Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

  • 2

    Module 1 - Introduction to Animal Assisted Interventions

    • Module 1 - Introduction to Animal Assisted Interventions

    • Module 1 Slides

    • 1st reading paper - SCAS-AAI-Code-of-Practice-August-2019

    • 1st Video mentioned in the course - Animal Assisted Intervention: A practitioner's perspective

    • 2nd video mentioned in the course: Green Chimneys: Nature, Nurture and Hope for Children

    • 2nd reading paper: The Veterinary Journal - The influence of animals on the development of children

    • Activity 1: Link to the reading - Animal Assisted Intervention

    • Activity 2: Potential benefits

    • Test your learning

    • Further educational material for Module 1
  • 3

    Module 2: Standards of Practice in Animal Assisted Interventions

    • Module 2: Standards of Practice in Animal Assisted Interventions

    • Module 2 slides

    • 1st reading paper: Bark and read standards of practice

    • 3rd reading paper: Updating Animal welfare thinking: moving beyond the five freedoms towards a life worth living by David J Mellor

    • 2nd reading paper: SCAS AAI Code of Practice August 2019

    • Activity 1a: PMI Grid

    • Activity 2: Meet basic needs

    • Activity 1b: Venn Diagrams

    • Activity 3: From surviving to thriving

    • Activity 4: Introduction to Animal Assisted Play Therapy

    • Further Reading material suggested: The State of Animal-Assisted Interventions Addressing the Contemporary Issues That Will Shape the Future

    • 1st video mentioned in the course: 5 Welfare needs for animals

    • 2nd video mentioned in the course - What is Animal Assisted Play Therapy

    • Test your learning

    • Further Educational Material for Module 2
  • 4

    Module 3: Why have dogs in schools

    • Module 3: Why have dogs in schools

    • Module 3 Slides

    • 1st reading paper mentioned: Dogs supporting human health and well-being: a biopsychosocial approach

    • 2nd reading paper mentioned: Case study of Honey

    • 1st video mentioned: Attachment Theory by John Bowlby

    • Activity 1: What do school dogs do?

    • Activity 2: Social development and behaviour

    • Activity 3: Speech and language - how might a dog help?

    • Further Educational Material for Module 3

    • Test your learning
  • 5

    Module 4: Supporting schools to prepare for their school dog

    • Module 4: Supporting schools to prepare for their school dog

    • MISSING VIDEO by Sarah Whitehead in the slide

    • Module 4: Slides - preparing for a school dog

    • 1st video recommended to watch: All in a day's work

    • 2nd video to watch: Suzanne Clothier - Elemental Questions

    • 1st reading recommended: Suzanne Clothier CARAT

    • 2st reading recommended: Rise VanFleet

    • Examples of Risk Assessments

    • Activity 1: All In A Day’s Work

    • Posters and Activities for schools to learn about dogs

    • Activity 2a: Comparing CARAT and AAS

    • Activity 2b: CARAT

    • Activity 4: Sorting behaviours

    • Activity 3: Factors impacting on the dog

    • Activity 5: Essential equipment

    • Activity 6: Summary Quiz

    • Test your learning

    • Further Educational Material for Module 4
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    Module 5: Implementing and evaluating a school dog initiative

    • Module 5: Implementing and evaluating a school dog initiative

    • Module 5: Slides

    • 1st reading suggestion: Rise VanFleet and T. Faa-Thompson book extract

    • Activity 3: Real Life Challenges

    • Activity 1: What do you see? What would you do?

    • Suzanne Clothier Functional Assessment Tool (FAT)

    • Activity 2 Playful learning

    • Expert opinions and observations on Scenarios: Caroline Wilkinson and Debby Lucken

    • Test your learning

    • Further educational material for Module 5