Pub Date : 2022-02-15DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2028885
Elsa A. Campbell, T. Wosch
ABSTRACT Introduction Systematic reviews have shown the effectiveness of music in reducing the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Effects of active (i.e. singing) compared to receptive (including vibroacoustic therapy) individual music therapy methods for specific BPSD/dementia sub-types are unclear, for example, that receptive methods (i.e. vibroacoustic therapy) increase parasympathetic responses and active music therapy improves cognitive and emotional functioning. Method A three-armed pragmatic randomised controlled trial will be conducted with German care home residents with dementia. Residents (N = 75) randomly assigned to the two intervention groups (individual active music therapy or individual vibroacoustic therapy) will receive two sessions/week for six weeks plus standard care. The control group will receive only standard care during data collection. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Nursing Home will assess BPSD; secondary outcomes include depression, quality of life, activities of daily living, health economy and musical engagement. Outcomes are measured at baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks), and 12-weeks post randomisation. MMSE is used as a screening measure. We hypothesise that individual active music therapy and individual vibroacoustic therapy will reduce BPSD significantly more than standard care. Secondary hypo-theses are increased quality of life and musical engagement and decreased depressivity and health resource usage. Discussion A greater relaxation response is expected in the receptive arm due to the massage-like vibration. Increased cognitive clarity and reduced depression are expected in the active arm. The trial is registered with the German Clinical Trials Register (DRKS00023233).
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Pub Date : 2022-02-15DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2033816
Jesse Asch-Ortiz
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Pub Date : 2022-02-07DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2026453
K. Devlin
ABSTRACT Introduction COVID-19 challenged music therapists to provide services in a range of virtual formats, including synchronous and asynchronous session delivery. While models of telehealth delivery and essential technology skills have been discussed in recent literature and professional development courses, the ways in which the client--therapist relationship has been impacted have not been fully explored. Method Reflective vignettes shaped by the author’s lived experience explore this impact in the context of collaboration with two therapy participants in different formats: (a) live Zoom music therapy sessions with a neurodivergent child, and (b) pre-recorded music therapy sessions focused on recreating improvisational experiences for/with an autistic child. Results Narrative storytelling highlights the author’s experience navigating three phases of deepening virtual connections over time, which include exploration of online delivery challenges such as technological problems, development of skills for video creation, and translating in-person experiences into online formats. Discussion Vignettes contextualize session events within the author’s practice of telehealth and the ways these practices compare with pre-COVID sessions. Throughout this narrative, the power of technology to expand and limit the author’s ability to co-construct meaningful therapeutic musical encounters is discussed.
{"title":"Shaping the digital space: Exploring relationships in online music therapy session delivery","authors":"K. Devlin","doi":"10.1080/08098131.2022.2026453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2022.2026453","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Introduction COVID-19 challenged music therapists to provide services in a range of virtual formats, including synchronous and asynchronous session delivery. While models of telehealth delivery and essential technology skills have been discussed in recent literature and professional development courses, the ways in which the client--therapist relationship has been impacted have not been fully explored. Method Reflective vignettes shaped by the author’s lived experience explore this impact in the context of collaboration with two therapy participants in different formats: (a) live Zoom music therapy sessions with a neurodivergent child, and (b) pre-recorded music therapy sessions focused on recreating improvisational experiences for/with an autistic child. Results Narrative storytelling highlights the author’s experience navigating three phases of deepening virtual connections over time, which include exploration of online delivery challenges such as technological problems, development of skills for video creation, and translating in-person experiences into online formats. Discussion Vignettes contextualize session events within the author’s practice of telehealth and the ways these practices compare with pre-COVID sessions. Throughout this narrative, the power of technology to expand and limit the author’s ability to co-construct meaningful therapeutic musical encounters is discussed.","PeriodicalId":51826,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Music Therapy","volume":"31 1","pages":"203 - 213"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43940510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-02-01DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2021.1955949
R. R. Karulkar, D. Gunjawate, Sumathy Sundar
ABSTRACT Introduction Music therapy (MT) services for children with special needs in India are limited. Understanding the current level of parental knowledge of music therapy and their willingness to include it in a child’s habilitation program may ascertain the need for parent education and could help to make music therapy feasible and accessible to Indian parents. Hence, a preliminary survey was undertaken to investigate various aspects of parental awareness about music therapy. Method Twenty-one item self-report questionnaire was developed and validated. The questionnaire was administered to 80 parents residing in various cities of Maharashtra who had children with special needs who were being administered therapies other than music therapy. The parents had a minimum education of 10th grade with proficiency in English. Results Statistical analysis revealed that parents had some level of pre-existing knowledge about music therapy and were willing to include music therapy in their child’s treatment. Parents with higher educational levels and annual family income were significantly more aware of the term music therapy. Parents who had heard of music therapy were more likely to include music therapy in their child’s habilitation. Motivations that drew parents’ willingness have been described in detail. Discussion Parents of children with special needs in urban parts of Maharashtra are positively inclined towards music therapy. They are willing to include music therapy in their child’s habilitation provided the structure of these services to complement their needs. Nevertheless, there remains a need for increasing awareness about the versatility and the scope of music therapy.
