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Kaenampornpan, Pornpan
2011-07-22T00:59:31Z
2011-07-22T00:59:31Z
2010
http://hdl.handle.net/10179/2534
This study aimed to answer the question “How can I, as a music therapy student in a paediatric
ward, provide children with beneficial single session music therapy?” In order to answer this
question, action research methodology was employed. This methodology allowed the researcher
to monitor and question her actions in order to improve her practice. Furthermore, principles
from music therapy and other disciplines were applied and adapted. The researcher’s practice
would be made more appropriate, therefore, for a paediatric ward where only brief information
about the children was provided and limited time was available to work with them. There were
four cycles in the study. The challenges and concerns that emerged through the course of this
research were 1) how to approach the children or get the music therapy session underway, 2)
how to provide suitable sessions for the different needs and developmental stages of the
children; 3) how to be more aware of the children’s needs, and 4) how to maintain my
inspiration. All the findings from these concerns were formulated into some helpful principles
that played an important role during the course of this study. The principles are: 1) being
flexible; 2) keeping the patients’ and the therapist’s control in balance; 3) being sensitive to
children’s responses and to their needs; 4) being familiar with background knowledge; 5) being
able to build a rapport in a short time; 6) being available; 7) being open-minded; and 8) being
able to reduce the therapist’s anxiety. It is recommended that these principles be employed in
other contexts where the therapist has little time at his/her disposal to assess or establish a
rapport with the children, and where it is hard to predict the situation or plan the session ahead.
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The Author
Music therapy for children
Children
Hospital care
New Zealand
A music therapy student's exploration of single session music therapy for children on a paediatric ward using action research methodology : a dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Music Therapy at the New Zealand School of Music, Wellington, New Zealand
Thesis
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