LAP 325 Psychology of Play and Therapeutic Applications

This course deals with play across age spectrums and in differing contexts. It includes play universals, types and forms of play, theories of play, and functions of play in normative development as well as in atypical development. The use of play in assessment and behavior change is studied. Other topics include methods and materials of play and the role of play in learning and development. (Personality/Clinical Psychology) Counts in the Behavioral Science Area of General Education Requirements. Prerequisite(s): none 5 quarter hours

Credits

5

Distribution

Behavioral Science Clinical Psychology Personality Psychology