{"title":"Understanding awareness of music therapy in parents of children with special needs in India: A survey study","authors":"R. R. Karulkar, D. Gunjawate, Sumathy Sundar","doi":"10.1080/08098131.2021.1955949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2021.1955949","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Introduction Music therapy (MT) services for children with special needs in India are limited. Understanding the current level of parental knowledge of music therapy and their willingness to include it in a child’s habilitation program may ascertain the need for parent education and could help to make music therapy feasible and accessible to Indian parents. Hence, a preliminary survey was undertaken to investigate various aspects of parental awareness about music therapy. Method Twenty-one item self-report questionnaire was developed and validated. The questionnaire was administered to 80 parents residing in various cities of Maharashtra who had children with special needs who were being administered therapies other than music therapy. The parents had a minimum education of 10th grade with proficiency in English. Results Statistical analysis revealed that parents had some level of pre-existing knowledge about music therapy and were willing to include music therapy in their child’s treatment. Parents with higher educational levels and annual family income were significantly more aware of the term music therapy. Parents who had heard of music therapy were more likely to include music therapy in their child’s habilitation. Motivations that drew parents’ willingness have been described in detail. Discussion Parents of children with special needs in urban parts of Maharashtra are positively inclined towards music therapy. They are willing to include music therapy in their child’s habilitation provided the structure of these services to complement their needs. Nevertheless, there remains a need for increasing awareness about the versatility and the scope of music therapy.","PeriodicalId":51826,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Music Therapy","volume":"31 1","pages":"279 - 292"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47582485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-24DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2027124
E. Ruud
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Pub Date : 2022-01-12DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2021.2008474
K. Mcferran, Anthea Skinner, Teresa Hall, G. Thompson
ABSTRACT Introduction In the wake of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns in the southern states of Australia, many community music and music therapy projects shifted to an online format. This paper discusses the formation and creation of four online music groups aimed at people with disability, including two groups for children and two for adults. The aim of the study was to explore the use of online technologies to support social inclusion and wellbeing when participants were physically isolated. Method This study positioned group participants as co-researchers to recognize the expertise many people with disability hold from being housebound or socially isolated. We adopted an action research framework in which participants provided ongoing reflections on the use of technology, access, musical foci and social interaction to iteratively develop the sessions through cycles of reflexive action. These data were triangulated with data collected through participant observation and individual interviews. Results The structured format of the sessions created online spaces for people with different disability, age and gender identities to explore their creativity together. Far from limiting participants’ autonomy and safety, the structured setting promoted their agency in decision-making and shaping the groups to meet their needs. Discussion Many participants interacted with the group or adapted to the online experiences in ways which the authors had not anticipated. While we were expecting our cohort to have expertise with social isolation, we found that they also had high levels of expertise as passionate musicians, which they used to frame the activities of the online gatherings.
