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- Title
Interpreting the Communicative Behaviors of Clients with Rett Syndrome in Music Therapy: A Self-Inquiry.
- Authors
Sokira, Jennifer M.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the ways in which I interpret the communicative behaviors of children with Rett Syndrome. In so doing, the following research questions were asked: 1) How do I interpret the communicative behaviors of clients with Rett Syndrome with regard to their intentionality? And, 2) How do I use these interpretations to guide my clinical decision-making? Videotapes of individual music therapy sessions with the present researcher and three girls with Rett Syndrome served as data. Transcripts of each session were made and divided into communication units, based upon significant exchanges between client and therapist. Categories of "therapist's interpretations", "therapist's responses" and "therapist's process" e merged and were refined. Based upon these categories, I discovered that I used a cyclical interpretive process to understand the communicative behaviors of these girls, as well as to guide my clinical responses.
- Subjects
RETT syndrome; MUSIC therapy; CHILDREN; VIDEO tapes; MUSIC therapists
- Publication
Qualitative Inquiries in Music Therapy, 2007, Vol 3, p103
- ISSN
1559-7326
- Publication type
Article