The Impact of Music Therapy on Children in a Multicultural Elementary School
The Impact of Music Therapy on Children in a Multicultural Elementary School

Author: Sylvia Ingeborg Haering

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-10-17

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 3658393300

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The OECD stated in 2018 that language barriers are among the greatest obstacles to the successful inclusion of students with an immigrant background. Providing adequate instruction in the language of instruction at school, and offering learning experiences independent of the level of language skills is, therefore, an essential task of the 21st-century school systems. This book explores how music therapy can contribute to solving this challenge. It investigates the multicultural learning environment of an Italian elementary school that is characterised by students with multiple native languages and different levels of proficiency in the language of instruction. In some cases, students have difficulty following lessons and participating in social life. The children (5-8 years) receive music therapy in the experimental condition and regular school activity in the control condition according to a within-subject control group design, meaning that half the children started in the control condition and the other started in the experimental condition; they switched at the half-time point. Data on the children’s language skills and general behaviour are collected and analysed.

The Effect of Music Therapy Interventions on the Development of Resilience in Elementary School Children of Varying Primary Language Backgrounds
The Effect of Music Therapy Interventions on the Development of Resilience in Elementary School Children of Varying Primary Language Backgrounds

Author: Taylor M. Light

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 75

ISBN-13:

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The majority of Dual Language Learners (DLLs) in American public schools are immigrants of Hispanic/Latino descent. Research has shown that these students face a variety of unique challenges to physical and psychological wellbeing, and that the negative effects of these challenges may be tempered by improved resilience in a multicultural educational environment. This quasi-experimental, exploratory study examined the effect of group music therapy interventions on the developing resilience of multicultural subjects. Seven elementary school students (both dual language learners and native English speakers) were individually tested on several factors of resilience as measured by the Child and Youth Resilience Measure (CYRM-26) (Ungar & Liebenberg, 2011). All subjects participated in six group music therapy sessions over the course of 11 weeks; interventions were designed to promote the development of personal skills, to increase subject perception of peer support, and to improve subjects' sense of belonging in educational and cultural contexts. Subjects were retested individually following the final session, and results indicated statistically significant increases in overall resilience for the group as a whole. Significant increases were also noted in subject perception of overall context and sense of belonging, sense of belonging in cultural contexts, and in the psychological caregiving subscale cluster. This evidence suggests that targeted group music therapy interventions may be effective for increasing overall resilience and contributing factors thereof in elementary school children of varying primary language backgrounds.

Music Therapy in Schools
Music Therapy in Schools

Author: Amelia Oldfield

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Published: 2011-09-15

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0857004743

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The majority of music therapy work with children takes place in schools. This book documents the wealth and diversity of work that music therapists are doing in educational settings across the UK. It shows how, in recent years, music therapy has changed and grown as a profession, and it provides an insight into the trends that are emerging in this area in the 21st century. Collating the experiences of a range of music therapists from both mainstream and special education backgrounds, Music Therapy in Schools explains the procedures, challenges and benefits of using music therapy in an educational context. These music therapists have worked with children of all ages and abilities from pre-school toddlers in nursery schools to teenagers preparing for further education, and address specific issues and disabilities including working with children with emotional and behavioural problems, and autistic spectrum disorders. This book will be essential reading for music therapists, music therapy students and educational professionals.

International Perspectives in Music Therapy Education and Training
International Perspectives in Music Therapy Education and Training

Author: Karen D. Goodman

Publisher:

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780398081171

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International Perspectives in Music Therapy Education and Training: Adapting to a Changing World, the first anthology of its kind, edited by Professor Karen Goodman, brings noted educators from Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, India, Ireland, Israel, Korea, Norway, the United Kingdom and the United States together to speak to the challenge to adapt in ways, both small and large, that affect music therapy education and training. Divided into three parts, chapters interrelate to consider program design, multicultural identity and the ongoing and emerging needs of a discipline. The book is an unparalleled resource for academic advisors, prospective and current educators, clinical supervisors, clinicians and students of music therapy." -- Publisher's description.

