Music therapy with adults with learning difficulties / edited by Tessa Watson.

Other author Watson, Tessa, 1967- editor.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Descriptionxi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Music therapy.
Learning disabilities--Treatment.
Learning disabled--Rehabilitation.

Contents Valuing people: a new framework / Tessa Watson -- Music therapy with adults with learning disabilities: sharing stories / Tessa Watson -- Music therapy and autistic spectrum disorder / Rhian Saville -- Challenging behaviour: working with the blindingly obvious / Cathy Warner -- "What bit of my head is talking now?": music therapy with people with learning disabilities and mental illness / Eleanor Richards -- Friendship and group work / Clare L. Fillingham -- Community, culture and group work / Tessa Watson -- Working with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities in music therapy / Tessa Watson -- Looking in from the outside: communicating effectively about music therapy work / Ben Saul -- Multidisciplinary working and collaborative working in music therapy / Karen Twyford and Tessa Watson.
Abstract This book explores how music therapists work in partnership with people with learning disabilities to encourage independence and empowerment and to address a wide variety of everyday issues and difficulties. Comprehensive and wide-ranging, this book describes in detail the role and work of the music therapist with adults with learning disabilities. Many clinical examples are used, including casework with people with autism, Asperger's syndrome, profound and multiple learning disabilities and a dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental health problems. The book also explores issues of team work and collaborative working, considering how music therapists and their colleagues can best work together. The chapters are grouped into four sections; an introduction to current music therapy work and policy in the area, clinical work with individuals, clinical work with groups, and collaborative and team work. Guidelines for good practice are also provided.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 140-156) and index.
LCCN 2006102044
ISBN9780415379083 (hardback)
ISBN0415379083 (hardback)
ISBN9780415379090 (pbk.)
ISBN0415379091 (pbk.)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML3920 .M89965 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold