A response to Blauth and Oldfield’s “Research into increasing resilience in children with autism through music therapy: Statistical analysis of video data”

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Nordic Journal of Music Therapy Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI:10.1080/08098131.2022.2116472

Ming Yuan Low, K. Devlin, Stephenie Sofield

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Abstract

This letter is an offering for discussion about the relationships between music therapy research and neurodiversity-affirming practice. We are a collective of neuro-divergent, allistic, disabled and/or chronically ill music therapists writing in reference to the article, Research into increasing resilience in children with autism through music therapy: Statistical analysis of video data (Blauth & Oldfield, 2022). Based on our understanding of neurodiversity-affirming practices (Roberts, 2021), we perceive incongruence in the ways the article situates resilience as a neurodiversity-affirming outcome measure without clear realization of this worldview throughout the clinical research process (for an example of neurodiversity-affirming research, please refer to: We noted that several of the “behaviors of resilience” that the researchers coded seemed to value masking behaviors (e.g. look, smile) and pathologize autistic-coping behaviors (e.g. fidget; Price, 2022). Recently, Scrine (2021) introduced concerns regarding the concept of resilience as a form of oppression within music therapy, wherein resilience often requires client assimilation to and within dominant systems. Our primary aim in this letter is to amplify the labor put forth by autistic folx, many of whom highlight the critical need for neurodiversity-affirming practices in therapy, research, and beyond.

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对Blauth和Oldfield的《通过音乐疗法提高自闭症儿童恢复力的研究:视频数据的统计分析》的回应

这封信是关于音乐治疗研究和神经多样性确认实践之间关系的讨论。我们是一个由神经发散性、联盟性、残疾和/或慢性病音乐治疗师组成的集体，他们参考了《通过音乐治疗提高自闭症儿童复原力的研究：视频数据的统计分析》一文（Blauth&Oldfield，2022）。基于我们对神经多样性确认实践的理解（Roberts，2021），我们认为，在整个临床研究过程中，在没有明确认识到这种世界观的情况下，文章将恢复力作为一种肯定神经多样性的结果衡量标准的方式是不一致的（关于确认神经多样性研究的例子，请参阅：我们注意到，研究人员编码的几种“恢复力行为”似乎重视掩盖行为（例如，看、笑）并使自闭症应对行为病态化（例如，坐立不安；Price，2022）。最近，Scrine（2021）提出了对弹性概念的担忧，认为弹性是音乐治疗中的一种压迫形式，其中弹性通常需要客户同化到主导系统中。我们在这封信中的主要目的是扩大自闭症folx所带来的劳动，他们中的许多人强调在治疗、研究和其他方面迫切需要肯定神经多样性的实践。

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Nordic Journal of Music Therapy REHABILITATION-

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3.50

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期刊介绍： Nordic Journal of Music Therapy (NJMT) is published in collaboration with GAMUT - The Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre (Uni Health and University of Bergen), with financial support from Nordic Board for Periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences and in co-operation with university programs and organizations of music therapy in the Nordic and Baltic countries. The Nordic Journal of Music Therapy serves the international community of music therapy by being an avenue for publication of scholarly articles, texts on practice, theory and research, dialogues and discussions, reviews and critique. Publication of the journal is based on the collaboration between the music therapy communities in the five Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and the three Baltic Countries of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. This international but still regional foundation offers a platform for development of communication with the broader international community of music therapy. Scholars from all over the world are welcomed to write in the journal. Any kind of scholarly articles related to the field of music therapy are welcomed. All articles are reviewed by two referees and by the editors, to ensure the quality of the journal. Since the field of music therapy is still young, we work hard to make the review process a constructive learning experience for the author. The Nordic Journal of Music Therapy does not step aside from active engagement in the development of the discipline, in order to stimulate multicultural, meta-theoretical and philosophical discussions, and new and diverse forms of inquiry. The journal also stimulates reflections on music as the medium that defines the discipline. Perspectives inspired by musicology and ethnomusicology are therefore welcomed.