Music, language and autism : exceptional strategies for exceptional minds / Adam Ockelford ; foreword by Francesca Happé.

By:

Ockelford, Adam, 1959-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2013.Description: 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1299690726
9781299690721
9780857004284
085700428X

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

618.92/891654 23

LOC classification:

ML3920 .O25 2013eb

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Contents:

Reflections on autism -- The challenge of language -- Making sense of music -- How musicality develops -- Music, language and communication -- Exceptional early cognitive environments (EECEs) -- Teaching the '1 in 20'.

Summary: This book explores why many children with autism are so captivated by music and how practitioners and parents can harness this to develop language skills. Through case studies, it displays how music can become a scaffold for language; allowing autistic children to express their inner thoughts and feelings without resorting to destructive behaviour.

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

This book explores why many children with autism are so captivated by music and how practitioners and parents can harness this to develop language skills. Through case studies, it displays how music can become a scaffold for language; allowing autistic children to express their inner thoughts and feelings without resorting to destructive behaviour.

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