Reencanto: An integrative review of music therapy and young children

Abstract

Context: the work carried out in Music Therapy has been conquering new spaces in recent years and, from there, it started to be carried out in the school environment. Therefore, this study seeks to address the music therapy process with preschool children in the context of early childhood education. Methodology: an integrative review was carried out using the combination of the terms ''music therapy in a school context'', ''social and community music therapy'' and ''preschool children'', searched for research published in the PubMed, LILACS, in addition to Google Scholar databases and in the magazines Incantare and Revista Brasileira de Musicoterapia, characterized as gray literature, between the years 2013 and 2023. Results: 1,811 studies were found and, based on the inclusion criteria, three studies were selected, one published in Latin America and two in Europe. Conclusion: theoretical possibilities, possibilities of action, evaluation and eligible audiences that the research included in the study allowed to identify were listed. The need for future studies in the field of Music Therapy in an Educational Context is also highlighted.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2024.025-020