The purpose of the study is to investigate the empirical elements and the
process of parents' recognition about music therapy. Three parents, whose
children(8-14 ages) with disability received music therapy for over one year,
were interviewed in depth. The data was collected and analyzed by ground
theory method. The 108 concepts was collected and divided into 28 categories
in open coding, then rearranged into 11 categories in axis coding. To explain
parents' recognition about music therapy through grounded theory paradigm,
as a result, the main phenomenon of experience was 'changed children's
behavior after receiving music therapy'. The casual contition was isolation of
children, worthless experience of therapy, and vague expectation on music
therapy. Experience of supportive and re-educational music in the sessions
affected as the contextual condition. Concrete expectation about music
therapy was revealed and recognition about music therapy was formed by
the intervening condition, trust in therapists. This study is meaningful as it
provides the actual information on them.