Application Value of Kodály Hand Sign Music Therapy in the Rehabilitation Training of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
HUANG Han
Abstract：Objective To explore the impact of Kodály hand sign music therapy on children with autism spectrum disorder(ASD).Methods Using the random number table method,86 children with ASD who visited the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University from January 2023 to January 2025 were evenly divided into 2 groups.The control group(43 cases)received routine rehabilitation training intervention,while the observation group(43 cases)received Kodály hand sign music therapy intervention on this basis.The intervention lasted for 12 weeks.The scores of the childhood autism rating scale(CARS),the autism behavior checklist(ABC),the psycho-educational profile-third edition(PEP-3),and the social responsiveness scale(SRS)were compared between the two groups.Results After the intervention,the scores of CARS,ABC and SRS in both groups decreased,while the PEP-3 scores increased.Moreover,the scores of CARS,ABC and SRS in the observation group were lower and the PEP-3 score was higher after the intervention(P＜0.05).Conclusion The Kodály hand sign music therapy effectively alleviates the symptoms of loneliness and social disorders in children with ASD,and can promote the improvement of their behavioral and psychological development capabilities.
Keywords：autism spectrum disorderKodály hand signmusic therapybehavioral and psychological development capabilitiessocial disorder
Publication Date：2026-08-13
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 2785-2788 )