Examines the stages of human growth and development and offers students opportunity to scaffold assessment and treatment of typical and atypical individuals across the lifespan. Study of normative developmental stages of art will provide students a contextual lens for assessing and considering how atypical development might be therapeutically addressed. Students will additionally consider the influences of culture upon an individual or family's growth and development. Students will gain and demonstrate understanding of development as a continuum and clients' capacity for growth within the continuum across the lifespan. Prerequisite: Enrolled in Graduate Art Therapy Program (MA). ATP-502 taken previously or concurrently. [ 3 credits ]