Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies
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Item An open door to the job market? Music therapy students’ reflections on practice placement in Norway(Queen Margaret University, 2024-07-08) Krüger, Viggo; Trefall, Ingrid; Gåskjenn, Håkon Albert; Derrington, PhilippaThis study explores the transition between learning at university and learning in a work context through practice placement. It was conducted at the University of Bergen (UiB), which offers a five-year programme in music therapy. Practice placement is integrated at all levels of the programme, starting with observation of music therapy, to a placement where students work more autonomously. The aim of this study was to learn from the experiences of students participating in the programme, as their insights are crucial for informing the programme’s content. Our question was: How do students from the UiB five-year integrated music therapy programme reflect on their internship experiences, and how can we understand their reflections from a work-based learning perspective? To investigate this, we conducted two focus groups, each with five students. Following a thematic analysis of the data, three main themes and six sub-themes were developed: 1. Developing an identity as a music therapist (1.1. Gaining a professional identity, 1.2. Finding a voice in interdisciplinary meetings); 2. An open door to the job market (2.1. Learning from experience, 2.2. Developing new networks); and 3. Challenges with the music therapy practice placement (3.1. Feeling side-lined, 3.2. Lack of a broader teaching model). The themes, grounded in the empirical findings, are discussed from a sociocultural perspective, drawing on concepts such as apprenticeship learning, community of practice, and weak ties. This article concludes with implications for practice and suggestions for further research.Item Editorial(SAGE, 2021-03-23) Derrington, PhilippaItem ‘What’s the WiFi code in here?’: Connecting with adolescents in music therapy(Oxford University Press, 2019-06-06) Derrington, Philippa; McFerran, Katrina; Derrington, Philippa; Saarikallio, SuviIntroducing the third section of the Handbook, which broadly addresses connectedness, music, and adolescents, this chapter focuses on the context of a secondary school in the United Kingdom for students with social, emotional, and mental health needs, and explores how music therapy can help young people find creative new ways of connecting. The importance of the music therapy space, the resources, and communication with teaching staff are highlighted alongside a person-centred and psychodynamic approach. One resource, the video camera, is presented as having an important role in connecting with young people in sessions. Discussed and illustrated through case examples, the camera is shown to offer young people different ways of experiencing and re-experiencing, interacting, sharing control, witnessing, and being witnessed, leading to positively adaptive interconnectedness and emotional wellbeing.Item Handbook of Music, Adolescents, and Wellbeing(Oxford University Press, 2019-06-06) McFerran, Katrina; Derrington, Philippa; Saarikallio, Suvi; McFerran, Katrina; Derrington, Philippa; Saarikallio, SuviThe Handbook of Music, Adolescents, and Wellbeing explores how young people use music to work with emotions, identity construction, and connectedness, drawing on perspectives from music therapy, music psychology, music education, and music sociology. Authors provide examples of how theory and research is applied in the practice of music therapists working with groups of adolescents and individuals in schools, communities, hospitals, and other institutions. Research into music and emotions is synthesized, and theories about music and identity construction are provided. The ways that young people use music for connections is explored with a particular emphasis on technology, as well as traditional face-to-face connectedness. The Handbook is written for those interested in promoting adolescent wellbeing using music.Item Musiktherapie in Schulen in Großbritannien - Fokus auf Inklusion(Waxmann, 2018-08-06) Derrington, Philippa; Jordan, Anne-Katrin; Pfeifer, Eric; Stegemann, Thomas; Lutz Hochreutener, SandraItem The arts therapist in public: The dichotomy of clinical and performative improvising(GAMUT, 2017-10-03) Haire, Nicky; White, Becky; Derrington, PhilippaThis paper presents a video of a performance at 'Concurrent♯2' in Edinburgh, 2017. it is followed by artist statements made in response to watching the piece. The authors' set in context the work and its development.Item Editorial(SAGE, 2018-10-19) Derrington, PhilippaItem Teenagers and Songwriting: Supporting students in a mainstream secondary school(Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005) Derrington, Philippa; Baker, Felicity; WIgram, TonyItem Music therapy and expression of violence in schools(2014) McFerran, K.; Derrington, Philippa; Woelfl, A.Item Interdisciplinary dialogues in music, health and wellbeing: Difficulties, challenges and pitfalls(ISME, 2016-12-12) Tsiris, Giorgos; Derrington, Philippa; Sparks, P.; Spiro, N.; Wilson, G.