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CATEGORIES:ARClub Talks
SUMMARY:Autism-CHIME: Can music therapy support autistic c
 hildren’s communication skills or anxiety? - Clair
 e Howlin\, Trinity College Dublin
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231030T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231030T123000
UID:TALK207877AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/207877
DESCRIPTION:Improvisational music therapy involves the therapi
 st and child spontaneously co-creating music toget
 her\, using singing\, playing and movement. Music 
 therapists and parents report positive outcomes an
 d advocate for the inclusion of music therapy as a
  standard support for autistic children. However a
  recent meta-analysis of the effectiveness of musi
 c therapy was inconclusive for a number of outcome
 s (Geretsegger et al.\, 2022)\, so it is not yet c
 lear if music therapy is effective. To address the
  shortcoming of previous studies\,  this talk intr
 oduces a large longitudinal randomised controlled 
 trial of improvisational music therapy for autisti
 c children aged 7 – 11 (The Autism-CHIME study) ta
 king place in school settings. This study uses an 
 outcome measure (BOSCC) for social communication t
 hat is sensitive to change over time\, which will 
 help to clarify previous findings. Uniquely the Au
 tism-CHIME study will also examine the impact of m
 usic therapy on autistic children’s anxiety\, well
 being\, to identify if music therapy could be used
  to support emotion regulation\, which is often a 
 primary concern for families. Additionally this st
 udy will account for a number of individual charac
 teristics [IQ\, Musicality\, Cognitive Style]\, to
  investigate if the heterogeneity observed in musi
 c therapy effectiveness is related to individual c
 haracteristics.
LOCATION:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85130861934?pwd=c1l1czdN
 SFVaUzdtRDRPSlU3Q0VmZz09
CONTACT:Saashi Bedford
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