A matrix for community music therapy practice / Stuart Wood.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 10, 2016).

Cover Image; Title Page; Copyright & Permissions; Dedication; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; List of Figures; Preface; A Question:; Grounding Themes; Overview of Chapters; Personal Declaration; Purpose of Book; Chapter 1: Introduction; Key Themes; What Is Community Music Therapy?; Key Signatures; Matrix Thinking; Chapter 2: The Music Matrix; "Everything Is Music"; "FACETs" of Music; Range of Musical Impact; Chapter 3: Recognizing CoMT; Formulation of CoMT; The Ecological Perspective; Formulation of "Music"; Formulation of "Need"; Formulation of "The Person"; Chapter 4: Matrix of Formats.

Scrap Metal ProjectFrom Therapy to Community; What Is Progress?; PJ's Progress; Individuals, Groups, Communities; Formats and Activities; Matrix Diagram of Formats; Implications for Theory; Toward Aims; Chapter 5: Matrix of Aims; Five Seasons; Early Individual Work; Whose Aim Is It?; New Aims; Projects Emerge from Practice; New Context, New Evaluation; One Size Fits All?; Practical Activities of Evaluation; Conceptual Tools; Professional Identity; The Workplace Shapes Practice; Reflexivity Is Complex; Capturing Multiplicity: Functional Interaction; Politics of Aims; Matrix Flowchart of Aims.

Matrix Thinking About AimsImplications for Theory; Toward Context; Chapter 6: Matrix of Context; "Pam" in Context; The Context of Care Homes; "JUNK"; Music and Organizations; Direct Contact with Music; Sharing Across the Organization; Public Dissemination and Broadcast; The Range of Context; Matrix of Context; Implications for Theory; Toward Evaluation; Chapter 7: Matrix of Evaluation; "Paddy"; Getting to Know Paddy; Toward New Knowledge; Multiple Values; "Evaluation" in Music Therapy; Character and Scope of Evaluation; Methods of Evaluation; Strategic Uses of Evaluation.

Matrix Diagram of EvaluationSubskills; Implications For Theory; Toward "FACETs"; Chapter 8: Conclusion; Summary; Implications; An Answer; Reference List.

The author provides an approach to community music therapy practice that offers various matrices for music, formats, aims, contexts, evaluation, and theory. Through case studies, original research, and theory vignettes, the text offers an accessible way of integrating music therapy services and professional processes. Practical examples are drawn from neurological rehabilitation in medical and community settings, and from long-term nursing care, to illustrate how music therapy can adapt to meet the needs of participants and their situating context.

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