Postgraduate Course: Creative Therapies with Children and Young People (CNST11075)
Course Outline
| School | School of Health in Social Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course provides an advanced examination of the use of creative therapies with children and young people. Students will develop their theoretical understanding of the field as well as their therapeutic skills of identifying, implementing and evaluating different practices of listening to children and young people. Sessions will cover a variety of creative approaches for working therapeutically with children and young people, namely: Sand Tray Work, Play Therapy, Art Therapy, Music Therapy, Dance and Movement Therapy, Narrative Therapy and Storytelling. Students are expected to develop an advanced understanding of the underlying theoretical concepts and are required to engage with the approaches in a practical and interactive way, involving exercises and role play. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- an awareness of the social construction of childhood and the capacity to critically appraise how theoretical concepts inform the perception of and communication with children and young people.
- an advanced theoretical understanding of children and young people's social, emotional and cognitive development and its relevance for the therapeutic practice with children and young people.
- the capacity to identify, implement and evaluate appropriate ways of listening practice based on the advanced understanding of relevant theoretical concepts drawing on a range of creative therapies.
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Seamus Prior
Tel: (0131 6)51 6599
Email: Seamus.Prior@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk |
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