Dog-Assisted Therapy Course
This course teaches how to safely incorporate trained dogs into clinical therapy sessions. Participants will gain expertise in selecting and caring for therapy dogs, interpreting stress signals, client screening, designing interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and social objectives, alongside ethical practices, risk management, and outcome evaluation to ensure effective, welfare-conscious therapy.

4 to 360 hours flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you with the knowledge to integrate trained dogs safely into therapy sessions, covering animal selection and care, stress signal recognition, welfare scheduling, screening and consent processes, structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social aims, risk and ethical management, and basic outcome measures for refining practice.
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Develop skills
- Design safe, evidence-based dog-assisted treatment plans for mental health.
- Screen and select suitable clients for brief, effective dog-assisted sessions.
- Read canine stress signals and protect therapy dog welfare in every session.
- Structure goal-focused sessions with dogs for anxiety, trauma, and social skills.
- Apply ethical, legal, and risk management standards in dog-assisted therapy.
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