Practice
In another study, a musical context study, offering multi-sensorial opportunities, was conducted with a mixed group with
special needs (two 4-year-old boys with autism, one 5-year-old girl with autism, one 7-year-old boy with down-syndrome and
one 7-year-old boy with mental retardation and physical disabilities) for a period of 3 months. For this study, the group
gathered together once a week for a period of one and a half hour and practised rhythm exercises, movement and dance with
music, pair and group games, singing, sensory integration activities in the content of a story. Individual special education
teachers of these kids were also involved in this study, and thus it was tried to maintain studies similar to the ones done before
even there was no music educator in the class. This study served some sub-targets such as learning new words and concepts in
the determined context, learning to move with music, to respond to the rhythm, to accompany to a song (with words or body
percussion), to increase communication and social skills.