Dance Therapy for Autism

Many children with ASD have difficulty coordinating movements and experiencing their own body in space. There is a weak ‘body image’ in their brain, and a program of dance and movement therapy for autism is used to strengthen and reshape it.

Dance therapy for autism is a type of art therapy, a complex psychotherapeutic correction using dance movements, which are a process of interaction between the brain and body that integrates the physical and emotional state of the individual into a single whole.

Dance therapy for autistic children directly addresses the human body, stimulating its motor activity through the influence of music. This liberates and reveals a child’s inner world, their experiences, feelings, emotions, images, tensions, and memories. All of them are expressed in dance, thereby developing the sensation of body parts and the child’s awareness. Over time, a real image of the body forms in the brain, and it will be easier for the child not only to control their body but also to use it for social interaction in the future.

Dance therapy and psychocorrection

The basis of this method is a conviction in the existence of a relationship between emotions and movements. The human body has muscle memory, which is closely related to sensations and feelings stored in the brain. During movements, muscle memory activates brain memory, and the person experiences the same feelings that are associated with these movements. The main goal of dance therapy is to store positive sensory and emotional images in muscle and brain memory.

Dance therapy: exercises and features of classes

Dance movements can change sensory, emotional and mental states. These states are especially acute when dancing, expanding one’s emotional experience. A dance therapy specialist can use movement to make the right positive emotions reinforce each other.

Positive results of dance therapy for ASD:

• Improvement of mood and emotional balance
• Normalization of the central nervous system
• Brain stimulation
• Improvement of sensory perception of the world.

The connection between psychotherapy and dance therapy

While dancing, a child can free themselves from negative memories and experiences, like a cleansing of their inner world. The methodology has different psychological and pedagogical directions: ideology, stylistic diversity, and technique. It also helps to choose a dance more suitable for the child. It is important to remember that this method is not a cure; it only contributes to psychocorrection.

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