Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling: What it Means to Partner with a Therapy Animal

• The field’s key terminology​

• The general skills and requirements of a therapy animal​

• How relationship and teamwork impact the team dynamic​

• How therapy animals be appropriately directed through respectful and safe client interactions ​

Course Price: $180
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Course Details

Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling: Overview of Therapy Animal Work
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
•    Recognize key terminology in AAI
•    Distinguish between therapy, service, emotional support, and facility animals

Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling: Core Concepts
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
•    Describe essential traits for a therapy animal and team
•    Identify the difference between proactive, reactive, and inactive handling
•    Examine handler responsibility relevant to responsible animal ownership

Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling: Relationships and Teamwork
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
•    Identify handler responsibilities relevant to therapy animal welfare
•    Describe how AAI can result in stress for a handler, animal, or client, which needs to be managed
•    Evaluate body language and respond in a way which supports your animal
•    Identify essential traits of a therapy animal team

Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling: Respect & Safety
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
•    Identify handler responsibilities relevant to client safety
•    Describe infection risks and produce solution to mitigate those risks

Assessment for Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling
This 20 question knowledge assessment covers all content for Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling and requires a passing score of 80%. You must complete the previous lessons before accessing this assessment.

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View additional AAAIP courses designed to prepare you for the Animal-Assisted Intervention Specialist Certification exam:

• Training and Communication in AAI
• Animal Welfare and Well-being
• Zoonotic Disease Prevention
• The Case for Animal-Related Engagement