Launched at Readings Carlton on the 6th of July – Dr Kat McFerran’s ‘ Adolescents, Music and Music Therapy: Methods and Techniques for Clinicians, Educators, and Students’. This practical text, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, provides ideas, theoretical frameworks and inspiration for working with teenagers.

Baptcare residential aged care homes music therapist Peter Coughlan was a state finalist at the recent Aged and Community Care Victoria Excellence Awards.

More than 25 area services and projects received grants in July under the Community Development Support Expenditure scheme of local clubs.