Music Therapy and Autism Across the Lifespan

Wonderfully rich in its range of content, this book is a must read, an invaluable text for music therapists, other professionals, and music therapy training programs worldwide. The contributors, all experienced music therapists and researchers from across the UK, describe improvisational, relational, and collaborative approaches. Offering a deep appreciation of people with autistic spectrum conditions across the lifespan, and of how music therapy 'works', this book illuminates the interweaving of musical, developmental, humanistic, and psychodynamic perspectives, in the service of neuro-diversity, identity and culture.

• FOREWORD Professor Adam Ockelford, University of Roehampton, United KingdomINTRODUCTIONHenry Dunn, Music Psychotherapist, Arts Therapies Service, Devon Partnership NHS Trust PRELUDE: The Unanswered QuestionAuriel Warwick, Retired Music TherapistPART 1 - IMPROVISATIONAL APPROACHESChapter 1 Clinical Trials.... Are Music Therapists Deluding Themselves?Amelia Oldfield, Music Therapist NHS, Laura Blauth, Freelance Music Therapist, Johanna Finneman, Cognitive Neuroscientist, Órla 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 PlacementsJoy Gravestock, Freelance Music TherapistChapter 3 "Fight it Jake, Fight it!" The Ethics of Encouragement with Clients with anAutistic Spectrum ConditionRobin Bates, Music Therapist and Supervisor, Cornwall Music Therapy TrustChapter 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 TherapistChapter 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 ConditionAlistair Robertson, Music Therapist in the NHS and Voluntary Sector, ScotlandPART 2 - COLLABORATIVE APPROACHESChapter 7 Music Therapy with Children with Autistic Spectrum Conditions and Their FamiliesJosie 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 ConditionsEmma 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 ConditionsKate Fawcett, Freelance Music Therapist and MusicianChapter 10 A Team Approach in Supporting Mark's Journey to Increased Social Engagement - Music Therapy Work with a Young Man with AutismCindy-Jo Morison, Senior Music Psychotherapist, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation TrustPART 3 - MUSIC THERAPY APPROACHES CONNECTED WITH AUTISTIC IDENTITY AND CULTUREChapter 11 Voice and the Autistic Self: An Exploration Into How Non-Verbal Voicework in Music Therapy Can Support Intersubjective RelatednessTina Warnock, Freelance Music Therapist, Director for Belltree Music Therapy CIC and Vocal Psychotherapy UKChapter 12 Valuing Neurodiversity: A Humanistic, Non-Normative Model of Music Therapy Exploring Rogers' Person-Centred Approach with Young Adults with Autism Spectrum ConditionsBeth Pickard, Senior Lecturer University of South Wales, Wales, Freelance Music TherapistChapter 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, LondonPOSTLUDE: Music Therapy and Autism across the LifespanElizabeth 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, ScotlandCONTRIBUTORS TO THE BOOKAUTHOR INDEXSUBJECT INDEX