An evaluation of Chinese Orff Music Therapy for children with autism in China / Wolfgang MASTNAK in Good Autism Practice - GAP, 22-1 (May 2021)

Public ISBD [article]  inGood Autism Practice - GAP > 22-1 (May 2021) . - p.78-86 Titre : An evaluation of Chinese Orff Music Therapy for children with autism in China Type de document : Texte imprimé et/ou numérique Auteurs : Wolfgang MASTNAK, Auteur ; Rong GUO, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.78-86 Langues : Anglais (eng) Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The authors are based at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. Wolfgang Mastnak is also Professor at Beijing Normal University (BNU) in China and Director of the BNU Research Centre of Arts Therapies. He designed this small scale study with Rong Guo. She conducted the therapy in Shanghai as part of her PhD thesis. They set out to evaluate the benefits of Orff music therapy with children aged from 5 to 11 years within a special school setting. Each child had a 35 minute weekly session for over 6 months. Parents and staff rated the effects of this by completing a pre and post questionnaire. Clear benefits are claimed for some children. The conclusions are limited due to the fact there was no comparison group and the raters were not blind to the approach, but the study has value to highlight the complex nature of approaches in China and the challenges of introducing ideas from the West to a vast country which has over 55 different ethnic groups with their own culture and language and often very different views and attitudes towards autism. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=460 [article] An evaluation of Chinese Orff Music Therapy for children with autism in China [Texte imprimé et/ou numérique] / Wolfgang MASTNAK, Auteur ; Rong GUO, Auteur . - p.78-86. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Good Autism Practice - GAP > 22-1 (May 2021) . - p.78-86 Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : The authors are based at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. Wolfgang Mastnak is also Professor at Beijing Normal University (BNU) in China and Director of the BNU Research Centre of Arts Therapies. He designed this small scale study with Rong Guo. She conducted the therapy in Shanghai as part of her PhD thesis. They set out to evaluate the benefits of Orff music therapy with children aged from 5 to 11 years within a special school setting. Each child had a 35 minute weekly session for over 6 months. Parents and staff rated the effects of this by completing a pre and post questionnaire. Clear benefits are claimed for some children. The conclusions are limited due to the fact there was no comparison group and the raters were not blind to the approach, but the study has value to highlight the complex nature of approaches in China and the challenges of introducing ideas from the West to a vast country which has over 55 different ethnic groups with their own culture and language and often very different views and attitudes towards autism. Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=460

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