Dog-Assisted Therapy Course
This course teaches how to safely integrate trained dogs into therapy sessions for mental health support. You will learn to select and care for therapy dogs, screen clients, design interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, and social skills, manage risks and ethics, and track outcomes to ensure effective, welfare-friendly practice in Uganda's context.

flexible workload from 4 to 360h
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This course equips you to integrate trained dogs safely into clinical sessions, covering dog selection, care, stress signal reading, and welfare schedules. Master client screening, consent processes, structured interventions for anxiety, trauma, mood, and social goals, ethical risk management, and simple outcome measures to evaluate and improve therapy.
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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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