Case Examples of Music Therapy for Multiple Disabilities
- Author: Bruscia, Kenneth E.
- E-ISBN: 9781937440329
Case examples provide very unique and valuable insights into how different forms of therapy are practiced, as well as how clients respond to those therapies. This e-book contains 7 previously published case studies on how music therapy has been used to help individuals with multiple disabilities improve their quality of life. Each case details the process by which therapist and client engage in music experiences that enable the client to explore and better utilize the personal resources needed to address his or her own therapeutic needs. The aim of the book is to provide practical information to students and professionals in music therapy and related fields and to inform all those affected by multiple disabilities about the potential benefits of music therapy.
Table of Contents
CASE ONE
Discovering Meaning in Kelly’s Nonverbal Expressions
Suzanne Nowikas
CASE TWO
Self-Communications in Creative Music Therapy
Carol M. Robbins
Clive Robbins
CASE THREE
Creative Music Therapy in Bringing Order, Change and Communicativeness to the Life of a Brain-Injured Adolescent
Clive E. Robbins
Carol M. Robbins
CASE FOUR
Like Singing with a Bird: Improvisational Music Therapy with a Blind Four-Year-Old
Jo Salas
David Gonzalez
CASE FIVE
Roni: Music—An Eye for the Blind
Chava Sekeles
CASE SIX
The Use of Piano Improvisation in Developing Interaction and Participation in a Blind Boy with Behavioral Disturbances
Helen Shoemark
CASE SEVEN
Lisa: The Experience of a Child with Multiple Disabilities
Barbara L. Wheeler