Engage with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Links to BYU AIM: Lifelong Learning and Service (service)

Assess Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Links to BYU AIM: Spiritually Strengthening (importance of human relationships, inherent dignity & worth of the person) and Intellectually Enlarging (competence)

Intervene with Individuals, Families, Groups, Organizations, and Communities

Links to BYU AIM: Lifelong Learning and Service (service)

Each student will be able to:

1. Understand the history, theory, and practices of play therapy with children.

2. Understand the theory and interventions of the Child-centered play therapy model and be able to apply Child-centered play therapy in clinical practice.

3. Understand techniques, theories, and methods of family play therapy from a filial therapy perspective.

4. Understand and increase assessment skills with children.

5. Understand a wide variety of play therapy techniques and how to apply them according to play therapy theory.

6. Demonstrate awareness of one's own personal values and life experience as they may impact clinical practice in working with children, families, and child welfare agencies.

7. Understand how to apply the play therapy concepts addressed in the class to clinical practice in working with at-risk populations including children and people from diverse backgrounds.

8. Describe the values and ethics of the social work profession as they relate to practice with children and families with an understanding of and respect for, the positive value of diversity in culture, lifestyle, religion, etc.