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Students will learn the basic skills necessary to use the play interventions of therapeutic storytelling, bibliotherapy, and game play. This course will teach students how storytelling can be used effectively with both children and young adolescents...

Students will learn the basic skills necessary to use the play interventions of expressive/art therapy, puppetry, and dramatic role play. This course will teach students how to best utilize expressive art techniques to reduce anxiety, develop rapport...

This clinical application course will develop student knowledge, skills, and self-awareness of play therapy techniques specific to clients across the lifespan. Play therapy can be therapeutically relevant to the specific developmental needs and...

This clinical application course will develop student knowledge, skills, and self-awareness of play therapy techniques specific to special populations. Play therapy can be extremely effective to help counselors address the needs of children with a...

This course will examine the common childhood diagnoses that present at time of treatment. The healthy personality development will be discussed as it relates to abnormal childhood development and how these developmental differences can impact case...

Over the past decade, the practice of play therapy has witnessed a number of innovations and refinements of existing procedures. The goal of this class is to present a state-of-the-art overview of the latest advances and developments in the field...

Sandplay is a unique technique that combines the wonderful use of touch and texture with that of creating a metaphor or narrative of the child’s world. Students will learn the basic steps of using sandplay and the sandtray in their work with children...

This course will present three current models of play therapy with families; namely, Person Centered Family Play Therapy, Filial Therapy, and Child Parent Relationship Therapy. Participants will acquire knowledge of each theory’s basic tenets and...

Providing quality supervision for play therapists is both a responsibility and a challenge for counselor education programs and professionals in the field.  The purpose of this course is to present a format of supervision outlining both a model and...

This course covers the role of the school counselor, including the Idaho Model in elementary, middle, and secondary school counseling. Relationships with school personnel and students will be explored with an emphasis on professionalism in counseling...