Zootherapy Training
Zootherapy Training provides veterinary professionals and handlers with essential tools to build safe, evidence-based therapy dog programmes supporting teen mental health. It emphasises animal welfare protection, risk management, and confident collaboration with clinicians and families, ensuring ethical and effective interventions that make a real difference in young lives.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Zootherapy Training equips you with practical, evidence-based skills to create and run safe, effective animal-assisted therapy sessions for teenagers dealing with anxiety and depression. You will master selecting therapy dogs, ensuring their welfare and health, planning structured sessions, conducting clinical screenings, obtaining consent, managing risks, and tracking outcomes to develop ethical programmes that genuinely boost youth mental health.
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Develop skills
- Design evidence-based animal-assisted therapy sessions with brief, structured plans tailored for teens.
- Assess suitability of teens and dogs through risk screenings, consent processes, and welfare evaluations.
- Collaborate effectively with handlers and vets on clear roles, health protocols, and legal protections.
- Implement safety measures and ethics in therapy, including incident response, dual welfare, and clear boundaries.
- Monitor therapy outcomes by tracking mood changes, engagement levels, and swiftly adapting programmes.
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