Music can play a vital role in intervention for many children and adults. Music can help with stress reduction and as a cue to assist with transitions.
Please read #10 on the following page for additional information
http://responsiblepracticalparenting.blogspot.com/2010/08/stress-helping-your-children-and-you.html
Music, like many things is individualized. While there are general “rules of thumb” regarding what kind of music is most helpful, it is still individualized both to the person and to the situation. It always irritates me when people search the web for canned objectives and come across this website, expecting they will find an objective they can just plug into a plan for a particular child. It has to be individualized to the specific child and situation or it simply won't be very effective. It is the same with music and it is the same with intervention in general. What will work for a high functioning young child with autism is not the same as best practice for an older child with lower functioning autism.
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