Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding

Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding
Author: Jane Edwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2011-07-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0199580510

Music Therapy and Parent Infant Bonding is the first title in the field of music therapy to explore the contribution that music therapy can make in the very early years, for instance in situations regarding adopted children, or in ameliorating the effects of maternal depression on the parent-infant relationship.

Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding

Music Therapy and Parent-Infant Bonding
Author: Jane Edwards
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2011-07-07
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0191625566

Music therapy is an internationally recognised field of professional evidence-based practice. Qualified music therapists use the engaging, non-verbal aspects of music to create relationships in which therapeutic goals can be pursued and needs of clients addressed. This is the first book to focus specifically on the ways that music therapists provide support for the development of the special and necessary bond between parents and their infants, where some vulnerability is experienced. In the book, music therapists from four countries, Australia, Ireland, the UK and the US describe their practices with reference to contemporary theory and research. Throughout, the chapters are illustrated with engaging case material. Many of the authors are the world leaders in the area of music therapy to promote parent and infant bonding. Others are having their first opportunity to describe their work publicly in print. The focus in each chapter is on the need for this work, the theoretical underpinnings of the practice, and the music therapy practice itself. The book is arranged in 3 sections. The first section covers work in therapy sessions with children and their parents. The second section describes programmes where the music therapist leads a group of parents with their infants, such as the renowned Sing & Grow in Australia. The final section presents work with medical patients and their families including in the neonatal intensive care unit, and for cancer patients. The book will be valuable for music therapy practitioners and students, and more broadly for all those in the field of infant mental health.

The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy

The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy
Author: Jane Edwards
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1009
Release: 2017
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0198817142

Music therapy is growing internationally to be one of the leading evidence-based psychosocial allied health professions to meet needs across the lifespan.The Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy is the most comprehensive text on this topic in its history. It presents exhaustive coverage of the topic from international leaders in the field.

Music Therapy with Families

Music Therapy with Families
Author: Stine Lindahl Jacobsen
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Total Pages: 346
Release: 2016-09-21
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1784501050

This comprehensive book describes well-defined models of music therapy for working with families in different clinical areas, ranging from families with special needs children or dying family members through to families in psychiatric or paediatric hospital settings. International contributors explain the theoretical background and practice of their specific approach, including an overview of research and illustrative case examples. Particular emphasis is placed on connecting theory and clinical practice and on discussing the challenges and relevance of each model. This practical and theoretically anchored book will prove valuable for music therapists, students and researchers in the fast developing field of music therapy with families.

Early Vocal Contact and Preterm Infant Brain Development

Early Vocal Contact and Preterm Infant Brain Development
Author: Manuela Filippa
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2017-10-17
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 3319650777

This book synthesizes and analyzes research on early vocal contact (EVC) for preterm infants, an early healthcare strategy aimed at reducing the long-term impact of neonatal hospitalization, minimizing negative impacts of premature birth, and promoting positive brain development. Chapters begin by examining research on the maternal voice and its unique and fundamental role in infant development during the fetal and neonatal period. The book discusses the rationale for EVC with preterm infants, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms, and the challenges for infants’ development. Subsequent chapters highlight various EVCs that are used in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), including direct talking and singing to preterm infants. In addition, the book also presents and evaluates early family-centered therapies as well as paternal and other caregiver voice interventions. Topics featured in this book include: Early vocal contact and the language development of preterm infants. The maternal voice and its influence on the stability and the sleep of preterm infants. Parental singing as a form of early interactive contact with the preterm infant. Recorded or live music interventions in the bioecology of the NICU. The role of the music therapist to hospitalized infants. The Calming Cycle Theory and its implementation in preterm infants. Early Vocal Contact and Preterm Infant Brain Development is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians and related professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology, pediatrics, neuroscience, obstetrics and nursing.

Postpartum Depression and Parent-Infant Attachment

Postpartum Depression and Parent-Infant Attachment
Author: Christina Sciascia
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN:

ABSTRACT Postpartum Depression and Parent-Infant Attachment: A Music Therapy Program Intervention Research Christina Sciascia This study proposes a music therapy intervention program designed to promote the early attachment of parent-infant dyads that are affected by postpartum depression (PPD). Step one and part of step two of Fraser and Galinsky's (2010) approach to intervention research design was used to develop the program framework. The student-researcher reviewed 13 published Music Therapy articles and 12 published articles from related literature regarding early attachment. Other seminal works were included for context, definitions and theoretical underpinnings. The student-researcher used a directed content analysis approach to extract and analyze data necessary for developing and implementing the program. Results are presented through tables and a proposed intervention program. The findings show that the symptoms of PPD could impair parents' well-being and relational abilities which likely compromises parent-infant attachment and has negative effects on infant development in the short and long term. This music therapy program is designed to act upon identified variables in order to prevent and/or mitigate the potentially damaging effects of PPD on attachment and infant development. The main actions used to achieve these goals are group music therapy and coaching of wellness techniques and parenting skills. Future research and recommendations are presented.

Creative Music Therapy

Creative Music Therapy
Author: Paul Nordoff
Publisher: Barcelona Publishers(NH)
Total Pages: 548
Release: 2007
Genre: Children
ISBN:

A long-awaited revision of the classic 1977 text that laid the foundations for the development of their pioneering improvisational practice of music therapy. It is a large book of nineteen chapters and over 500 pages with almost 5 hours of clinical work on four CDs that accompany the print book, or with the same audio files embedded in an enhanced e-book. Included are clinical examples of music therapy with twenty-four variously disabled children, 5 comprehensive case studies, detailed illustrations, notational examples and discussions of clinical and musical techniques, 3 evaluation scales, and a complete set of improvisation techniques.

Children with Down Syndrome

Children with Down Syndrome
Author: Dante Cicchetti
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 492
Release: 1990-03-30
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521386678

This volume offers a state-of-art review of what is known about young children with Down syndrome from a developmental perspective. The underlying theme of the book is that children with Down syndrome, despite their constitutional anomalies and their additional medical and biological problems, can be understood from a normative developmental framework. Interventions guided by developmental principles in the biological, educational and psychological realms are more likely to result in informed knowledge about how best to help children with Down syndrome and their families. Children with Down Syndrome will appeal to researchers, theoreticians, educators, and clinicians in a range of disciplines, as well as to parents, social policymakers, and other advocates for the best interests of children with Down syndrome.