Mastering Therapy Dog Handling Course Bundle

Mastering Therapy Dog Handling Course Bundle Details

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Learn how to responsibly partner with your dog in professional settings while prioritizing safety, teamwork, and animal well-being. You’ll explore key handling techniques, understand your dog’s body language, and develop proactive strategies that support ethical Animal-Assisted Interventions.

Start your journey with expert-backed, self-paced training that sets you and your therapy animal up for success.

1. Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling

Module 1 – Overview of Therapy Animal Work

  • Recognize key terminology in AAI.
  • Distinguish between therapy, service, emotional support, and facility animals.

Module 2 – Core Concepts

  • Describe essential traits for a therapy animal and team.
  • Differentiate between proactive, reactive, and inactive handling.
  • Examine handler responsibility relevant to responsible animal ownership.

Module 3 – Relationships and Teamwork

  • Identify handler responsibilities relevant to therapy animal welfare.
  • Describe how AAI can result in stress for a handler, animal, or client, and how to manage it.
  • Evaluate body language, and learn to respond in a way which supports your animal.
  • Clarify the essential traits of a therapy animal team.

Module 4 – Respect and Safety

  • Identify handler responsibilities relevant to client safety.
  • Describe infection risks and outline solutions to mitigate those risks.

Assessment for Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling

  • This 20-question quiz covers all content for Best Practices in Therapy Animal Handling.
  • A passing score of 80% is required. You must complete Modules 1-4 before accessing this assessment.

2. Canine Body Language

Module 1 – A Dogs Way of Communicating

  • Identify three key stress zones to assess your dog’s emotional state.

Module 2 – Body Signals

  • Learn to observe your dog’s head, core and hindquarters to gauge comfort and reactions.
  • Discover practical steps to improve your dog’s comfort in various settings.

Module 3 – The Complete Canine

  • Differentiate between in-context and out-of-context behaviors for a clearer understanding of your dog’s responses.
  • Understand how your actions impact your dog’s well-being, creating a safer environment for everyone.

Assessment for Canine Body Language

  • This 20-question quiz covers all content for Canine Body Language Course.
  • A passing score of 80% is required. You must complete Modules 1-3 before accessing this assessment.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Our courses are fully self-paced and easy to follow. They are designed for busy professionals like you—those new to working with therapy animals, or those already working with them and looking to do it even better. You’ll hear the lessons read aloud, and you’ll answer real-world, scenario-based questions (think: multiple choice and drag-and-drop). At the end, there’s a quick knowledge check and you’ll get a certificate you can show your administrators. The content is based on trusted national guidelines, so you’ll know you’re doing things the right way from the start.

You can go at your own pace—seriously. Courses are self-paced and usually take people 2–4 hours to complete, depending on how deeply you engage with the content. You can start, stop, and return whenever your schedule allows—no pressure, just progress.

Yes, they’re designed to be as inclusive as possible. Every course has accurate closed captions, can be used with screen readers, and includes features like keyboard shortcuts, playback speed controls, and zoom-in options. Whether you’re using a laptop or assistive tech, you’ll be able to access everything you need.

Our courses are built by and for professionals in animal-assisted interventions. Each one was developed with input from AAI experts and grounded in national Competencies to make to make sure what you’re learning is meaningful, ethical, and relevant to your work.

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Good question! AAAIP’s online courses are interactive learning experiences with activities, knowledge checks, and a certificate at the end. Recordings are replays of past events and webinars.

All the AAAIP courses are built to match the key skills and knowledge areas used in certification. We even label which topics connect with which domain on the Specialist Certification exam, so you can choose what’s most helpful. Whether you’re pursuing certification now or planning ahead, these courses will move you closer to professional recognition in AAI.

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