Abstract
Music therapy is a broad field which can be applied in a variety of areas including medical treatment, social welfare, education, daily life, health programs, and local activities of various sorts. Accordingly, there are a wide variety of techniques and methods applicable to people with various needs. The present study focuses on how music therapy can be used to help children with delayed language abilities and reports, in particular, on how music therapy was used to encourage new modes of behavior in a boy diagnosed with mental retardation accompanied by autism. Discussed here are the types of music activities used, how they were used to develop a relationship with the boy, and how they helped develop the boy's communication abilities and relations with people.
