Music Therapy and Early Childhood: A Developmental Approach

A comprehensive guide to music therapy with young children, providing a detailed examination of development from birth to age five, with theoretical perspectives and extensive scales of developmental milestones. Information is provided on nine different chronological periods, including benchmarks for physical, sensory, motor, cognitive, emotional/social, and language development. An expansive catalog of musical goals is provided for singing, playing, moving, and musical understanding within each period. The book then synthesizes current research on musical development in young children