en روانشناسی Psychology پژوهشي Original Research Articles <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Objectives:</strong> Motor skills play an important role in language, play, academic and adaptive behaviors of individuals. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of music therapy along with play therapy in rising motor coordination of children with autism.<br> <strong>Methods:</strong> In this quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design, Autism Evaluation Scale and Motor Development Scale were administered to 30 randomly selected male students with autism spectrum disorder aged between 6 and 11 years before and after the intervention. The experimental group attended 15 sessions (each lasted 60 minutes), twice a week and were trained by music therapy along with play therapy program. However, the control group did not receive such programs. One-way analysis of covariance was used for analyzing the data.<br> <strong>Results: </strong>There was a significant difference (P<0.001) between the experimental and control groups after applying music therapy along with play therapy.<br> <strong>Discussion:</strong> Considering the problems with autism in motor coordination, applying music therapy along with play therapy is necessary for rehabilitating these children. Implications of these results are useful for planning intervention strategies to decrease motor problems in this population.&nbsp;</div> Music therapy, Play therapy, Motor coordination, Autism 405 412 http://irj.uswr.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-769-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Fahimeh Imankhah fahimehimankhah@gmail.com 0000-0003-2789-6903 Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran. Abbas Ali Hossein Khanzadeh abbaskhanzade@gmail.com 0000-0003-4060-0011 No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Ahya Hasirchaman Hasichaman@gmail.com 0000-0002-5229-910X No Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran.