O uso da música enquanto recurso terapêutico para favorecer a linguagem de crianças autistas : uma revisão de literatura

Abstract

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is characterized by persistent impairment in reciprocal social communication and social interaction. Children with autism may exhibit severe déficits in understanding the meaning and use of verbal and nonverbal language. Music can be used in different therapeutic approaches, as an ally in language stimulation, mainly by making the intervention more pleasurable and opening communication channels. Objective: Identifying in the national literature the use of music as a therapeutic resource for language development in the treatment of children with Autism. Methodology: Descriptive research conducted through an integrative literature review using the CAPES Journal Portal. seeking articles that included music as a therapeutic resource related to language development in the treatment of children with Autism that were published in Portuguese in the last 10 years. Results and Discussion: Seventeen articles were found, studies that did not address the theme, were in different languages from Portuguese, did not fit within the stipulated time period, and had already appeared in the search (duplicates) were excluded. Therefore, eight articles remained for analysis. Conclusion: The studies indicate that music significantly contributes to the development of autistic children, particularly in communicative skills, improvement of language, and social interaction. These researches have highlighted a lack of studies that use music as a therapeutic resource in speech therapy interventions. Therefore, it is necessary to develop more studies specifically focused on this area, demonstrating the benefits and relevance of music as a therapeutic device for autistic children in inter and multidisciplinary interventions.