Research On The Use Of Music Activities Orff-Schulwerk To Promote Peer Interaction For Children With Autism

Nowadays,Inclusive Education has become a worldwide trend,Preschool Inclusive Education becomes more and more important,which has also become the important task of development in education in China.One of the core symptoms is persistent social communication and social interaction disorder,in addition,the inclusive environment is considered to be an effective place to promote the development of social skills for autistic children.For ordinary pre-school children,the inclusive environment has a beneficial effect on their social development.Nevertheless,peer interaction among children does not occur naturally based on the current situation of interaction between autistic and ordinary preschool children.Moreover,autistic children sometimes get rejected by others.Therefore,supportive intervention should be integrated in the Preschool Inclusive Education environment,as well as giving some appropriate guidance to the process of peer interaction.This study focuses on exploring the effect of the intervention of music activities Orff-Schulwerk on peer interaction behaviors of autistic children in terms of the inclusive preschool education environment.The research method uses Multiple Baseline AcrossSubjects Designs in Single Subject Research method,with music activities OrffSchulwerk as the independent variable,including language rhythm,momentum exploration,instrumental ensemble,and music games,and its dependent variable is peer interaction behavior of the autistic children,including interactive initiation and interactive response behavior.This study takes three autistic children studying in a private kindergarten in Chongqing as the research object,analyzes and explores the follows: the intervention effect of music activities Orff-Schulwerk on the interaction between autistic children and ordinary children in the music context.And the generalized effect of music activities Orff-Schulwerk on the interaction between autistic children and ordinary children in natural situations.The research data is mainly analyzed by visual analysis,interobserver agreement and social validity analysis.The results showed that music activities Orff-Schulwerk intervention(1)had a good effect on peer interaction between children with autism and children with ordinary.(2)it has a good generalization effect on the peer interaction between children with autism and children with ordinary;(3)good social validity.At last,according to the results and limitations of this study,researcher puts forward suggestions for future researchers and teachers,hoping to provide reference for their work.