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Music Therapy for Developmental Disabilities
Second Edition
Edith Hillman Boxill with Kristen M. Chase
Music therapy is a fun, creative, and powerful means of using music functionally as a tool. It can assist individuals with developmental disabilities in changing their manner of functioning, establishing contact, maintaining a relationship, and stimulating their motivation to learn. This practitioner's handbook is aimed at providing music therapists with a solid foundation for the practice, and its resourcers and methods. It presents an innovative approach to music as a therapeutic tool for persons in the five categories of developmental disabilities:
- Mental retardation
- Autism
- Cerebral palsy
- Epilepsy
- Other neurological impairments
Chapter Features:
- Chapter 1: Overview of the music therapy field, including an account of its historical beginnings as a profession. Defines music therapy and lists the many kinds of settings in which it is practiced.
- Chapter 2: Rationale for using music therapy as a primary treatment modality for persons with developmental disabilities.
- Chapter 3: Assesses music therapy and treatment-planning based on a holistic picture of the client.
- Chapter 4: Explains and experientially illustrates the three main music therapy strategies devised to stimulate and develop awareness.
- Chapter 5: Explains the nature of treatment as process within the context of A Continuum of Awareness.
- Chapter 6: Describes process-oriented treatments brought about through the application of specific music therapy strategies and techniques.
- Chapter 7: Offers valuable resources in assisting music therapists in carrying out the process of therapy.
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