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ERIC Number: ED636946
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 123
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 979-8-3799-1681-7
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Implementing Music Therapy into Behavioral Healthcare to Treat Autism Spectrum Disorder
Arthur Scott
ProQuest LLC, Psy.D. Dissertation, Walden University
This study explored how best to implement Music Therapy (MT) in any hospital setting when working with autistic children, teenagers, and adults. Baldrige's theory and concepts were used as a benchmark to facilitate all findings through the research conducted. Multiple factors affect the workforce and the existing staff at a large medical facility in the Western United States. The methodology employed included interviews with two behavioral health leaders using structured questions. This was an ideal research setting given that over fifty providers, including doctors, psychiatrists, and therapists, who work daily with the ASD population. Key findings included MT treatments at facilities in the United States that have proven effective and positive with families. Extended key findings also included the fact that these treatments can be facilitated not just in session in a medical facility but also duplicated at home and school. The conclusions validated that MT is needed to increase patient satisfaction, facilities, and beneficial social service. In addition, medical facilities can outsource or implement these services within their organization and bill insurance for reimbursement. The population's demographics within one hundred miles of this hospital show that hundreds of ASD children, teens, and adults can participate and benefit significantly from these new services, positively impacting social change. This newly added service would also increase the number of patients, thus increasing the bottom-line profits of this facility. Positive social changes will result when these new services are implemented and brought in-house. Parents will be the most significant contributors in telling all their friends and families about the outstanding results that MT has made in their child's life. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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