Dance Therapy as Effective Complementary and Alternative Medicine in People with Autism: A systematic literature review
Keywords:
dance therapy, dance movement therapy, autism, autism spectrum disorder, complementary and alternative medicine, systematic literature reviewAbstract
There are many types of therapies or interventions that, according to research, these early-life services can significantly improve the development of children with a diagnosis of autism. Participation in the arts; such as dance, has been observed to enhance and develop essential skills in many areas of the core deficiencies of autism. The objectives of this research are: examine the effectiveness, the intervention process and which areas stimulates the dance therapy in different aspects of development in people with autism. The research questions are: What is the effectiveness of dance therapy in people with autism? How is the intervention process of dance therapy in people with autism? And what areas stimulate dance therapy in people with autism? As a method, the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) was used the systematic literature review (SLR). When analyzing the results of 10 selected articles, we found that dance therapy is effective in the areas of communication, social skills, body image, reduction of negative behaviors, positive posture towards social interaction, emotion inference and well-being in general. Therefore, it is important to add dance therapy as a regular intervention for people with ASD in all stages of life.
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