Autism and music

Based on a precise description of nature of human mind and on a rigorous analysis of the characteristics of the Autistic Spectrum Disorders, the book presents a habilitative intervention based on instrumental and vocal music and adaptable to the different profiles of autistic disorders. These activities have been successfully tested by the authors in pre-school and primary schools programs.

The first part of the book reviews the state of research on autism and the development of autistic children. The authors focus on the description of the DIR model and the Floortime technique.

The second part offers suggestions on how to correctly apply the method and describes numerous games and activities based on voice, movement, and musical instruments. It also contains a collection of 12 songs (each one with an introduction), some of them drawn from popular tradition.

The books comes with an audio CD containing the songs presented in the book.