark as a viable treatment option for people with Autism.

It uses movement to enhance emotions, behaviours, and motor skills. People with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) are often less or not aware of their mind and body.

Many pieces of research and studies have supported the positive effects of dance movement therapy on people with autism.

Improved attention and concentration.

It gives them the liberty to be expressive of their emotions, using movements.

It helps them enhance their social interactions and leads to the formation of relationships when placed in dyads or groups.

A therapist can help people to develop vocabulary skills, using the imitation of the repetitive movements the person engages in.

Improved attention and concentration.

It gives them the liberty to be expressive of their emotions, using movements.

It helps them enhance their social interactions and leads to the formation of relationships when placed in dyads or groups.

Music therapy is a well-established and risk-free technique for using musical interaction to help individuals with a wide range of cognitive and emotional challenges to improve their ability to function. By interacting with adults and children on the autism spectrum, musical therapists can build skills, lower anxiety, and even develop new communication skills.

Another study suggests that family-centered music therapy can build stronger parent-child bonds. People on the autism spectrum are often especially interested in and responsive to music. Because music is motivating and engaging, it may be used as a natural “reinforcer” for desired responses.

Music therapy can also help those with sensory aversions to certain sounds to cope with sound sensitivities or individual differences in auditory processing.