As arts therapists are increasingly working in schools; there is growing interest in identifying applicable therapeutic approaches and expanding on relevant research evidence. This book outlines the potential uses of music; art; drama and dance movement therapies in educational settings; and the contribution they have to make to the emotional and social development of children and adolescents. Drawing on international evidence; the book outlines a wide range of innovative applications of arts therapies across a range of settings; including mainstream classrooms; special schools and student support units. Examples of subjects covered include solution-focused brief dramatherapy groupwork in mainstream education; art therapy for children with specific learning difficulties who have experienced trauma and music therapy in special education. Particular emphasis is placed upon collaborative work; whether it be between arts therapists from different disciplines; arts therapists and teaching staff or arts therapists and researchers. Arts Therapies in Schools will be of great interest to arts therapists; and will also be useful to others who want to know about the potential of arts therapies in the classroom; including teachers and other education professionals; health professionals; educational psychologists; school counsellors and policy makers.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Great way to improve your soloingBy Jim P.Im only slightly past the halfway point in this book; but already its helped my soloing so much that its already worth five stars. Hes transcribed thousands of solos and presented the best parts of them in this book; carefully explained. Ive been working through the examples one by one; playing them (on guitar) until they feel like second nature; and now when I solo I have a wealth of new ideas and patterns to work with. I do have one minor nit - the examples are all written without key signatures. So; regardless of the key center in the example; it looks like its in C with lots of accidentals; when in fact many of the accidentals are natural to the key. Does that make sense? I dont read that well; so this slows me down a little. Again; its a minor nit; it doesnt take much away from the overall value of the book. If youre learning jazz; this is a must-read.49 of 49 people found the following review helpful. Missing Ingredient FoundBy Fly By LightIve spent the last several months building up my jazz chops for a new gig. After getting through the song list fluidly; I set about supplying missing ingredients in my playing. Neil Olmsteads Solo Piano book supplies some. Mark Levines Jazz Piano and Jazz Encyclopedia books supply many. This book goes where those books do not: it shows how to create ii-v-i runs that do not sound like scales and arpeggios stitched together like a crude Frankensteins monster. It describes three very simple outlines; spends a short chapter discussing embellishments; and then takes the reader through more and more complex examples of where these outlines appear in the work of giants. My ii-v-i runs are improving as I integrate these outlines into my playing. My active listening is also improving as I learn to identify the outlines and embellishments in recordings; and practice transcribing them. You can learn this stuff the hard way; or you can use this book and start using this important secret ingredient almost immediately.8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Fantastic book; wish I had found this years ago.By David MontgomeryIve studied jazz for years; and have various books on jazz improvisation. I wish I had read this book before the others. It is clearly written; and is progressive for those new to learning jazz soloing and for those more advanced. Bert Ligon shows how basic outlines can be used and embellished in numerous ways; providing and breaking down hundreds of example lines and phrases from several well-known jazz artists. It only includes notation (no tab for guitarists); but any guitarist serious about learning jazz should already know how to read notation. From beginning student to advanced player; you wont regret adding this delightful book to your library.