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Explore De La Vista Publisher, a branch of Music Therapy Consulting, dedicated to conceptualizing, designing, and producing  multimedia e-books, the interactive e-journal imagine, and high-quality webinars.

INTERACTIVE BOOKS

Focusing on music therapy, De La Vista Publisher creates evidence-based and user-friendly iBooks and ePubs for you!

Music Therapy and Spiritual Care in Medical Settings

by Daniel Tague, Jennifer Townsend, & Stacy Auld

This guidebook offers valuable insights into the synergy between music therapy and spirituality, providing readers with practical strategies, interdisciplinary perspectives, and research-based evidence to enrich their understanding and practice in medical settings. In 7 chapters, readers will discover strategies for utilizing music and spirituality to create a supportive environment for patients facing health challenges while respecting and incorporating diverse spiritual beliefs and practices. This guidebook can be used as a supplementary tool for music therapy courses, a primer for music-inclined spiritual care workers, a resource for caregivers navigating healthcare settings, and a manual for professionals seeking deeper insight into spirituality in practice. As an eBook, it integrates audiovisual content, live document links, and downloadable resources.

This guidebook is a 131.2 MB EPUB and can be downloaded, then opened with any common EPUB Reader (e.g., Apple Books).

🎥 Watch Now! The Spiritual Care in Action webinar, originally streamed on November 13, 2024, is now available for on-demand streaming! Discover how music therapy and spiritual care come together to transform patient care. Perfect for anyone interested in the eBook! 🎶Watch here!

Evidence-Based Practice in Music Therapy: Transfers from Research to Clinical Settings

by Jayne M. Standley

This book is an overview of evidence-based music therapy practice across the lifespan and within multiple settings. The nine chapters describe clinical areas of music therapy for infant and early childhood development; special education; medical treatment; neurologic rehabilitation; mental health and counseling; hospice; older persons; and wellness. Each treatment area complies with the common model of service delivery, including characteristics and needs of the specific population as well as typical therapeutic outcomes. Research-based music therapy interventions are provided through text, images, infographics, clinical videos, hyperlinks, in-depth resources, and a comprehensive reference list.

This textbook is a 1 GB iBook and can be downloaded, then opened on you iPhone, iPad, or MacBook for $39.99.

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Evidence-Based Music Therapy: Clinical Practice

by Amy Roberts & Jayne M. Standley

This workbook complements Jayne Standley’s book “Evidence-Based Practice in Music Therapy: Transfers from Research to Clinical Settings.” Attending to similar populations, the authors provide wide-ranging examples for music therapy referrals, assessments, goals/objectives, procedures, common documentation formats (e.g., SOAP, DAR, DAROP), and evaluation. Implementing a data-based model, readers new to the profession or population obtain a clear understanding of applying knowledge to practice in various settings. Text, images, infographics, video demonstrations, 28 session plans, glossary of terms, and a bonus webinar make this e-book accessible for various learning styles.

This workbook is a 1.08 GB EPUB and can be downloaded, then opened with any common EPUB Reader (e.g., Apple Books).

Read the Book Review by Dr. Jessica Rushing published in JMT 2023.

 

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by Chris Millett | published in imagine 2022

Me and My Grandfriends: An Intergenerational Music Therapy Program

by Petra Kern  and Michael R. Detmer

This interactive guidebook includes details about getting an intergenerational music therapy program with 16 young children and 8 older adults off the ground. In six chapters, the authors provide research-based facts, themes and content for engaging sessions, 12 thought-out session plans and accompanying assistant plans, documentation/reporting suggestions, and additional resources. Interactive media such as colorful images, audio examples, and video demonstrations make the content easy and accessible for everyone. Tips for unique adaptations, review questions, and checklists support the readers to successfully implement this program in their setting. This program is validated by research and ready to take off!  

This guidebook is a 1 GB iBook and can be downloaded, then opened on you iPhone, iPad, or MacBook for $39.99.

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Color of Us: Early Childhood Music Therapy Around the World

by Petra Kern (Ed.) 

imagine 2020 provides a wealth of information about cultural responsiveness, diverse language learners, trauma-informed care for displaced children, and how early childhood music therapists work around the world. In four chapters, 80+ authors from over 40 countries share answers to core questions, insights into cultures, traditions, and music, detailed country reports, and valuable resources. Interviews, podcasts, infographics, clinical examples, short text segments, song playlists, and author videos make the content user-friendly for any practitioners who provide services for young children and families from different heritages or for those who consider working abroad.

This international book is a 659.3 MB iBook and can be downloaded, then opened on you iPhone, iPad, or MacBook for $39.99.

  

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Intervention Ideas: Imagine the Potential

by Petra Kern (Ed.)

This 2019 Special Issue of the imagine magazine is a collection of 50 popular song-based intervention ideas for young children of all abilities. In 5 chapters, music therapy authors target the early childhood developmental domains of communication, academic, motor, emotional, and social skills. Each chapter starts with a pop-over infographic displaying research supporting the benefits of music therapy in the specific skill area. Suggested behavior observations assist early childhood educators to collect data and monitor children’s progress. Musical scores to tap on, audio recordings to listen to, and short video snippets demonstrating successful implementation in everyday life makes this book accessible to anyone who wants to maximize children’s learning through music. 

This song intervention book is a 1.34 GB iBook and can be downloaded, then opened on you iPhone, iPad, or MacBook for $39.99.

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WEBINARS ON-DEMAND

Invest into your professional development with expertly curated webinar series, featuring 50 hours of continuing education! Learn from world-leading experts on crucial topics like: 1) Music Therapy with Infants and Young Children, 2) Eligibility Assessment Techniques, 3) Innovative Approaches to Dementia Care, and 4) CBMT Topics (open access). Produced by Music Therapy Consulting, the content is carefully curated and easily accessible on-demand. Stream anytime, anywhere, and advance your career with top-tier knowledge!

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SongBook

Get inspired and create a safe, music-play outdoor space for meaninful engagement 

Outdoor Learning

Making outdoor spaces a music-based learning experience, choosing materials with different textures, colors, and shapes, and curating a collection of original songs that target early childhood developmental domains and cultivate inclusion practice was the authors’ intention of the book “Songs & Laughter on the Playground.”

For All Abilities

The award-winning certified music therapists take early childhood music therapists, early childhood music educators preschool teachers, service providers, and parents on a journey of making the outdoor environment accessible and playground time a learning experience for children of all abilities. Available as hard copy for $18.95 or as e-book at www.musictherapyebooks.com

 

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Photo Books
by Petra Kern
Useful for nature visualization in combination with Music Assisted Relaxation to address stress/anxiety and promote relaxation.

Celebration of Flowers

allows you to see some of the nature’s most beautiful creations in new ways.

Stone Messages

brings to  you amazingly shaped stones and stone sculptures found along the California coast.

Yummy Colors

offers you a visual banquet of fruits and vegetables that make you say “yum.”

Surrounded by Beauty

draws you into colors, shadows, shapes and forms of bizarre-looking succulents and blossoms.
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