International Journal of Education

Objective To investigate the effects of family sharing participation and communication training combining music therapy with AAC on language function in children with cerebral palsy (CP). Methods Children were enrolled from January 2022 to March 2024, with a total of 82 CP patients selected. Participants were divided into a regular rehabilitation group (n=41, conventional rehabilitation training) and an experimental group (n=41, conventional rehabilitation + family sharing participation and communication training combining music therapy with AAC), and changes in intergroup indicators were evaluated. Results The speech clarity scores of the experimental group at 1 month and 6 months post-intervention were significantly higher than those in the conventional rehabilitation group (P<0.05). The GMFM scores of the two groups before intervention showed no significant difference (P>0.05). However, the GMFM score of the experimental group at 4 weeks post-intervention (87.08±5.29) was significantly higher than that of the conventional group (67.03±4.29), with a statistically significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion Family sharing participation and communication training combining music therapy with AAC have shown positive promoting effects on the improvement of language function, cognitive function, and gross motor scores in children with cerebral palsy.

Family sharing participation; Music therapy; Communication training; Cerebral palsy; Language function