The purpose of this study was to find out how effective the musical activity programs that present sensory stimuli are on the sensory developmental behavior and the social-emotional fields of autistic children having sensory integration disorders.
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The purpose of this study was to find out how effective the musical activity programs that present sensory stimuli are on the sensory developmental behavior and the social-emotional fields of autistic children having sensory integration disorders.
First, of the children having autistic disorder diagnoses, 16 children who had sensory integration disorders were arranged separately in a treatment group and a control group.
The children of the treatment group received the musical activities individually for 30 minutes at a time, totally 40 times for 16 weeks from January 8th to May 4th. On the other hand, the children of the control group did not receive the musical activities.
The two groups took tests of the sensory development and the social-emotional field before and after the musical activity programs.
The results of this study are summarized as follows.
1. The sensory developmental grades of the treatment group received the musical activity programs rose significantly compared with those of the control group.(p<.01). Regarding the subjects, the treatment group improved more significantly than the control group on the subjects of visual, auditory and tactile developmental behavior.(p<.05)
2. The social-emotional field grades of the treatment group rose significantly compared with those of the control group.(p<.01). Regarding the subjects, the treatment group improved more significantly than the control group on the subject of
self-consciousness(p<.01) The results suggest that the musical activity programs are
effective on improving the sensory development and the social-emotional fields of autistic children.