Music Therapy for Multisensory and Body Awareness in Children and Adults with Severe to Profound Multiple Disabilities

Roberta S. Adler is a Board Certified Music Therapist working in private practice in California. She has 43 years' experience working as a music therapist, with 12 years serving adults with profound multiple disabilities. Olga V. Samsonova-Jellison is a Board Certified Music Therapist with a Master's degree in Music Therapy and 9 years' experience of working in private practice in California.

Dedication. Acknowledgements. List of tables. Permission of usage. Foreword - Dr William Cable. Introduction. Part One. 1. The building blocks of sensory processing and body awareness development. 2. People with severe to profound intellectual and developmental disabilities. Part Two. 3. The MuSense Program. 4. The original music for the MuSense Program. Part Three. 5. The MuSense Program with the pediatric population - Xueyan Hua. 6. Adapting the MuSense Program for music therapy sessions with a pediatric client with dual diagnoses: Down Syndrome and ASD. 7. Incorporating the elements of the MuSense Program in the music therapy sessions with a pediatric client with ASD. 8. Study of the MuSense Program with a tactilely defensive individual - Andrea Clark. 9. The case study - Grant Howarth. References. Appendices.