Music Therapy and Child Welfare

Attending to Underrepresented Stories

Authors

  • Rebecca Fairchild The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre, Victoria, Australia
  • Susan Hadley Slippery Rock University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v18i4.2587

Abstract

  

Author Biographies

Rebecca Fairchild, The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre, Victoria, Australia

Rebecca Fairchild is a registered music therapist working at The Sexual Assault and Family Violence Centre in regional Victoria, Australia. Her research and practice involves collaborating with children and young people and creating a space for their voices to be heard and responded to. Rebecca’s doctoral research was a participatory and arts-based project exploring children’s resources in the context of family violence and homelessness through collaborative song writing.

Susan Hadley, Slippery Rock University

Professor Susan Hadley, Ph.D., MT-BC, is director of the music therapy program at Slippery Rock University and a board certified music therapis and co-editor-in-chief of Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy.

References

Baines, D. (2008). Race, resistance, and restructuring: Emerging skills in the new social services. Social Work, 53(2), 123-131.

Hart, A., Gagnon, E., Eryigit-Madzwamuse, S., Cameron, J., Aranda, K., Rathbone, A., & Heaver, B. (2016). Uniting resilience research and practice with an inequalities approach. SAGE Open, 6(4), https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2158244016682477.

Published

2018-10-17

How to Cite

Fairchild, R., & Hadley, S. (2018). Music Therapy and Child Welfare: Attending to Underrepresented Stories. Voices: A World Forum for Music Therapy, 18(4). https://doi.org/10.15845/voices.v18i4.2587