Music Therapy with Children and their Families

By: Tiffany Hughes and Emma Davies and Vince Hesketh and Rachel Bull and Nicky O'Neill and Joy Hasler and Kay Sobey and Sarah Russel and Helen Loth and Claire Flower and Jassenka Horvat and Colette Salkeld and Amelia Oldfield

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Synopsis: 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 client groups including children with autism, learning disabled toddlers, adopted children and looked after teenagers. Their experiences demonstrate that involving the family in a child's music therapy can be beneficial for everyone, and that it is possible to address relationship issues within the family as part of the treatment. This book will provide useful insight into the growing area of music therapy with children and their families, and will be valuable for music therapy professionals and students, as well as other medical and teaching professionals who work with families.