Music Therapy and Autism Across the Lifespan: A Spectrum of Approaches

Contents

• FOREWORD
• Professor Adam Ockelford, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
• INTRODUCTION
• Henry Dunn, Music Psychotherapist, Arts Therapies Service, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
• PRELUDE: The Unanswered Question
• Auriel Warwick, Retired Music Therapist
• PART 1 - IMPROVISATIONAL APPROACHES
• Chapter 1 Clinical Trials.... Are Music Therapists Deluding Themselves?
• Amelia Oldfield, Music Therapist NHS, Laura Blauth, Freelance Music Therapist, Johanna Finneman, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Orla Casey, Head of Music Therapy, Cambridgeshire Music, Cambridgeshire County Council.
• Chapter 2 Evolving a Contemporary Psychoanalytically-Informed Relational Music Therapy with Children with High-Functioning Autism in Specialist School Placements
• Joy Gravestock, Freelance Music Therapist
• Chapter 3 "Fight it Jake, Fight it!" The Ethics of Encouragement with Clients with anAutistic Spectrum Condition
• Robin Bates, Music Therapist and Supervisor, Cornwall Music Therapy Trust
• Chapter 4 Musical Interaction Therapy (MIT) For Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASCs): Underlying Rationale, Clinical Practice And Research Evidence.
• Dawn Wimpory, Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Lead for ASD (NHS) and Lecturer (Bangor University, joint appointment) and Elise Gwilym, Freelance Music Therapist
• Chapter 5 Group Clinical Improvisation as a Practice of Ritual and Connection for Young People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
• Becky White, Associate Lecturer University of the West of England and Freelance Music Therapist
• Chapter 6 Shared Experience; Learning from Other Modalities in Therapeutic Work with an Adult with an Autistic Spectrum Condition
• Alistair Robertson, Music Therapist in the NHS and Voluntary Sector, Scotland
• PART 2 - COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES
• Chapter 7 Music Therapy with Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Their Families
• Josie Nugent, Music Therapist for Foyle Down Syndrome Trust, Derry, Northern Ireland and Freelance Music Therapist.
• Chapter 8 How Do Music Therapists Share? Exploring Collaborative Approaches in Educational Settings for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
• Emma Maclean, Lead Music Therapist, NHS Lothian and Lecturer in Music Therapy, Queen Margaret University, Scotland and Claire Tillotson, Freelance Music Therapist
• Chapter 9 Finding a Place: Context-Based Music Therapy in a Transitional Centre for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions
• Kate Fawcett, Freelance Music Therapist and Musician
• Chapter 10 A Team Approach in Supporting Mark's Journey to Increased Social Engagement - Music Therapy Work with a Young Man with Autism
• Cindy-Jo Morison, Senior Music Psychotherapist, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
• PART 3 - MUSIC THERAPY APPROACHES CONNECTED WITH AUTISTIC IDENTITY AND CULTURE
• Chapter 11 Voice and the Autistic Self: An Exploration Into How Non-Verbal Voicework in Music Therapy Can Support Intersubjective Relatedness
• Tina Warnock, Freelance Music Therapist, Director for Belltree Music Therapy CIC and Vocal Psychotherapy UK
• Chapter 12 Valuing Neurodiversity: A Humanistic, Non-Normative Model of Music Therapy Exploring Rogers' Person-Centred Approach with Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions
• Beth Pickard, Senior Lecturer University of South Wales, Wales, Freelance Music Therapist
• Chapter 13 Self-Realisation in Music therapy: Assessing the Young Autistic Person's Sense of Self in the Quest for Wholeness through a Synthesis of Music Therapy, Psychosynthesis and a Developing Sense of Self
• Peter Whelan, Senior Music Therapist, Whitefield Schools, London
• POSTLUDE: Music Therapy and Autism across the Lifespan
• Elizabeth Coombes, Course Leader, University of South Wales MA Music Therapy and Freelance Music Therapist and Supervisor, Wales and Emma Maclean, Lead Music Therapist, NHS Lothian, Lecturer in Music Therapy, Queen Margaret University, Scotland
• CONTRIBUTORS TO THE BOOK
• AUTHOR INDEX
• SUBJECT INDEX