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Derrington 2012 thesis.pdf - Anglia Ruskin Research Online

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2.7.1 Descriptive articles<br />

There are some published case studies with adolescents with emotional and<br />

behavioural difficulties, such as Nirensztein’s (2003) work with a maladjusted<br />

teenager after an attempted suicide and Fruchard and Lecourt’s (2003) account of<br />

music therapy with a fostered teenager. Cobbett (2009) supports school-based work<br />

for students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties. He stresses the<br />

importance of making therapy accessible to them, not only practically in terms of<br />

getting to sessions, but also on a social and cultural level, by using rap and computer<br />

composition.<br />

In a project review, McIntyre (2007) describes the results after nine weeks of music<br />

therapy sessions for adolescent boys with behaviour and/or emotional disorders. The<br />

outcomes included developing new skills, enjoying music, experiencing group<br />

cohesion and having increased self-esteem. Neale (2009) and Jenkins (2006) examine<br />

the techniques used by music therapists working with children and adolescents who<br />

have emotional and behavioural difficulties. Neale presents case studies of work in<br />

Pupil Referral Units with children who had been excluded or were at risk of exclusion<br />

from school. Her mix of using play and computer software to meet the child’s needs<br />

is similar to Jenkins’ summary that a flexible approach is essential for these pupils.<br />

Sausser and Waller (2006) define a model for students with emotional and<br />

behavioural difficulties in a psycho-educational setting. They contend that proper<br />

planning of musical activities in a structured music therapy programme helps students<br />

more than a client-centred approach. To optimise services, their design combines the<br />

music therapy process with the nine-week pattern of the American school setting to<br />

help the therapists cope with large caseloads and they provide suggestions for<br />

activities which, they suggest, work well with these students.<br />

2.7.2 <strong>Research</strong> projects<br />

Gold, Wigram and Berger (2001) developed a research design to measure the effects<br />

of individual music therapy with mentally ill children and adolescents showing<br />

behavioural problems, on symptoms and their quality of life. The children’s needs for<br />

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