Effectiveness of Music-based Education on the Social Skills, Attention and Concentration of 6-10-year Old Children with Special Learning Disabilities

This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of music-based education on social skills, attention and concentration of children with special learning disabilities.

This is a quasi-experimental study with post-test and pre-test in experimental and control groups. The study population included children aged 6 to 10 years from the training center of capable learning disability in Ghaemshahr city in 2019-2021. We used convenient sampling method to select 30 children and divided them into two groups of experimental (15 children) and control (15 children). The experimental group received Bells music training in 16 sessions of 30 minutes for two months. We completed Matheson and Conners questionnaires before and after intervention in both groups. We applied generalized estimating equation (GEE) to compare changes in questionnaires between two groups over the study.

We sound significant change between two groups after intervention in scores of appropriate social behavior, antisocial behavior, aggression and impulsive behavior, high self-esteem, behavior problems, inattention, dreaming (P value<0.05).

Our results showed that music education is effective in improvement of social skills, attention and concentration of children with special learning disabilities.