"Moving Music Class"—Curriculum Development For Autistic Children

Special education is an integral part of education.In the special education of China,the disabled children always get more attention.However,as a part of special children,the autistic childrenneed to be educated with more professional and effective methods,otherwise it is difficult for them to be integrated into the society when they grow up.Various kinds of obstacles caused by autism make the sick kids trapped in their own world,and only through the guidance withutmost carefrom teachers,parents and therapists,can they find a bridge to the normal world.For autistic children,the education and rehabilitation are integrated as a whole and it has been proved that music is effective for the early intervention of autistic children.Therefore,taking the music education for autistic children as the subject,and Yichang Qicai children rehabilitation center as the object,this paper designs a set of teaching methods suitable for autistic children through field investigation and evaluation as well as referring to the relevant literature of special education,music education and autism.The teaching practice of above methods has also been carried out and finally,it summarizes the teaching methods and contents suitable for autistic children.There arefour chaptersbesides the introduction and conclusion.The first chapter is the evaluation survey,which mainly carries out the evaluation on the development ability and music ability of the autistic children,investigates the current situation of music teaching in this institution,and takes it as the basis of teaching design.The second chapter is about the teaching design,which designs the teaching objectives,teaching contents and teaching methodsbased on the investigation results and the sorting of music education literature for autistic children.The third chapter is about the teaching practice,which records the problems and solutions in detail during the whole process of practice,including three stages:familiarity and perception,guidance andhelp,consolidation and completion.Finally,it carries out teaching evaluation andassesses the students’ grasping state of the teaching contents.The fourth chapter is the conclusion,which summarizes and analyzes the teaching practice,provides teaching suggestions,andreflects onthe studyand look aheadin the end.After three weeks of teaching practice,the test resultsfrom students and interviews from parents show that the course of "moving music class" has obtained relatively good teaching effect,which can not only stimulate the interest of autistic children in music learning,promote their music sensibility,but also improve their emotional and behavioral problems due to their illness.