DISARMING THE PLAYGROUND: VIOLENCE PREVENTION THROUGH MOVEMENT
Study and Practice of using movement, body awareness, creativity and discussion to experience and develop skills to teach others embodied practices for handling stress, anxiety, conflicts, etc. in a peaceful, healthy way. Learn how to use tools to set healthy boundaries and deal with conflicts in the classroom or your life. Receive a thorough introduction to the Disarming the Playground Curriculum, a school violence prevention program rooted in the principles of dance/movement therapy. Learn to adjust activities and experiences for different age groups and different populations.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain cognitive and bodily knowledge of the Disarming the Playground curriculum. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Gain skill in expressing movement and understanding its connection to emotion. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop lesson plans and lead activities in the following six units: Spatial Awareness viewed through a multi-cultural lens, Self-Regulation, Focus and Attention, Impulse or Self-Control, Awareness of and response to dangerous or tense situations, Building Empathy, Managing strong feelings such as anger and anxiety, and other issues, i.e. peer pressure, alienation, cyber bullying, prejudice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop skills for adapting curriculum for different age groups and different types of sessions, i.e. classroom, therapy groups, family work Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop collaboration skills w/fellow students, providing support and constructive observations Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Gain cognitive and bodily knowledge of the Disarming the Playground curriculum. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Gain skill in expressing movement and understanding its connection to emotion. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Develop lesson plans and lead activities in the following six units: Spatial Awareness viewed through a multi-cultural lens, Self-Regulation, Focus and Attention, Impulse or Self-Control, Awareness of and response to dangerous or tense situations, Building Empathy, Managing strong feelings such as anger and anxiety, and other issues, i.e. peer pressure, alienation, cyber bullying, prejudice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Develop skills for adapting curriculum for different age groups and different types of sessions, i.e. classroom, therapy groups, family work Audience: Undergraduate 5. Develop collaboration skills w/fellow students, providing support and constructive observations Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027