{"title":"Structure, agency and community: Using online music gatherings to support social inclusion for people with disabilities in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"K. Mcferran, Anthea Skinner, Teresa Hall, G. Thompson","doi":"10.1080/08098131.2021.2008474","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2021.2008474","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Introduction In the wake of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns in the southern states of Australia, many community music and music therapy projects shifted to an online format. This paper discusses the formation and creation of four online music groups aimed at people with disability, including two groups for children and two for adults. The aim of the study was to explore the use of online technologies to support social inclusion and wellbeing when participants were physically isolated. Method This study positioned group participants as co-researchers to recognize the expertise many people with disability hold from being housebound or socially isolated. We adopted an action research framework in which participants provided ongoing reflections on the use of technology, access, musical foci and social interaction to iteratively develop the sessions through cycles of reflexive action. These data were triangulated with data collected through participant observation and individual interviews. Results The structured format of the sessions created online spaces for people with different disability, age and gender identities to explore their creativity together. Far from limiting participants’ autonomy and safety, the structured setting promoted their agency in decision-making and shaping the groups to meet their needs. Discussion Many participants interacted with the group or adapted to the online experiences in ways which the authors had not anticipated. While we were expecting our cohort to have expertise with social isolation, we found that they also had high levels of expertise as passionate musicians, which they used to frame the activities of the online gatherings.","PeriodicalId":51826,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Music Therapy","volume":"31 1","pages":"259 - 272"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48503032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-01-07DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2021.1958906
J. Kantor, V. Karkou, M. Chráska, Jana Duhovská, Elena Fitzthum, Markéta Gerlichová, Elisabeth Kaczynski, Krzysztof Stachyra, M. Voigt, L. Kantorová
ABSTRACT Introduction The development of music therapy in the Czech Republic is closely connected with the development of other arts therapies (AsTs). This cross-sectional study aims to provide a research-based description of the current state of Czech music therapy and offer comparisons with other AsTs. Method Data were obtained through a modified version of “The Practice in Arts Therapies” questionnaire, which was distributed to arts therapists registered with professional associations in the Czech Republic. From the total sample (N = 144), there were 50 music therapists. The remainder of the sample were drama, dance movement, art therapists, and combinations of these therapies (N = 94). Descriptive and inferential statistics were performed relating to work environment, client groups, and preferred therapeutic trends. Results Czech music therapy is closely connected to working with special needs populations in social care and educational environments. Practitioners follow humanistic, active/directive and artistic/creative trends. Significant differences were found between music therapists and other arts therapists with regard to the client populations (in their age and type of needs), and therapeutic trends. Discussion Czech music therapy has strengths in the area of special needs, but it will be important to achieve further growth, especially in health care. This may have a crucial impact on the formation of a common legislative framework for art therapists. We recommend repeating this survey in the future to see how the university-based program for music therapy will have influenced the profession.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-05DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2021.1959386
Jinwook Kim
ABSTRACT Introduction Guided Imagery and Music (GIM) qualification training is an experience-centered training course. It emphasizes inner exploration and healing through self-therapy and teaches therapy skills to enhance trainee therapists’ professionalism. The aim of this phenomenological study was to explore the perceived growth experiences of women trainee therapists during their GIM qualification training in South Korea. Method This study utilized a descriptive phenomenological methodology. Seven Korean trainee therapists participated in this study. The data were collected using in-depth interviews. Colaizzi’s method was used to extract significant statements, formulate meanings, identify themes and the essential aspects of the trainees’ perceived growth experiences. Results The data analysis yielded 23 meaning units, nine themes, and three essential aspects related to the trainees’ growth experiences during GIM training. The themes include avoidance and resistance, thorough (esoteric) training, public eye, individual circumstances, therapeutic power of GIM, training methods and environment, motivation and effort to grow as therapists, personal growth, and professional growth. The three essential aspects of the trainees’ perceived growth experiences are growth challenges, the power to grow, and a two-faceted nature of growth. Discussion This study corroborates and extends the research findings of previous studies on the training of GIM therapists. Also, it identifies some contradictions in the trainees’ growth experiences that could be attributed to cultural factors. Although the study was not set up to evaluate GIM training programs, it provides some practical suggestions for GIM training programs in South Korea.
