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

Intro -- Music Therapy and Autism Across the Lifespan -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prelude: The Unanswered Question -- Introduction -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 - Improvisational Approaches -- Chapter 1 - Clinical Trials: Are Music Therapists Deluding Themselves? -- Chapter 2 - Evolving a Contemporary Psychoanalytically Informed Relational Music Therapy with Children with High-Functioning Autism in Specialist School Placements -- Chapter 3 - 'Fight It Jake! Fight It!' The Ethics of Encouragement with Clients with an Autistic Spectrum Condition -- Chapter 4 - Musical Interaction Therapy (MIT) for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASCs): Underlying Rationale, Clinical Practice and Research Evidence -- Chapter 5 - Group Clinical Improvisation as a Practice of Ritual and Connection for Young People with Autistic Spectrum Conditions -- Chapter 6 - Shared Experience: Learning from Other Modalities in Therapeutic Work with an Adult with an Autistic Spectrum Condition -- Part 2 - Collaborative Approaches -- Chapter 7 - Music Therapy with Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Their Families -- Chapter 8 - How Do Music Therapists Share? Exploring Collaborative Approaches in Educational Settings for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions -- Chapter 9 - Finding a Place: Context-Based Music Therapy in a Transitional Centre for Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions -- Chapter 10 - A Team Approach to Supporting Mark's Journey to Increased Social Engagement: Music Therapy Work with a Young Man With Autism -- 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.

Chapter 12 - Valuing Neurodiversity: A Humanistic, Non-Normative Model of Music Therapy Exploring Rogers' Person-Centred Approach with Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions -- Chapter 13 - Self-Realisation in Music Therapy: Developing Insight into 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 -- Postlude: Music Therapy and Autism Across the Lifespan -- Appendix 1: An example of integrating ideas from music theraphy into classroom music-making -- Contributors to the Book -- Subject Index -- Author Index -- Blank Page.

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