Music Therapy for Developmental Disabilities
Music Therapy for Developmental Disabilities—Second Edition
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 resources and methods. It presents an innovative approach to music as a therapeutic tool for persons in the five categories of developmental disabilities:
1.Mental retardation
2.Autism
3.Cerebral palsy
4.Epilepsy
5.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
320 pages • 2007 • ISBN-13: 978-1416402244 • ISBN 1-4164-0224-1 • softcover