Addressing Issues of Mental Health in Schools through the Arts
Addressing Issues of Mental Health in Schools through the Arts

Author: Nick Clough

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-09-30

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 042962686X

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This book outlines how teachers, music / arts therapists and teacher trainers have engaged in participatory action research to facilitate regular group music listening and improvisational music making with children and young people in their classrooms, highlighting its impact in addressing issues of mental health and providing social and emotional access to learning. The book includes examples of classroom practice, evidencing how safe, inclusive and interactive music making can stimulate experiences that alter children and young people’s moods, enhance their social skills and enable their connectivity with each other and with learning. It describes participatory action research approaches that support inter professional learning between teachers and music / arts therapists. Five narrative accounts of classroom episodes provide a basis for continuing reflection and critical theorising about young people’s relational health and sensory engagement. The book explores outcomes from non-verbal dialogic interaction and attachment focussed practices. It advocates new forms of rights respecting professionalism. Providing new frameworks with which to enhance the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people in classroom settings, the book will be important reading for researchers and students in the fields of inclusive education, music / arts therapy and teacher training. The contents are significant for practitioners looking to support children and young people’s recovery and reconnections in the classroom.

Music and the Child
Music and the Child

Author: Natalie Sarrazin

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-14

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781942341703

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Children are inherently musical. They respond to music and learn through music. Music expresses children's identity and heritage, teaches them to belong to a culture, and develops their cognitive well-being and inner self worth. As professional instructors, childcare workers, or students looking forward to a career working with children, we should continuously search for ways to tap into children's natural reservoir of enthusiasm for singing, moving and experimenting with instruments. But how, you might ask? What music is appropriate for the children I'm working with? How can music help inspire a well-rounded child? How do I reach and teach children musically? Most importantly perhaps, how can I incorporate music into a curriculum that marginalizes the arts?This book explores a holistic, artistic, and integrated approach to understanding the developmental connections between music and children. This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children's lives through play, games, creativity, and movement. Additionally, the book explores ways of applying music-making to benefit the whole child, i.e., socially, emotionally, physically, cognitively, and linguistically.

Music Therapy With Preschool Children on the Autism Spectrum
Music Therapy With Preschool Children on the Autism Spectrum

Author: Geoff Barnes

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 0807781096

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With close to 1 million children on the autism spectrum enrolled in U.S. schools, educators need effective interventions that promote young learners’ abilities and build cohesiveness in complex classroom groups. Drawing upon video recordings from 16 months in a public preschool classroom, this book depicts the emerging relationships and abilities that develop through musical play with children on the autism spectrum. Barnes explores connections among students, teachers, and a music therapist; broader questions about the needs of young children; and the benefits of incorporating music therapy in early childhood education and school-based autism services. In vivid narratives, readers follow individual preschoolers through their challenges and their steps toward shared attention, interpersonal interaction, and communication during music. This important book raises key issues about autism supports and therapies, and offers encouraging alternatives to prevailing educational and therapeutic methods. Features: Chronicles the first two-year research study inside a music therapy group for preschoolers on the spectrum in a U.S. public school.Provides lucid personal portrayals of young children, teachers, and a music therapist.Explores the challenges and encouraging possibilities of helping young children through music.Describes the use of picture schedules, augmentative and alternative communication devices, musical instruments, percussion rhythms, and visual and tactile materials in music sessions.Presents children’s engagement in vocal interplay, turn-taking, theme-and-variation exchanges, and reciprocal expressions of emotion in early childhood education.

Music Therapy
Music Therapy

Author: Betsey King Brunk

Publisher: Future Horizons

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9781885477538

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This book introduces readers to the principles and effective use of music of therapy, an intervention technique which has helped individuals with autism improve in the areas of verbal/augmentative communication, social interactions, attention and academic skills.

Multicultural Music Therapy
Multicultural Music Therapy

Author: Katie Olsen

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13:

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The concept of multiculturalism in music therapy is becoming increasingly relevant in the United States. The purpose of this thesis was to analyze multicultural content in undergraduate programs approved by the American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), and evaluate the Multicultural Counseling Competencies, in order to develop an educational tool to foster multicultural competency in undergraduate music therapy students. The research questions addressed in this analysis were: (a) what are the current multicultural education practices for undergraduate music therapy students in the United States, and (b) what aspects of multicultural counseling education can provide a framework for multicultural education in music therapy? Within music therapy education, there seems to be no standardized method of delivering multicultural content. Based on the findings of this content analysis, the author combined content from current multicultural music therapy and multicultural counseling education to develop a lecture series for undergraduate music therapy students. Results included the curricula of 68 AMTA-Approved undergraduate music therapy programs. 327 multiculturally related courses were identified. Coded course categories in order of frequency were ability, age, language, non-western music, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, gender, spirituality, sexual orientation, religion, and general culture. These results are consistent with existing publications remarking on the state of multicultural education in music therapy.