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Beyond Broadway: Analysis of Qualitative Characteristics of and Individual Responses to Creatively Able, a Music and Movement Intervention for Children with Autism

Movement in response to music represents one of the natural social environments in which physical activity occurs. The study of music and movement, including dance, requires a careful, holistic consideration of many features, which may include music, physical activity, motor learning, social engagem...

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Autores principales: Lakes, Kimberley D., Neville, Ross, Vazou, Spyridoula, Schuck, Sabrina E. B., Stavropoulos, Katherine, Krishnan, Kavita, Gonzalez, Irene, Guzman, Kayla, Tavakoulnia, Arya, Stehli, Annamarie, Palermo, Andrew
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6517971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30999560
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081377
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author Lakes, Kimberley D.
Neville, Ross
Vazou, Spyridoula
Schuck, Sabrina E. B.
Stavropoulos, Katherine
Krishnan, Kavita
Gonzalez, Irene
Guzman, Kayla
Tavakoulnia, Arya
Stehli, Annamarie
Palermo, Andrew
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Vazou, Spyridoula
Schuck, Sabrina E. B.
Stavropoulos, Katherine
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Gonzalez, Irene
Guzman, Kayla
Tavakoulnia, Arya
Stehli, Annamarie
Palermo, Andrew
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description Movement in response to music represents one of the natural social environments in which physical activity occurs. The study of music and movement, including dance, requires a careful, holistic consideration of many features, which may include music, physical activity, motor learning, social engagement, emotion, and creativity. The overarching goal of this manuscript is to examine qualitative characteristics of and individual responses to a music and movement intervention (Creatively Able) for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We provide a description of Creatively Able, illustrating how the program design and physical and social environment were informed by children’s needs and preferences in order to provide an enriched environment in which to promote multiple systems in children with ASD. Using data from two pilot studies with 20 children with ASD, we illustrate how researchers can use observational research methods to measure important aspects of the social environment (e.g., children’s engagement during intervention sessions) as well as engagement of potential underlying behavioral mechanisms (e.g., self-regulation) that might reduce clinical symptoms. We further illustrate how individual responses to intervention (e.g., improvements in behaviors or symptoms) can be studied in physically active interventions. Our pilot study results showed group-level reductions in Stereotyped and Compulsive behaviors of 8% and 4%, respectively; posthoc analysis revealed that there were substantial individual differences in children’s responses to the intervention. This research illustrates robust methods that can be applied to intervention research to improve our understanding of important features of interventions that might help promote development in various domains, including executive functions and self-regulation.
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spelling pubmed-65179712019-05-31 Beyond Broadway: Analysis of Qualitative Characteristics of and Individual Responses to Creatively Able, a Music and Movement Intervention for Children with Autism Lakes, Kimberley D. Neville, Ross Vazou, Spyridoula Schuck, Sabrina E. B. Stavropoulos, Katherine Krishnan, Kavita Gonzalez, Irene Guzman, Kayla Tavakoulnia, Arya Stehli, Annamarie Palermo, Andrew Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Movement in response to music represents one of the natural social environments in which physical activity occurs. The study of music and movement, including dance, requires a careful, holistic consideration of many features, which may include music, physical activity, motor learning, social engagement, emotion, and creativity. The overarching goal of this manuscript is to examine qualitative characteristics of and individual responses to a music and movement intervention (Creatively Able) for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We provide a description of Creatively Able, illustrating how the program design and physical and social environment were informed by children’s needs and preferences in order to provide an enriched environment in which to promote multiple systems in children with ASD. Using data from two pilot studies with 20 children with ASD, we illustrate how researchers can use observational research methods to measure important aspects of the social environment (e.g., children’s engagement during intervention sessions) as well as engagement of potential underlying behavioral mechanisms (e.g., self-regulation) that might reduce clinical symptoms. We further illustrate how individual responses to intervention (e.g., improvements in behaviors or symptoms) can be studied in physically active interventions. Our pilot study results showed group-level reductions in Stereotyped and Compulsive behaviors of 8% and 4%, respectively; posthoc analysis revealed that there were substantial individual differences in children’s responses to the intervention. This research illustrates robust methods that can be applied to intervention research to improve our understanding of important features of interventions that might help promote development in various domains, including executive functions and self-regulation. MDPI 2019-04-17 2019-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6517971/ /pubmed/30999560 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081377 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Guzman, Kayla
Tavakoulnia, Arya
Stehli, Annamarie
Palermo, Andrew
Beyond Broadway: Analysis of Qualitative Characteristics of and Individual Responses to Creatively Able, a Music and Movement Intervention for Children with Autism
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title_short Beyond Broadway: Analysis of Qualitative Characteristics of and Individual Responses to Creatively Able, a Music and Movement Intervention for Children with Autism
title_sort beyond broadway: analysis of qualitative characteristics of and individual responses to creatively able, a music and movement intervention for children with autism
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6517971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30999560
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16081377
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