SSC 422SEM—21st Century Mental Health and Play Therapy with Teens

This course is designed to introduce students to advanced Play Therapy techniques and help students determine how they can be applied as treatment modalities for cutting edge topics that face youth and teenagers of today. Students will explore such topics as gender identity/expression, school refusal, drug and alcohol abuse, learning disabilities, and appropriate manners in which to incorporate parents into play. Students will explore play therapy as a modality appropriate for children?s developmental stages, identify therapeutic strategies, and develop a plan for implementing an appropriate program of treatment for children and their families.