Inicio y Desarrollo de la Musicoterapia en el Campo del Autismo en la Argentina

Abstract

En el presente artículo se mencionarán los acontecimientos más relevantes en relación a los inicios y al desarrollo de la Musicoterapia en el campo del autismo en la Argentina. Se evidenciarán los autores argentinos más importantes que han escrito sobre la temática, así como una revisión narrativa sobre artículos e investigaciones publicadas durante los últimos quince años. Así mismo se brindará un panorama general de las prácticas musicoterapéuticas actuales considerando los principales lineamientos propuestos para esta población así como los abordajes utilizados.

The development and design of the Musical Functional Assessment Profile (MFAP) in autism

“…Although the MFAP's first assessment stage shares some guidelines with the IMT model, such as following child's musical interests, promoting the exchange and motivation through the musical experience (Geretsegger et al, 2015), the musical tasks are not purely improvisational. Furthermore, based on Marsimian et al (2021), it is not a tradition for music therapists in Argentina to work from these modalities in a pure way. Rather, the approaches are hybrid, taking psychodynamic, cognitivebehavioural and/or neurological bases, and also frequently including other techniques such as auditory and receptive ones.…”

“…In this sense, the intervention is thought around personalised supports, planned together with the person, the family and the service providers (Lai et al, 2020;Leadbitter et al, 2021), considering the community and how each context generates opportunities, accessibility and inclusion (Ratazzi, 2021;Thompson et al, 2020;Valdez, 2019), prioritising the individual's strengths, preferences and interests (Mottron, 2017;Schuck et al, 2021) and finally maximising the individual's potential (Lai et al, 2020). In relation to music therapy, Gattino (2019) proposes that on a clinical level and in research, the intervention planning should be person-centred, inquiring about the personal purposes and goals. Furthermore, Pickard et al (2020) propose to rethink the intentions and purposes of music therapy practices in this field to maximise potentials while respecting autistic identity.…”

“…Also, MFAP integrates current diagnostic features from DSM-5 and a balanced view of neurodiversity (Leadbitter et al, 2021). Added to all these issues, the MFAP was created based on the need for a specific assessment tool for Argentine population on the autism spectrum, which may be based on cultural aspects and music therapy approaches currently used (Marsimian et al, 2021).…”