Amelia Oldfield explains how her approach to music therapy sessions establishes a constructive musical dialogue with children that emphasises positive experiences - these establish trust and allow feelings to be expressed through music. This practical book will be of use to clinicians and teachers working with children with a variety of needs.
Clinical Practice, Research and Teaching
Focusing on the integration of music therapy in child and family psychiatry, the book outlines the author's unique therapeutic approach, emphasizing session dynamics, motivation techniques, and parental involvement. It incorporates video analysis to enhance therapist effectiveness and examines research findings across diverse groups, including children with autism and those facing various challenges. Through case studies and vignettes, the author provides insights into the therapy process, from initial referrals to treatment conclusion, highlighting the role of music in diagnostic assessments.
Using detailed case studies, this book focuses on the needs of children with a range of behavioural difficulties, and explores their complicated interactions. The book examines how to integrate multi-disciplinary interventions and how to use the powerful relationships that develop to enable families to achieve positive, lasting changes.
Introduction. Amelia Oldfield, music therapist, UK and Mandy Carr, dramatherapist, UK. 1. If music be the food of love....; the dance of music and drama in the early years of creative arts therapies. Sue Jennings, dramatherapist, UK. 2. Dramatic role play within improvisational music therapy: Joey's story. Grace Thompson, music therapist, AUS. 3. Notes of recognition and connection: music within dramatherapy when working with adults who have challenges in their verbal capacity or are non-verbal. Jane Jackson, dramatherapist, UK. 4. The use of puppets in music therapy in a school for children with special educational needs. Jo Tomlinson and Susan Greenhalgh, music therapists, UK. 5. You are the music while the music lasts: songs, memories and stories within a story. Christine West, dramatherapist, UK. 6. Humour, play, movement and kazoos; drama in music therapy with children and families. Amelia Oldfield. 7. Collaborations and transitions between schools and arts therapy modalities. Jessica Ellinor, dramatherapist, UK and Alexandra Georgaki, music therapist, Greece. 8. Love songs for my perpetrator: a musical theatre-based drama therapyintervention: dimensionalising the traumatised self through musical theatre. Adam Reynolds, dramatherapist and social worker, USA, and Catherine Davis, dramatherapist, USA. 9. Lullaby for butterfly: drama and music therapy projects for young people who have experienced social deprivation. Ludwika Koniecna-Nowak, music therapist, Poland. 10. Past and current influences between music therapy and dramatherapy in collaborative training, practice and research. Helen Odell-Miller, music therapist, UK and Ditty Dokter, dramatherapist, the Netherlands. 11. Music therapy and dramatherapy students improvising together: using playback and other forms. Amelia Oldfield, Mandy Carr, Ditty Dokter and Eleanor Richards, music therapist, UK. Reflections. Mandy Carr. About the Contributors.
From the author of Pied Piper, you can create and run successful music therapy groups for children. With a focus on children with additional needs, it's complete with 60 activity ideas. Including sheet music and practical guidance on timings, group rules and collaboration and more, making it essential for your music therapy practice.