Music Therapy for Children with Autism | What is Music Therapy Intervention?

Dr. Mary Barbera and Dr. Marlene Sotelo discuss music therapy for children with autism. Watch now to learn about music therapy interventions.
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Dr. Marlene Sotelo, BCBA-D, MT-BC, is the Els for Autism Foundation Chief Operating Officer at The Els Center of Excellence campus. She has been working with individuals of all ages with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disorders for over 25 years. As the Chief Operating Officer, Marlene serves on the board of directors for The Learning Center (ages 3-14) and The Learning Academy (ages 14-21) at The Els Center of Excellence campus in Jupiter, Florida and is the liaison between both public charter schools and the Foundation.

I’ve found a lot of benefits from music therapy in my own practice, but I haven’t seen that same enthusiasm from other behavior analysts. That’s why I was so thrilled to meet Dr. Marlene Sotelo, who is both a music therapist and a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst at the doctoral level, which makes her the perfect person to discuss music therapy for autism. I wanted to understand the empirically supported data for how music therapy can benefit children with autism.

Because rhythm is processed on the left side of the brain, and the melody of music is processed on the right side of the brain, music therapy affects multimodal areas of the brain. When you combine music and physical therapy, the brain has something to hold onto. For children with autism, music therapy can help with gross motor skills, small motor skills, language skills, greetings, appropriate social behavior, and even group responding.

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