Internship | Case Study Assignment

One of Two MusicWorx Internship Major Writing Assignments

Due in the last month of the internship term, the case study requires thorough analysis of an intern's actual experiences with a patient over the course of at least eight therapy sessions. Applying the following analysis to each reading assignment in Kenneth E. Bruscia's Defining Music Therapy text—listed in the intern »reading assignments—is excellent preparation for the case study writing assignment. Numerals appearing in parentheses below refer to corresponding page locations in the text.

  • What insight did you gain from the case study?
  • What did you learn from the case study?
  • What were the therapist's goals prior to the music therapy session?
  • What were the client's goals prior to the music therapy session?
  • What other goals emerged or evolved? (25–31, 37–44)
  • Describe the therapeutic processes that occurred. (33–36, 91–125)
  • When was music used as therapy? (37–44, 91–112)
  • When was music used in therapy? (37–44, 91–112)
  • When did auxiliary levels of music therapy occur? (157–238)
  • When did augmentative levels of music therapy occur? (157–238)
  • When did intensive levels of music therapy occur? (157–238)
  • When did primary levels of music therapy occur? (157–238)
  • Describe the client changes that occurred. (153–156)

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