COUN 6339 Play Therapy in School Settings

Cr. 3
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Class Hours Per Week: 3
Additional Laboratory or Activity Hours Per Week: 0
Course Level: Graduate

Prerequisite(s): COUN 6327 , COUN 6332 , and COUN 6333
Designed for use by the school counselor and professional licensed counselors in schools to deal with adjustment, academic and milder forms of behavioral difficulties typically encountered in the school setting. Containing history, theories, modalities, techniques, applications, and skills. Further, an experiential component focuses on basic play therapy skill development within the context of ethical and diversity-sensitive practice. It also includes assessment and techniques for working with children and adolescents in personal, family, and school systems along with parent/guardian and school involvement interventions.