Playing with sound: The therapeutic use of music in direct work with children

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-345

  Lefevre, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; communication; direct work; music therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAMA THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; LANGUAGE; MUSIC THERAPY; MUSICIAN; PHYSICIAN; PLAY THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SOCIAL WORKER; SOUND;

EID: 85050847531     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2004.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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