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Abstract
Background: In improvisational music therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), facilitating musical and emotional attunement has been found to be one of the unique and essential principles.
Methods: Using videotaped sequences of therapy sessions from an international study (TIME-A), independent raters assessed therapists’ competence in using their behaviour and expression (e.g., through music, voice, arousal level, movement, facial expression) to allow for moments of synchronisation and attunement. Sequences with frequent occurrences of attunement were then examined in relation to musical parameters, aspects of timing in the interaction, joint vitality forms and emotional expression.
Discussion: Attunement unfolds in different ways, including regulation, selective attunement and gentle redirections of the dynamic in order to regulate the child’s arousal, attention or mood. Both attunement to the child’s vitality forms and selective attunement can be seen as essential for music therapy in ASD. They allow for joint changes in time and thereby possible steps towards early forms of joint attention.
Methods: Using videotaped sequences of therapy sessions from an international study (TIME-A), independent raters assessed therapists’ competence in using their behaviour and expression (e.g., through music, voice, arousal level, movement, facial expression) to allow for moments of synchronisation and attunement. Sequences with frequent occurrences of attunement were then examined in relation to musical parameters, aspects of timing in the interaction, joint vitality forms and emotional expression.
Discussion: Attunement unfolds in different ways, including regulation, selective attunement and gentle redirections of the dynamic in order to regulate the child’s arousal, attention or mood. Both attunement to the child’s vitality forms and selective attunement can be seen as essential for music therapy in ASD. They allow for joint changes in time and thereby possible steps towards early forms of joint attention.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Nordic Journal of Music Therapy |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | S1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 34-35 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| ISSN | 0809-8131 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 May 2016 |
| Event | 10th European Music Therapy Conference: A Symphony of Dialogues - the University of Music and Performing Arts, Wien, Austria Duration: 5 Jul 2016 → 9 Jul 2016 Conference number: 10 http://www.emtc2016.at/ |
Conference
| Conference | 10th European Music Therapy Conference |
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| Number | 10 |
| Location | the University of Music and Performing Arts |
| Country/Territory | Austria |
| City | Wien |
| Period | 05/07/2016 → 09/07/2016 |
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Keywords
- Improvisation
- autism spectrum disorder
- attunement
- vitality forms
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Musical and emotional attunement i music therapy on children having autismspectrumdisorder
Holck, U. (PI), Geretsegger, M. (Project Participant), Thompson, G. (Project Participant), Kim, J. (Project Participant), Carpente, J. (Project Participant) & Gattino, G. (Project Participant)
01/07/2017 → 01/01/2022
Project: Research
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An investigation in Musical and Emotional Attunement as described in the Treatment Guidelines and scored in the Fidelity Study of TIME-A
Holck, U. (PI)
15/08/2012 → 01/07/2017
Project: Research
Activities
- 1 Conference presentations
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10th European Music Therapy Conference
Holck, U. (Speaker)
6 Jul 2016Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations