Over 30 years of research and clinical practice in music therapy with premature infants has been compiled into this text designed for Board Certified Music Therapists specializing in Neonatal Intensive Care clinical services, for NICU medical staff incorporating research-based music therapy into developmental care plans, and for parents of preemies desiring to improve their child’s quality of life. Contents include complications of premature births, typical medical/developmental assessments, NICU care procedures, infant growth and maturation goals desirable during the last trimester of neurological development, and clinical music therapy procedures to facilitate these goals. Edited by Jayne Standley, PhD, MT-BC, MT-NICU.

Authors:  Jayne M. Standley PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT;  Andrea Cevasco-Trotter PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Cassi Crouse MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Darcy DeLoach PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT, Judy Nguyen Engel MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Ellyn Hamm Evans PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Abigail L. Foster MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Lori Gooding PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Flor de Cielo Hernandez PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Dawn Iwamasa PhD CCLS, MT-BC, NICU-MT;  Ciele Knox MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Chris Millett MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Brianna Negrete MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Jennifer Jarred Peyton MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Emily Pivovarnik MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Amy Robertson PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT;  Jess Rushing PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Lorna Segall PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Hannah Sellers, MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Deborah Stevens, MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Valerie Williams, MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Natalie Wlodarczyk, MT-BC, NICU-MT; Olivia Swedberg Yinger PhD, MT-BC, NICU-MT.

ISBN #978-1-884914-38-6, Publication date: 2023