MFT553: Disability and Family Therapy
A this discipline course at Arizona Christian University.
Course Description
This course provides students with the skills and ability to therapeutically treat individuals and families living with a physical, developmental, and intellectual disability. The systemic models that will be highlighted in this course include Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Play Therapy, and Structural Family Therapy. Students will also learn how to create a therapeutic environment for treating individuals facing disabilities.
Prerequisites
- None
Corequisites
- None
Learning Outcomes
Engage the Course Material
Build a working understanding of disability and family therapy as the course's central subject.
Apply Discipline Methods
Use the methods, vocabulary, and frameworks of the discipline to address course problems.
Connect Course Content
Connect this course's content to broader work in the discipline and related fields.
Demonstrate Course Competencies
Demonstrate the specific competencies the course is designed to develop.
Biblical Worldview Connection
A Biblical Worldview treats the liberal arts — language, history, ideas — as serious territory worth careful study. This course is shaped by that conviction.
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