COVER -- Interactive Music Therapy - A Positive Approach: Music Therapy at a Child Development Centre -- Contents -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 1 Characteristics of my Music Therapy Approach -- Orientation -- How I feel about my work -- Organisation of the sessions -- Getting to know the child's musical likes and dislikes -- My approach to improvisation and music making -- Single line instruments -- What I need to survive as a music therapist -- Parallels between music therapy improvisation and chamber music playing -- The unique role of the music therapist in the multi-disciplinary team -- Who should be referred to music therapy? -- Ending the treatment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 Working with Pre-school Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and their Parents: Setting and Case Studies -- The Child Development Centre (CDC) -- Music therapy at the centre -- Five short case studies -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Working with Pre-school Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and their Parents: Characteristics of my Approach -- Layout of the room -- Beginnings and endings of sessions -- Motivation -- Structure -- Balance between following and initiating -- Basic exchanges -- Control -- Movement -- Playfulness and drama -- Involving parents or primary carers -- How my approach fits in with general approaches to autism -- How my approach fits in with other music therapists' work -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Music Therapy with Individual Children with Severe Physical and Mental Difficulties -- Three case studies -- Reflections on these cases -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Music Therapy with Individual Children with No Clear Diagnosis -- Three case studies -- Reflections on these cases -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Music Therapy Groups at the Child Development Centre -- Practicalities -- Group objectives -- Group membership.

Group rules -- Planning and reviewing -- What musical material to use in group sessions -- Four different types of group -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 Investigation into Music Therapy for Ten Pre-School Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and their Parents -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Main research hypotheses -- Methodology -- Setting the aims -- Videotaping the sessions -- Video analysis -- Interpreting the video analysis data -- Structured interviews -- Parenting Stress Index (PSI) forms -- Results of the study -- Review of main findings and conclusions -- Conclusion -- Coda -- APPENDIX 1 'HELLO' SONG -- APPENDIX 2 MUSIC THERAPY ASSESSMENT FORM (STAGE 1) -- APPENDIX 3 ON-GOING MUSIC THERAPY ASSESSMENT (STAGE 2) -- APPENDIX 4 MUSIC THERAPY REPORT FORM (STAGE 3) -- APPENDIX 5 DANNY'S MUSIC THERAPY REPORT -- APPENDIX 6 LEON'S MUSIC THERAPY REPORT -- APPENDIX 7 GUIDING NOTES FOR PARENTS WRITING ABOUT MUSIC THERAPY SESSIONS -- APPENDIX 8 TWO MAKATON SONGS -- APPENDIX 9 THREE ACTIONS SONGS -- APPENDIX 10 EXCERPT FROM A COMPLETED VIDEO ANALYSIS FORM (MINUTES 16-23 OF THE SESSION) -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX.