book reviews
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Book reviews by Mary Mountstephen
Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Early Childhood Settings: A Teacher’s Guide
Music Therapy in Schools: Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education
Dawn M. Denno, Victoria Carr and Susan Hart Bell
Edited by Jo Tomlinson, Philippa Derrington and Amelia Oldfield
Brookes Publishing Co Softback, 245 pages + CD ROM £31.50 ISBN: 978-1-55766-984-1
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Softback, 252 pages £24.99 ISBN: 978-1-84905-000-5
The authors of this book have
The authors of this book have
field-tested all the tools in the
worked as music therapists
Department of Early Education
in mainstream and special
and
Care
at
Cincinnati
Children’s Hospital and at the Arlitt Child and Family Research and Education Center, where Victoria Carr is the Director. The book is aimed at
schools in the UK, and here they bring together their experiences of addressing a wide range of issues, disabilities and disorders with children of all ages and abilities. The book is divided
teachers working in early years settings and it provides
into 12 chapters; it opens
practical advice, information and sample forms to support
with information about
them in managing difficult situations or children whose
setting up and developing
behaviour is causing concern.
music therapy centres and moves on to outline multiple
The book is divided into sections which explore the
views of music therapy in different contexts. It concludes
intrapersonal, environmental and transactional contexts
with appendices which cover questionnaires and
relating to early childhood behaviour and each section provides completed forms detailing their practices. The CD which comes with the book is divided into 12 sections covering subjects such as:
• • •
Designing the Physical Classroom Space: creating
related information. For teachers who have an interest in music therapy, this will be a useful resource, with a number of case studies providing information about the ways in which this form of therapy can address the needs of individual children. The book is aimed at music therapists working in schools
a safe place where all children feel welcome
as well as at a wide range of professional colleagues,
Using Routines and Schedules to Support Positive
parents, relatives and carers. It is an interesting and thought
Behaviour: practical advice and tested strategies
provoking work which offers the reader new insights into
Teacher Language: using verbal and non-verbal
music therapy.
communication to strengthen bonds with children
An article on music therapy by Amelia Oldfield, one of
Although this book has been written from a US perspective,
the Editor’s of this book, can be found on page 42 of this
there is much in it to support those working in early years
issue of SEN Magazine.
environments in the UK.
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