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Music Therapy for Language and Social Skills in Autistic Children

Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Summary

This research is a single-blind randomized controlled trial, where the investigators plan to recruit 40 children with autism, randomly divided into two groups. The music therapy intervention group will receive an hour of group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy. The control group will receive only traditional language therapy. The trial will last for 8 weeks, and participants in both groups will be assessed before and after the trial. During the study, the investigators will assess the language abilities autism trait performance, adaptive function, emotional behavior, and parent-child stress levels.

Official title: Effectiveness of Music Therapy for Speech Delay and Social Skills in Children With Autism

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