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Guiding Questions

Suggested Questions for Elaborations

Tell me about yourself

Please elaborate about you age, education, place of music therapy qualification, and further studies.

Please describe your work with children with HFA

Which educational setting do you work at? What is the age of the children and their main characteristics? Describe your room, which musical instruments are available? Are other forms of art or symbolic play in use?

What in your opinion is music’s role in the work with children with HFA?

What are your music therapy goals with these children?

How central do you find the music in the therapy sessions?

What purpose does music serve when language is at hand?

Which techniques or models are you using during sessions? Please demonstrate from sessions

Did you find some techniques or models to be more beneficial? If so, what are these?

How do you respond to client’s verbal, imaginative or dramatic content?

Can you share a significant interaction in the work with a child with HFA?

Can you think of interventions that “didn’t work”? If so, please elaborate

In your work, which differences do you notice between music therapy with children with HFA and children with low functioning autism?

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Semi-structured In-depth Interview

Guiding Questions	Suggested Questions for Elaborations
Tell me about yourself	Please elaborate about you age, education, place of music therapy qualification, and further studies.
Please describe your work with children with HFA	Which educational setting do you work at? What is the age of the children and their main characteristics? Describe your room, which musical instruments are available? Are other forms of art or symbolic play in use?
What in your opinion is music’s role in the work with children with HFA?	What are your music therapy goals with these children?
	How central do you find the music in the therapy sessions?
	What purpose does music serve when language is at hand?
	Which techniques or models are you using during sessions? Please demonstrate from sessions
	Did you find some techniques or models to be more beneficial? If so, what are these?
	How do you respond to client’s verbal, imaginative or dramatic content?
	Can you share a significant interaction in the work with a child with HFA?
	Can you think of interventions that “didn’t work”? If so, please elaborate
	In your work, which differences do you notice between music therapy with children with HFA and children with low functioning autism?

Guiding Questions	Suggested Questions for Elaborations
Tell me about yourself	Please elaborate about you age, education, place of music therapy qualification, and further studies.
Please describe your work with children with HFA	Which educational setting do you work at? What is the age of the children and their main characteristics? Describe your room, which musical instruments are available? Are other forms of art or symbolic play in use?
What in your opinion is music’s role in the work with children with HFA?	What are your music therapy goals with these children?
	How central do you find the music in the therapy sessions?
	What purpose does music serve when language is at hand?
	Which techniques or models are you using during sessions? Please demonstrate from sessions
	Did you find some techniques or models to be more beneficial? If so, what are these?
	How do you respond to client’s verbal, imaginative or dramatic content?
	Can you share a significant interaction in the work with a child with HFA?
	Can you think of interventions that “didn’t work”? If so, please elaborate
	In your work, which differences do you notice between music therapy with children with HFA and children with low functioning autism?

Note. HFA = high functioning autism.

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