Music Therapy, Sensory Integration and the Autistic Child -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: Who Defines "Appropriate"? -- What's in a "label"? -- What determines "right" and "wrong" responses? -- The brain does not know that it does not know -- 2 Aspects of Autism -- General characteristics of autism -- Autistic "aloneness" -- Desire for sameness and structure -- Learning to translate autistic behavior -- References -- Recommended reading -- 3 Aspects of Sensory Integration -- Our emotional brains -- The journey begins -- From RAS to Ring -- Filing into memory -- Primary, secondary and tertiary memory -- Opening the gates to learning - the neo-cortex -- Touring the neo-cortex landscape -- Sensory interpretation is individual -- References -- Recommended reading -- 4 Functional Adaptation Defined -- Four basic human survival needs -- Three basic levels of physiologic adaptation -- Music therapy for conditioned adaptive accommodation -- References -- 5 Understanding Basic Sensory Systems -- The vestibular system -- The proprioceptive system -- The tactile system (touch) -- Visual and auditory sensory systems -- The visual system -- References -- 6 Are You Listening? -- Part One: About Hearing and Listening -- Audition - the act of hearing -- It's all in our heads -- The coding of sound -- Auditory scanning -- Two ears, two sounds? -- Sound coding tango -- Hearing for patterns -- "Hearing" and "listening" -- Dimensional hearing -- Auditory integration -- Recommended reading -- 7 Are You Listening? -- Part Two: Dimensional Hearing and Erroneous Assumptions -- About Jason -- Some common erroneous assumptions -- Auditory tracking -- Auditory discrimination and memory -- Auditory figure-ground -- Auditory focus -- Auditory depth perception and auditory sound location -- Auditory integration reviewed -- Jason revisited.

Integration of auditory and visual processes -- Auditory-motor coordination -- References -- Recommended reading -- 8 Elements of Music for Sensory Adaptation -- Rhythm -- Components of rhythm -- Melody -- Harmony -- Timbre -- Dynamics -- Form -- Review -- References -- Recommended reading -- 9 Music Therapy in the Realm of Sensory Integration -- Integrating physiologic knowledge with therapy approaches -- Evaluating physiology for adaptive goals -- Aspects of music therapy treatment -- Instruments for sensory adaptation goals -- Instruction as therapy -- Summary -- Recommended reading -- 10 Formulating Music Therapy Treatment for Sensory Adaptation Goals -- Rhythm internalization -- Adaptive responses to environment of auditory and visual stimuli -- Auditory integration and discrimination -- Auditory-physical integration, motor planning, vestibular actions, body coordination in space -- Auditory-visual integration: see-hear sound -- Auditory-mental-physical coordination -- Pacing of body movement, breath -- Sequencing -- Limit-setting and behavioral redirection -- Creativity, self-initiative and task organization -- Speech and language -- Music therapy support for cognitive and allied therapies goals -- How much therapy is enough? -- 11 Conclusion -- We are emotional animals -- Mind and emotion -- Music in human adaptation -- A word about group therapy -- Finally… -- Recommended reading -- Appendix A The Role of Music in Physiologic Accommodation -- Appendix B Sample Music Therapy Evaluations, Treatment Reviews, Progress Briefs -- Bibliography -- Index.