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2016152
J. Bradt
In this first issue of 2022, we have several articles focused on music therapy assessment tools. This is quite remarkable since, historically, music therapists have predominantly relied on assessment tools developed in other fields. While those play an important role in music therapy research and clinical practice in terms of measuring non-music outcomes (e.g. functional or psychological outcomes), it is important that music therapists develop assessment tools to assess music and music therapy-specific outcomes. Most music therapy assessment scales developed to date focus on non-music health domains such as cognition, communication, and motor skills. However, we have a growing number of music therapy assessments in which music is its “own domain of health” (Carpente & Aigen, 2015, p. 250). In these assessment scales, aspects of a client’s “musical functioning are understood broadly as reflections of one’s overall cognitive and affective relationship to the world and oneself” (Carpente & Aigen, 2015, p. 250). In 2015, the International Music Therapy Assessment Consortium (IMTAC) was founded (https://www.musictherapy.aau.dk/imtac/) to facilitate and support the development and standardization of robust and research-based music therapy assessment tools, increase awareness of assessment within and around of the field of music therapy, and promote the implementation of music therapy assessment in clinical practice. The IMTAC is a valuable music therapy assessment resource and I encourage you to help build their catalogue of music therapy assessment tools by submitting music therapy assessment tools for inclusion in this online catalogue. Collaborative efforts like this are important to advancing assessment development and implementation in our field. Another great resource for music therapy clinicians and scholars is the book on music therapy assessment by Jacobsen et al. (2018) (book review available here). The development of a standardized assessment tool is a complex process. Some of the essential steps involved include identification of the domains of the scale, item generation, ascertaining content validity, extraction of latent factors, item reduction, psychometric testing, and development of a manual that details scale administration instructions as well as scoring guidelines, just to name a few. As I assembled articles for this issue, I noticed that three of the authors included in this issue focused or are currently focusing their PhD research on the development of a music therapy assessment scale (Carpente, 2014; McDermott et al., 2015; Salokivi et al., this issue). For many years, PhD students have indeed made major contributions to the development of music therapy assessments. I decided to check in with them about their experience of undertaking such challenging research for their dissertation. In a brief e-mail exchange, Maija Salokivi, John Carpente, and Orii McDermott shared their experiences and offered some advice for future scholars
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Pub Date : 2022-01-01Epub Date: 2022-03-20DOI: 10.1080/08098131.2022.2040579
Anna S Cephas, Stephenie Sofield, Allison Millstein
Introduction: Given how many music therapists have shifted their practice to telehealth in accordance with COVID-19 public safety precautions, it is essential for clinicians not only to adjust to the virtual platform, but to embrace the therapeutic potential of technological tools. Just as music is considered a therapeutic agent in music therapy sessions, the authors assert that technology may also be conceptualized and utilized as a means of enhancing therapeutic outcomes.
Method: Referencing an interactive music therapy protocol adapted for telehealth as part of a pain management study, the authors examine ways in which different aspects of telehealth technology can be used by music therapists to support client goals and bolster the therapeutic relationship. Generalized clinical examples drawn from virtual sessions are incorporated to demonstrate the unique therapeutic possibilities for client agency, client self-efficacy, and the client-therapist relationship afforded by the telehealth platform.
Results: Among the possibilities afforded by telehealth are enriched opportunities for client choice, reinforcement of learning and implementing new transferrable skills, and enhancing the therapeutic relationship through collaborative troubleshooting and adapted interactive music experiences.
Discussion: Specific recommendations for music therapists are included to advance the conversation around best practices regarding telehealth. The authors discuss actionable items for music therapists such as utilizing screen-sharing options to enhance musical interactions, validating and exploring clients' use of technology for self-disclosure, and other strategies for harnessing the therapeutic potential of technology in virtual music therapy sessions.
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