Art Therapy

Arttherapyandautism.com, among others, discuss the advantages of

using art for students with autism. From what you already know and
what you have learnt today;

Why do you think art is a useful tool for students with autism?

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How do you think you could use art in your classroom? Give examples

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 Music Therapy
“Music Therapy is the unique application of music to enhance personal lives by creating
positive changes in human behavior. It is an allied health profession utilizing music as a tool
to encourage development in social/ emotional, cognitive/learning, and perceptual-motor
areas. Music Therapy has a wide variety of functions with the exceptional child, adolescent
and adult in medical, institutional and educational settings. Music is effective because it is a
nonverbal form of communication, it is a natural reinforcer, it is immediate in time and
provides motivation for practicing nonmusical skills. Most importantly, it is a successful
medium because almost everyone responds positively to at least some kind of music.

…Music Therapy is particularly useful with

autistic children owing in part to the nonverbal,
non threatening nature of the medium.

...Music Therapy is particularly effective in the

development and remediation of speech.”
[ CITATION Sta67 \l 3081 ]

Using the book ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, discuss possible ways in which you
could integrate music into your classroom to teach both students with and without
autism.

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What other key learning areas could you integrate into your teaching with this book?

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Do you think music should be used to help teach students with autism? Why/ Why
not?

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