The Role of the Music Therapist in Promoting Parent-Infant Attachment

Title
The Role of the Music Therapist in Promoting Parent-Infant Attachment
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
Edwards, Jane
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2705-8478
Email: jedwar51@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jedwar51
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Canadian Association for Music Therapy
Place of publication
Canada
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/27816
Abstract
This paper provides a brief overview of recent literature relating to infant musicality and its basis for effective parent-infant work in music therapy. Two strong trends are revealed: the international breadth of the developing work by music therapists within family-centred contexts of practice, especially work with infants and their parents in the early years; and the use oftheoretical principles of communicative musicality (Malloch &Trevarthen, 2008] combined with knowledge of early musical skills. This focus on musical perception and musical development (Briggs, 1991; Trehub, 2003] provides a rationale as to why musical interaction supported by a qualified music therapist can offer a potential pathway for improved attachment between the parent and infant when therapeutic support is indicated.
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Citation
Canadian Journal of Music Therapy, 20(1), p. 38-48
ISSN
1199-1054
Start page
38
End page
48

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