Music therapy methods in neurorehabilitation : a clinician's manual / Felicity Baker and Jeanette Tamplin ; with a contribution by Jeanette Kennelly ; foreword by Barbara Wheeler

Introduction: Music therapy in neurorehabilitation ; 1. Neurological damage and models of rehabilitation ; 2. Interventions for patients in altered states of consciousness ; 3. Interventions for physical rehabilitation ; 4. Interventions for cognitive and behaviour rehabilitation ; 5. Interventions for communication rehabilitation ; 6. Interventions to facilitate emotional adjustment ; 7. Music therapy and paediatric rehabilitation / Jeanette Kennelly

Baker and Tamplin combine research findings with their own clinical experience and present step-by-step instructions and guidelines on how to implement music therapy techniques for a range of therapeutic needs. Photographs clearly illustrate interventions for physical rehabilitation, for example through the use of musical instruments to encourage targeted movement. The chapter on cognitive rehabilitation includes resources and lists suitable songs for use in immediate memory or abstract thinking tasks, among others