Music therapy with children and their families / edited by Amelia Oldfield and Claire Flower ; foreword by Vince Hesketh.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-196)-and indexes.

Working in partnership and supporting parents : music therapy for pre-school children and their parents at a child development centre / Amelia Oldfield -- Back to basics : community-based music therapy for vulnerable young children and their parents / Tiffany Drake -- Music therapy groups for families with a learning disabled toddler : bridging some gaps / Helen Loth -- Autism and the family : group music therapy with mothers and children / Rachel Bull -- 'Who is the therapy for?' : Involving a parent or carer in their child's music therapy / Jasenka Horvat, Nicky O'Neill -- Music therapy with traumatised children and their families in mainstream primary schools : a case study with a six-year-old girl and her mother / Sarah Howden -- It's a family affair : music therapy for children and families at a psychiatric unit / Emma Davies -- Music therapy following adoption : the role of family music therapy in developing secure attachment in adopted children / Colette E. Salkeld -- A piece of the puzzle : music therapy with looked-after teenagers and their carers / Joy Hasler -- Living with dying : reflections on family music therapy with children near the end of life / Claire Flower.

In the past, music therapy work with children typically took place in special schools without the family being present. More recently, music therapy has become a widespread practice, and this book reflects the variety of settings within which music therapists are now working with children together with their families. The contributors are music therapists with experience of working with children and their families in a range of different environments, such as schools, hospices, psychiatric units, child development centres and in the community. They describe their approaches to family work with.

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