CAT 241 Summer 3 s.h.
Drama Therapy for the Helping Professional
An elective graduate course to acquaint students with the fundamentals
of drama therapy as practiced today. Different forms of
drama theater games, improvisations, role-play psychodrama
and performance theater are now being used in hospitals,
schools, prisons, recreation and rehabilitation centers, libraries,
and nursing homes. Drama that is intentionally used for healing
and personal growth is called drama therapy. Through lectures
and experiential workshops, professional helpers learn how to
incorporate drama therapy techniques into their work.

CAT 249 Summer 3 s.h.
Therapeutic Art for the Elderly
Course emphasizes and explores the role of art in the lives of the
elderly both for therapeutic purposes and for personal enrichment.
Art as therapy is studied as a way of fostering self-expressions,
increasing sensory stimulation and awareness, facilitating
socialization, and reviewing and integrating life events. Use of
art media, special techniques and methods of approach is discussed
as they apply to working with institutionalized elderly
and the elderly living in the community.

CAT 230 Fall, Spring 1 s.h.
Master's Project: Technology Portfolio
Through the use of technology the student will design a project
that unifies art therapy and art education practices to support the
integration of art education and art therapy as applied in the
school and clinical setting. A working knowledge of at least one
current art-based program and other technological resources is
required. The student will be able to use computer hardware, software
and electronic imaging technologies at the Hofstra University
computer labs. This course may be taken on a Pass/Fail basis only.

CAT 242 January 3 s.h.
Poetry/Bibliotherapy for the Helping Professional
An elective graduate course to acquaint students with the fundamentals
of poetry and bibliotherapy as it is being practiced today.
Every helping professional needs effective tools to encourage
communication and develop honest self-expression and emotional
awareness. Poetry, literature, and various forms of the
written word are used as dynamic therapeutic modalities in hospitals,
schools, nursing homes, recreational and rehabilitation
centers and libraries. Through lectures and experiential workshops,
professional helpers learn how to incorporate expressive
techniques into their work, as well as their personal lives.

CAT 213 Periodically 3 s.h.
Development of the Expressive Aesthetic Experience
Study through the media of the arts, consideration of expression
in four modes: self-communing, communicative, analytic and
aesthetic. Application of the model in the visual arts, music,
dance and writing.

CAT 280-289, A-Z Periodically 1-4 s.h. each
Workshops
Designed to meet the needs of specific groups of students or educators.
As individual subjects are selected, each is assigned a letter
(A-Z) and added to the course number. Any course may be
taken a number of times so long as there is a different letter designation
each time it is taken.
Workshops offered include: Play, Drama, Movement, Poetry, and Music therapy. Breavement, Growing as an art therapist......