A educação musical terapêutica aliada à musicoterapia: contribuições para o desenvolvimento de crianças com Transtorno do Espectro Autista TEA

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of the relevance of therapeutic music education combined with music therapy for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Its general objective is to analyze Music Education as a therapeutic and pedagogical intervention in the development of children with ASD. The methodological assumptions used were bibliographic research in the collection of the in-person Music Degree course at the State University of Maranhão, and later in the databases of Google Scholar, Scielo (Scientific Electronic Library Online), and other virtual repositories of Music and Pedagogy, to support the field research, in a Multidisciplinary Support Clinic in São Luís - MA, with a preschool child with ASD. The data were analyzed using a qualitative approach, through field research and participatory research. It was found that Music Education can be used as a therapeutic and pedagogical intervention tool, as it provides children with ASD with experiences that are essential for improving their social and cognitive skills, allowing the development of verbal or nonverbal communication, as long as music therapy techniques compatible with the points to be developed are used, and are part of an individualized plan, with definition of the strategies and session time necessary for the learning purposes to be achieved. Therefore, music, based on the particularities of children with ASD, aims to build a learning routine that is favorable to overcoming/alleviating their difficulties in the different environments in which they participate socially, including the family and school