The psychotherapeutic use of dance as an educational tool to improve social skills in children with autism
Educational tools based on the use of dance for professionals work- ing with children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are scarce. The aim of this article is to highlight the benefits of dance therapy by presenting new research in the literature, and to describe the results of an intervention pr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Sevilla (US) |
| Repositorio: | idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:idus.us.es:11441/177862 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/11441/177862 https://doi.org/10.1080/14647893.2024.2354786 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Dance movement therapy Pedagogical tool Educational resource Social skills Autism spectrum |
| Sumario: | Educational tools based on the use of dance for professionals work- ing with children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are scarce. The aim of this article is to highlight the benefits of dance therapy by presenting new research in the literature, and to describe the results of an intervention proposal that includes dance therapy in this field of education. The relevance of arts education as a strategy of attention to diversity in schools for the integrated development of academic and social skills is highlighted. The intervention pro- posal was designed with a programme of activities that included dance therapy and was implemented in children with autism. The aim was to determine whether it contributed to the development of their social skills. A descriptive qualitative methodology was used, with a purposive sampling of subjects affected by autism spectrum disorder attending the same educational centre. The results were collected in a field diary detailing the evolution of each subject in each module. Stufflebeam’s CIPP model was used to evaluate the results in terms of improvements in social skills. The results confirmed that dance therapy is an appropriate tool for the development of social skills in students with ASD |
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