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.
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. The study hypothesizes that music therapy can contribute to improving language development delays in children with autism and may enhance their language development. The investigators hope that this research can propose more diversified therapeutic methods for language development in children with autism.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
40
receive group music therapy in addition to traditional language therapy
receive only traditional language therapy
National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-chu branch
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Chinese version of the Preschool Language Scale (PLS)
assess the language abilities of children, minimum value 0, maximum value 83, higher scores means a better outcome
Time frame: 8 weeks
Child Behavior Checklist for Ages 1½-5 (CBCL 1½-5)
evaluate emotional behavior
Time frame: 8 weeks
Parenting Stress Index
evaluate parent-child stress levels, minimum value 36, maximum value 180, higher scores means a worse outcome
Time frame: 8 weeks
Checklist for Autism Spectrum Disorder-Chinese Version (CASD-C)
evaluate autism trait performance
Time frame: 8 weeks
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