The Application of Education Research to Music Therapy Using Interactive Sequential Patterns Analysis

• Published in: Journal of Yamato University, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences Vol. 3; pp. 95 - 100
• Main Author: SHIGENOBUMATSUYAMA Kumi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Yamato University 15.03.2017
• ISSN: 2432-5597

[Abstract] The object of this study is to indicate the application of "interactive sequential patterns analysis" which was originally developed for the study of education for people with special needs, and to translate it for individual music therapy for children with special needs using a new coding system. Although there were a few studies which tried to adjust this analytic method for the therapy field, there haven't been any studies of individual music therapy for children with special needs. FIAC was employed as the method of this study. A randomly selected part of a session was analyzed based on the procedure. The categories were reconsidered for the subject of this study. Observed materials were categorized and tabulated in a newly created, 17x17 matrix. The results showed that the client's special needs traits (e.g. self-stimulation, solitary play, jargon) and the therapist's non-verbal intervention were frequently observed with the ratio. Further accumulation of data pertaining to each special need category would supply therapists with a way of self reviewing the session.