Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Goforth, Katherine Eugenia
Author's Email Address	keg06e@fsu.edu
URN	etd-10232008-133203
Title	Collaborating Goals and Interventions to Effectively Promote Psychosocial Development of Pediatric Patients During Hospitalization: A Survey of Music Therapists and Child Life Specialists
Degree	Master of Music
Department	Music, College of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Jayne Standley Committee Chair Clifford Madsen Committee Member Professor Diane Gregory Committee Member
Keywords	Interventions Goals Collaboration Psychosocial Development Hospitalization Pediatrics CCLS MT-BC
Date of Defense	2008-10-13
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Currently within the pediatric medical setting, board certified music therapists are found functioning under a common department title with certified child life specialists. Both music therapy and child life services are implemented to address psychosocial development of pediatric patients during hospitalization. Due to the complementary relationship of music therapy and child life, collaboration between the two services often occurs. However common the collaboration, there is little in the music therapy literature recognizing the collaboration between pediatric music therapists and child life specialists. The purpose of this study was to investigate goals and methods utilized by music therapists and child life specialists in a pediatric medical setting, to establish how collaboration occurs, to identify collaboration for promoting psychosocial development of pediatric patients during hospitalization, and to ascertain how often collaboration occurs. A total of 106 board certified music therapists and 284 certified child life specialists successfully received a survey corresponding to their professional field. Of the respondents, 50 (47.2%) board certified music therapists and 105 (37.2%) certified child life specialists participated in the research survey. Results of the surveys indicated both pediatric music therapists and child life specialists address a variety of goals and utilize multiple interventions separately, as well as collaboratively. Likewise, both professions perceived collaboration to be the most successful therapeutic tool to effectively promote psychosocial development of pediatric patients. In addition, both professions indicated a combination of referrals and direct patient contact with both music therapy and child life present was the primary form of collaboration. Furthermore, each profession reported collaborating with the complementary therapy 3-5 times per week. The implications of these results are discussed and areas for future research are indicated.
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