Lilly Ashe | 2026 I.S. Symposium
狈补尘别:听Lilly Ashe
Title: The Sounds of Success: Exploring the Integration of Music-Based Intervention into Speech-Language Therapy to Support Pragmatic Language Development in Children With Social (Pragmatic)
Major: Communication Sciences and Disorders
惭颈苍辞谤:听Music
Advisor: Joan Furey
The broad purpose of this study was to explore the use of music in speech-language therapy to support the development of pragmatic language skills in children with a social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SPCD). More specifically, this study examined how the integration of music-based interventions in speech-language therapy can enhance social-pragmatic skills (e.g., turn-taking, storytelling, and role-playing) in children in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. A total of 30 SLPs completed a 22-question online survey distributed by the researcher. The results of this study indicate that SLPs are familiar and experienced working with children with a diagnosis of SPCD, they agree that music can be beneficial in developing pragmatic language skills in children grades K-8, and they agree that music can be utilized independently by SLPs in therapy sessions.
Posted in Symposium 2026 on May 1, 2026.
