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Graduate 2026-2027 Catalog (Draft Version) 
    
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Graduate 2026-2027 Catalog (Draft Version)

CNL 8213 Family Play Therapy

Three hours (On Ground)
This advanced play therapy course focuses on concepts and skills for working with children and their families using an integration of play therapy and family systems approaches. The class will also focus on learning how to train parents/caregivers to be therapeutic agents in their children’s lives through the utilization of filial therapy. Other play-based approaches aimed at improving parent-child relationships will also be reviewed. Students will also learn play-based activities that can be used for assessing and improving family relationships in conjoint family therapy sessions.

Prerequisite: CNL 7353  
Offered Main Campus and/or Fellowship Rogers Training Center Spring semester; Offered Little Rock Summer semester (even-numbered years)