Eastern Michigan University

These notes I took for my Music Therapy Research class consider multiple different vulnerable populations that can be worked with in human-subject studies. Populations included in these notes are: elders, individuals who identify as transgender, individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and minors. Issues discussed include: true informed consent, assent, confidentiality, respect, non-maleficence, assessment of risk, and more.

These notes explain all of the components that should be included when writing a consent form to research that involves human subjects. I wrote these notes for my Music Therapy Research class, but you may find these useful to reference for any research involving human subjects.

These cultures of inquiry notes are helpful for research. I took these for my Music Therapy Research class, but it might be helpful for any undergraduate student trying to learn about the different research methodologies and how they connect to various paradigms.

These notes are based on Chapter 7 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 7 focuses on the epistemological foundations of both objectivist and interpretivist research. Hiller, J. (2016). Chapter 7: Epistemological Foundations of Objectivist and Interpretivist Research. In B. Wheeler & K. Mu...

These notes are based on Chapter 3 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to read during the winter semester of their senior year of study. Chapter 3 focuses on how to develop a research topic based on epistemology and ontology, performing a literature review, and more. Darrow, A. (2016). Chapter 3: Developing a Topic. In B. Wheeler & K. Murphy (Eds.), An Introduc...

All undergraduate music students at Eastern Michigan University will at some point take MUSC 413: Orchestration. These were my notes I took for class that I referenced often when making my own musical scores for class. My notes include the score order, the keys and octaves of the many winds and string instruments that might be written into scores, more information about the alto and tenor clefs, string techniques to pay attention to when composing for string instruments (pizzicato, col legno, su...

These notes are based on Chapter 34 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 34 focuses on medical music therapy for children. Loewy, J. (2014). Chapter 34: Medical Music Therapy for Children. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.

These notes are based on Chapter 37 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", which is a required text for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 37 focuses on music therapy for end of life (hospice) care. O'Callaghan, C., Forrest, L., & Wen, Y. (2014). Chapter 37: Music Therapy at the End of Life. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.

Notes are based on Chapter 29 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to take in their freshman year of coursework. Chapter 29 focuses on music therapy for older adults, and how it can benefit the treatment of many age-related declines or diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. Ridder, H. M. & Wheeler, B. L. (2014). Chapter 29: Music Therapy for Older Adults. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). ...

Notes are based on Chapter 1 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to take in their freshman year of coursework. Chapter 1 focuses on music therapy as a profession in general, the 4 main methods of music therapy, and more general information. American Music Therapy Association. (2024). Home. M. Wheeler, B. L. (2014). Chapter 1: Overview of Music Therapy as a Profession. In B. L. Wheeler (...