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• <strong>Music</strong> therapy training programs and continuing education courses need to<br />

prepare students and professionals to completely fulfill contemporary models of<br />

service delivery, so they may become efficacious members of on-site early<br />

intervention teams.<br />

• The application of single-case experimental designs can produce desirable<br />

outcomes for clinical practice, and for consultation with other professions, with<br />

the effect of enhancing future integrated services of children with autism in<br />

inclusive childcare programs.<br />

<strong>Music</strong> therapy interventions provide a valuable step toward inclusion, both for<br />

children with autism and their families. Overall, music therapy enhances services for young<br />

children with autism and should be considered as a routine treatment option. On the other<br />

hand training for music therapists in collaborate consultative methods of service delivery, as<br />

well as continued research on the effects of embedded music therapy interventions in<br />

inclusive childcare programs, are needed.

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