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Apr 20, 2024
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EDCE 7241 - Introduction to Play Therapy
Many young children experience crises resulting from psychological, physical, or environmental events. Compounding such situations, children do not have the developed coping mechanisms of adults, and they often lack adequate familial support to console them. In addition, if they are of preschool or elementary school age, they may be unable to communicate their needs verbally to a mental health worker. Students will be introduced to the utilization of nonverbal communication methods of play therapy to engage and help these young children.
Requisites:
Credit Hours: 2
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Appreciate the person of the play therapist, identify necessary personality characteristics, and understand the role of the play therapist in the therapeutic experience.
- Become familiar with the meaning of play in children’s lives and the stages of play in the therapeutic process with adjusted and maladjusted children.
- Develop an understanding of unique aspects, key concepts, and objectives of the therapeutic relationship with the child as client.
- Identify and demonstrate understanding of the characteristics of facilitative responses with specific guidelines on how to help children assume self-responsibility.
- Identify typical problems that occur in the playroom and make suggestions on how to respond, including when to set limits, steps in therapeutic limit setting, and what to do when limits are broken.
- Recognize how children view the play therapy experience.
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