Dance Therapy

Paper Summary:

This paper discuses autism and includes some personal accounts of living with autism. The author then goes on to discuss therapy for autism, focusing specifically on dance therapy as a form of psychotherapy in which patients are encouraged to express their feelings and inner conflicts through dance. The paper stresses that, by aiding and restoring connection and rhythm, dance and movement therapy helps autistic children who are out of sync with other persons involved in their lives and who experience problems connecting between their bodies and their emotional selves.

Table of Contents:
Autism
Personal Accounts
Dance Therapy
From "Out" to In Sync

From the Paper:

"Children in the middle range, albeit usually know and prefer their caregivers' company over others, however children at the severe end of autism may experience challenges recognizing their own family members. Asperger Syndrome, which represents the greatest number of individuals with autism, ranks at the high-functioning end of the autism. Many children with Asperger's function well intellectually and verbally. By today's standards, Shore states, he would have been considered to have Asperger's."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Colman, Andrew M. "dance therapy ", A Dictionary of Psychology, January 1, 2001.
• Kasser, Susan L., Douglas Collier, and Dorene G. Solava. "Sport Skills for Students with Disabilities: A Collaborative Effort." JOPERD--The Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance 68.1 (1997): 50+.
• Henry, Amanda. "DANCE THERAPY TECHNIQUES." Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI), April 20, 2003.
• Hoban, Sandra. "Motion and Emotion: The Dance/Movement Therapy Experience.", Nursing Homes, November 1, 2000.
• Lamas, Daniela. "Autism _ from bubbly baby to disconnected child.", Miami Herald (Miami, FL), April 9, 2004.

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