Table 1.
TMV Intervention: Summary of Contextual Support and Intervention Content
| Elements of Contextual Support from CSM-MT | Summary of Intervention Content by Sessiona | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Session | TMV Intervention Content | |
| Structure • Familiar, predictable music • Song scripts • Storyboards • Leveled involvement Autonomy support • AYA-directed • Choices (music, lyrics, visual images, vocalists, involving others) • Quality product Relationship support • Music to communicate unspoken thoughts, feelings, dreams for future • AYA-centered • Therapist support • Family, peer, healthcare provider involvement | 1 | 1 | Learn how to use a song-writing script |
| Select music for project (i.e., offered 10 songs from 5 music genres)b | |||
| Brainstorm ideas for lyric/video content (i.e., what is important to AYA) | |||
| 1 | 2 | Write lyrics to a familiar song using a song-writing script | |
| Discuss lyrics and what is important to AYA | |||
| Sing/practice song with CD accompaniment track | |||
| Select who will sing on the song recording | |||
| 2 | 3 | Sing/rehearse completed song | |
| Discuss AYA thoughts about/reflections on video project | |||
| Digitally record vocal soundtrack for video | |||
| Listen to AYA vocals mixed with accompaniment trackb | |||
| 2 | 4 | Begin storyboard process (i.e., select visual images to go with song lyrics) | |
| Listen to completed song/discuss visual images—memories/importance | |||
| Digital camera available during hospitalization | |||
| 3 | 5 | Gather visual images and/or take pictures | |
| Complete storyboard | |||
| Listen to completed song/discuss visual images—memories/importance | |||
| 3 | 6 | Private viewing of music DVD | |
| Optional “Video Premiere” (i.e., AYA invites other to view) |
Note. AYA = adolescents/young adults; CD = compact disc; DVD = digital video disk; TMV = therapeutic music video. aSessions facilitated by board-certified music therapists. bCD accompaniment purchased for each music video project. Music selections available upon request. Reprint permission: Docherty et al. (2013). Parental perspectives on a behavioral health music intervention for adolescent/young adult resilience during cancer treatment: Report from the children’s oncology group. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52(2), 170–178.