Sing & Grow : the co-existence of evaluation research and clinical practice in an early intervention music therapy project
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2007
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Sing & Grow is a short term early intervention music therapy program for at risk families. Sing & Grow uses music to strengthen parent-child relationships by increasing positive parent-child interactions, assisting parents to bond with their children, and extending the repertoire of parents’ skills in relating to their child through interactive . Both the Australian and New Zealand governments are looking for evidence based research to highlight the effectiveness of funded programs in early childhood. As a government funded program, independent evaluation is a requirement of the delivery of the service. This paper explains the process involved in setting up and managing this large scale evaluation from engaging the evaluators and designing the project, to the data gathering stage. It describes the various challenges encountered and concludes that a highly collaborative and communicative partnership bet en researchers and clinicians is essential to ensure data can be gathered with minimal disturbance to clinical music therapy practice. |
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New Zealand Music Therapy |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/45612/1/Docherty_Nicholson_%26_Williams_NZJMT_2007.PDF http://search.informit.com.au/browseJournalTitle;res=IELHEA;issn=1176-3264 Docherty, Louise, Nicholson, Jan, & Williams, Kate (2007) Sing & Grow : the co-existence of evaluation research and clinical practice in an early intervention music therapy project. New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy, 5, pp. 1-16. |
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Copyright 2007 New Zealand Music Therapy |
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Office of Education Research; Faculty of Education; School of Early Childhood |
Palavras-Chave | #130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified #music therapy #early intervention |
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Journal Article |