舞蹈作为表达感情的一种重要艺术形式，一直以来被广泛应用在仪式、礼仪、庆典和娱乐等方面。然而近些年，人们将肢体动作与情绪情感相对应，舞蹈艺术与心理学相结合，开辟出了舞蹈崭新的发展方向——舞蹈治疗。舞蹈治疗作为一门崭新的治疗技术正在世界各国渐渐兴起。本文着眼于舞蹈治疗在自闭症儿童治疗上的应用，首先通过分析各流派、学科理论基础找到了舞蹈与自闭症儿童治疗的相关性。其次经过调研查阅现有的舞蹈治疗手段为几大核心的治疗方式找到其理论依据。最后经由对个案效度的分析研究佐证了舞蹈治疗自闭症儿童的有效性。本文通过对以上三个方面的研究剖析了舞蹈治疗在儿童自闭症干预中的作用。舞蹈治疗不仅在自闭症儿童治疗方面存在价值，在其它领域的贡献也是巨大的。它作为一种个性化的心理干预和治疗方式具有极大的研究价值和发展潜力。

Dance as an important art form to express their feelings , has been widely used in ceremonies , rituals, celebrations and entertainment areas . In recent years , however , people with limb movements corresponding emotion , combined with the art of dance and psychology , opened up a new direction of development of dance - dance therapy . Dance therapy as a new treatment technologies are gradually rise around the world . This article focuses on dance therapy used in the treatment of autistic children , through the analysis of various genres , subjects found a correlation between the theoretical foundation of dance therapy for children with autism ; through research access to existing treatments of several dance core treatment found its theoretical basis ; through the analysis of case studies corroborated the validity of the effectiveness of dance therapy for children with autism , through the study of this paper attempts to analyze the above three aspects of dance role in the treatment of children with autism interventions . Dance therapy is not only the existence of value in the treatment of autistic children , contribute in other areas is enormous . It as a personalized intervention and treatment of psychological research has great value and development potential.