The last step of DMT is verbal processing that consist of 10-15 min where all the participants sit down as the therapist leads the session where the participants are encouraged to verbalize their experience and emotion regarding the entire session. This helps to get feedback and increase body awareness, self awareness, awareness about their surrounding and others, empathy, and social understanding and social skills among individuals with ASD. 

Dance Movement Therapy and it's approaches for ASD: Verbal Process 

After the Dyadic Movement, the next step of DMT is a 20 min Baum Circle where all the participant forms a circle and they are encouraged to bring their own choice of music and a participant can move freely according to their music while other follow their movement in sync. This improves acceptance, respect towards other and creates a feeling of togetherness. 

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The next step of DMT after the 10 min warm up is the 15-20 min dyad that includes a therapist, assistant and 1 participant. At first the participant with ASD leads the song as the assistant followed and then in the second song the assistant leads and the participant follows. In the third song, both could move as they want but stay in contact with each other to reflect the quality of their partner's movement and doesn't always have to mirror each move of their partner but want to be in sync with them. 

Dance Movement Therapy and it's approaches for ASD: Dyadic Movement 

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