Music and the Social Model: An Occupational Therapist's Approach to Music with People with Learning Difficulties

Music has always been an essential part of what it is to be human and yet not everyone has access to the music-based opportunities others take for granted. Motivated by the belief that individuals are disabled by society rather than any impairment they might have, Jane Williams sets out to show how someone with learning difficulties can engage with music in as many diverse and fulfilling ways as the rest of their community and generation. This practical guide will equip you with everything you need to know to help empower people with learning difficulties to experience and enjoy music, meaningfully. It sets out activity ideas in the context of existing Occupational Therapy models and offers a host of tips, resources and ready-to-use themed lesson plans to inspire and enrich your practice. There are also many practical examples and real-life success stories that show how to put the theory into practice, including downloadable tracks composed and performed by The LA Buskers, a band Jane works with. Accessible, practical and inspirational, the unique approaches described in this book will be of immeasurable interest to occupational therapists, social care workers responsible for planning and delivering activity programmes as well as community musicians. Forlagets beskrivelse: Music has always been an essential part of what it is to be human and yet not everyone has access to the music-based opportunities others take for granted. Motivated by the belief that individuals are disabled by society rather than any impairment they might have, Jane Williams sets out to show how someone with learning difficulties can engage with music in as many diverse and fulfilling ways as the rest of their community and generation. This practical guide will equip you with everything you need to know to help empower people with learning difficulties to experience and enjoy music, meaningfully. It sets out activity ideas in the context of existing Occupational Therapy models and offers a host of tips, resources and ready-to-use themed lesson plans to inspire and enrich your practice. There are also many practical examples and real-life success stories that show how to put the theory into practice, including downloadable tracks composed and performed by The LA Buskers, a band Jane works with. Accessible, practical and inspirational, the unique approaches described in this book will be of immeasurable interest to occupational therapists, social care workers responsible for planning and delivering activity programs as well as community musicians Endorsements 3 Music and the Social Model 4 Preface 10 The title of this book: The original working title of this book was... 11 Introduction: How to use this book 13 Part 1: Theory 17 What is Music? An overview of the elements of music 18 Why Music? The relationship between music and human occupation 22 Music and The Social Model of Disability 28 Music and Occupational Therapy 35 The Occupational Therapy Tool Kit: Paradigms, frames of reference and models of practice 40 A Social Model OT Process 48 Creating an Enabling Environment 60 Part 2: Practice 73 Enabling Participation in Music: Activity analysis and planning using an OT tool kit 74 Journeys: Applying a Social Model OT process 123 An Introduction to Music Group Sessions 135 Large Music Group Session Plans 144 Small Group and One-to-One Sessions 172 Reflection 178 Acknowledgement 181 Appendix 1: The lyrics to some of our songs. 183 Appendix 2: An introduction to some useful music theory 192 Appendix 3: Composition templates 196 Appendix 4: List of songs and instrumental works mentioned in the book 199 Appendix 5: Inventory of instruments, equipment and resources 204 References 206 Index 212 "Music has always been an essential part of what it is to be human and yet not everyone has access to the music-based opportunities others take for granted. Motivated by the belief that individuals are disabled by society rather than any impairment they might have, Jane Williams sets out to show how someone with learning difficulties can engage with music in as many diverse and fulfilling ways as the rest of their community and generation. This practical guide will equip you with everything you need to know to help empower people with learning difficulties to experience and enjoy music, meaningfully. It sets out activity ideas in the context of existing Occupational Therapy models and offers a host of tips, resources and ready-to-use themed lesson plans to inspire and enrich your practice. There are also many practical examples and real-life success stories that show how to put the theory into practice, including downloadable tracks composed and performed by The LA Buskers, a band Jane works with."--Site web de l'éditeur Theory. What is music? An overview of the elements of music Why music? The relationship between music and human occupation Music and the social model of disability / Rachel Purtell Music and occupational therapy The occupational therapy tool kit : paradigms, frames of reference and models of practice A social model OT process Creating an enabling environment Practice. Enabling participation in music : activity analysis and planning using an OT tool kit Journeys : applying a social model OT process An introduction to music group sessions Large music group session plans Small group and one-to-one sessions Reflection Appendix 1. The lyrics to some of our songs Appendix 2. An introduction to some useful music theory Appendix 3. Composition templates Appendix 4. List of songs and instrumental works mentioned in the book Appendix 5. Inventory of instruments, equipment and resources.