Full Description
The use of music therapy is long established with people with Autistic Spectrum Conditions. The combination of using music and relationship work in person-centred approaches supports the three main areas of difficulty people with autism often experience; social interaction, communication and imagination. Current research supports the positive psychological benefits of music therapy when people with autism spectrum conditions engage with music therapy.
This book celebrates the richness of music therapy approaches and brings together the voices of practitioners in the UK. With a strong focus on practice-based evidence it showcases clinicians, researchers and educators working in a variety of settings across the lifespan.
Contents
FOREWORD
Professor Adam Ockelford, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
INTRODUCTION
Henry Dunn, Music Psychotherapist, Arts Therapies Service, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
PRELUDE: The Unanswered Question
Auriel Warwick, Retired Music Therapist
PART 1 - IMPROVISATIONAL APPROACHES
Chapter 1 Clinical Trials.... Are Music Therapists Deluding Themselves?
Amelia Oldfield, Music Therapist NHS, Laura Blauth, Freelance Music Therapist, Johanna Finneman, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Órla Casey, Head of Music Therapy, Cambridgeshire Music, Cambridgeshire County Council.
Chapter 2 Evolving a Contemporary Psychoanalytically-Informed Relational Music Therapy with Children with High-Functioning Autism in Specialist School Placements
Joy Gravestock, Freelance Music Therapist
Chapter 3 "Fight it Jake, Fight it!" The Ethics of Encouragement with Clients with anAutistic Spectrum Condition
Robin Bates, Music Therapist and Supervisor, Cornwall Music Therapy Trust
Chapter 4 Musical Interaction Therapy (MIT) For Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASCs): Underlying Rationale, Clinical Practice And Research Evidence.
Dawn Wimpory, Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Lead for ASD (NHS) and Lecturer (Bangor University, joint appointment) and Elise Gwilym, Freelance Music Therapist
Chapter 5 Group Clinical Improvisation as a Practice of Ritual and Connection for Young People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
Becky White, Associate Lecturer University of the West of England and Freelance Music Therapist
Chapter 6 Shared Experience; Learning from Other Modalities in Therapeutic Work with an Adult with an Autistic Spectrum Condition
Alistair Robertson, Music Therapist in the NHS and Voluntary Sector, Scotland
PART 2 - COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES
Chapter 7 Music Therapy with Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Their Families
Josie Nugent, Music Therapist for Foyle Down Syndrome Trust, Derry, Northern Ireland and Freelance Music Therapist.
Chapter 8 How Do Music Therapists Share? Exploring Collaborative Approaches in Educational Settings for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
Emma Maclean, Lead Music Therapist, NHS Lothian and Lecturer in Music Therapy, Queen Margaret University, Scotland and Claire Tillotson, Freelance Music Therapist
Chapter 9 Finding a Place: Context-Based Music Therapy in a Transitional Centre for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
Kate Fawcett, Freelance Music Therapist and Musician
Chapter 10 A Team Approach in Supporting Mark's Journey to Increased Social Engagement - Music Therapy Work with a Young Man with Autism
Cindy-Jo Morison, Senior Music Psychotherapist, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
PART 3 - MUSIC THERAPY APPROACHES CONNECTED WITH AUTISTIC IDENTITY AND CULTURE
Chapter 11 Voice and the Autistic Self: An Exploration Into How Non-Verbal Voicework in Music Therapy Can Support Intersubjective Relatedness
Tina Warnock, Freelance Music Therapist, Director for Belltree Music Therapy CIC and Vocal Psychotherapy UK
Chapter 12 Valuing Neurodiversity: A Humanistic, Non-Normative Model of Music Therapy Exploring Rogers' Person-Centred Approach with Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions
Beth Pickard, Senior Lecturer University of South Wales, Wales, Freelance Music Therapist
Chapter 13 Self-Realisation in Music therapy: Assessing the Young Autistic Person's Sense of Self in the Quest for Wholeness through a Synthesis of Music Therapy, Psychosynthesis and a Developing Sense of Self
Peter Whelan, Senior Music Therapist, Whitefield Schools, London
POSTLUDE: Music Therapy and Autism across the Lifespan
Elizabeth Coombes, Course Leader, University of South Wales MA Music Therapy and Freelance Music Therapist and Supervisor, Wales and Emma Maclean, Lead Music Therapist, NHS Lothian, Lecturer in Music Therapy, Queen Margaret University, Scotland
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