Subject: Music therapy (Keywords)

This user-friendly book demonstrates how even simple sounds and movements can engage people with dementia, promoting relaxation and enjoyment. All that's needed to succeed is a love of music, and a desire to gain greater communication and more meaningful interaction with dementia sufferers.

'Memories of Music from the 1950s and 1960s' will prompt reminiscence and nostalgic conversations. This book can be enjoyed by anyone without dementia who would like to reminisce and those with earlier stage dementia. 'Memories of Music' will take the reader back to fashion, film and chart hits f...

Children with autism often have an intense natural musicality. This book explains how music and language 'work' as systems of communication, and why music holds such a fascination for many young people on the autism spectrum. There are strategies for showing how music can be used to support langu...