Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-196) and index.

Working in partnership and supporting parents, music therapy for pre-school children and their parents at a child development centre / Amelia Oldfield -- Back to basics : community-based music therapy for vulnerable young children and their parents / Tiffany Drake (née Hughes) -- Music therapy groups for families with a learning disabled toddler : bridging some gaps / Helen Loth -- Autism and the family, group music therapy with mothers and children / Rachel Bull -- Who is the therapy for? Involving a parent/carer in their child's music therapy / Jasenka Horvat and Nicky O'Neill -- Music therapy with traumatised children and their families in mainstream primary schools : a case study with a six-year-old girl and her mother / Sarah Howden -- It's a family affair : music therapy for children and families at a psychiatric unit / Emma Davies -- Music therapy following adoption : the role of family music therapy in developing secure attachment in adopted children / Colette E Salkeld -- A piece of the puzzle : music therapy with looked-after teenagers and their carers / Joy Hassler -- Living with dying : reflections on family music therapy with children near the end of life / Claire Flower.