Creative Arts and Healing with Older Adults ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course explores the essential needs of older adults, including connection, community, purpose, stimulation, and emotional expression. The course provides an overview of six creative arts therapy fields: art, dance, music, drama, narrative, and play and how they can address the needs of older adults. Students will learn how to determine the effectiveness of creative arts interventions in different situations and explore the research on the efficacy of creative arts therapies in working with older adults. This course meets the School of Human Services guideline for Knowledge of Skills & Application. Prerequisites: none. Corequisites: none.