A new jointly edited book Music Therapy in Schools - Working with Children of All Ages in Mainstream and Special Education (published by Jessica Kingsley) shows how Anglia Ruskin's Music Therapy department continues to lead the field. The book demonstrates the variety of work taking place in different educational settings across the UK, helping children and young people of all abilities.

The book has been edited by a lecturer, a graduate and a current student of Anglia Ruskin University. Amelia Oldfield works at the Croft Unit for Child and Family Psychiatry in Cambridge and is senior lecturer on the MA Music Therapy at the university. Jo Tomlinson trained on our first Music Therapy course and has been working as a music therapist and developing work in schools in Cambridge ever since. Philippa Derrington is a music therapist in a secondary school and doctoral student at the university, undertaking a research investigation into the effectiveness of music therapy with youth at risk.

The foreword by former General Inspector for Music and Culture in Cambridgeshire, Dr. Frankie Williams, concluded: "I can recommend this book wholeheartedly; we can all learn from it - all who are connected with children and young people in education, music, health and social care."

Philippa Derrington
PhD student, Music Therapy

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