Professional training for professionals who want to carefully select, train, and monitor therapy animals and human-animal combinations.
A therapy animal trainer doesn't just guide the animal's learning process. The trainer looks at the complete combination: the animal, the person, the living or working context, the objectives, and long-term well-being.
For whom?
The training program is intended for those who want to professionally delve into the selection, preparation, training, and follow-up of therapy animals. This takes into account both active therapy animals and passive therapy animals.
What do you learn?
- professionally assess behavior, learning principles, and body language;
- evaluate suitability, temperament, and resilience;
- timely recognition of stress, overload, and well-being risks;
- create an individual and wellness-oriented training plan;
- guiding humans and animals together;
- tailoring training to the future living or working context;
- preparing for evaluation, certification and recertification;
- develop sustainable follow-up and stopping criteria.
Active and passive therapy animals
At a active therapy animal the emphasis is on professional work with various individuals, together with a therapy animal handler. passive therapy animal forms a fixed combination with one person and helps strengthen their daily self-reliance. Both trajectories require different preparation and guidance.
Animal welfare as a starting point
An animal is not forced into a predetermined profile. The training teaches you to formulate realistic goals, take signals seriously, and adjust or stop a program when the combination or context turns out not to be appropriate.
Collaboration and quality assurance
Therapiedier vzw organizes the professional training. Toscanzahoeve supports as a content and practice-oriented partner. The training aligns with the activities regarding screening, certification and welfare monitoring.
Would you like to know when the training starts or what prior knowledge is appropriate? View agenda of contact us.