International Master in Assisted Intervention with Dogs

With the passage of time, it has been perfected and discovering new trends in the assisted intervention with animals. Gradually, dog -assisted therapy has been one of the most used, thanks to the numerous advantages with interaction with people. With this mastery in assisted intervention with dogs, the necessary knowledge can be acquired to be a professional in assisted therapy with dogs, improving the quality of the different therapies and increasing the satisfaction and results of the people involved and their relatives. In addition, this master's degree in assisted intervention with dogs has been created under this idea and aims to train teaching staff for the development of different training actions such as official continuous training plans, official non -regulated training or occupational professional training.

- Know the general features of the assisted intervention with animals. - Know the professional profiles and the skills they have to have to intervene in dog -assisted therapy. - Deepen knowledge about the behavior and behaviors of dogs. - Obtain basic notions of training with dogs. - Acquire the necessary capacities to perform teachers' functions in a private training or academy. - Acquire the pedagogical and didactic competences necessary for the design, planning, management and implementation of a training plan, both in the business field and in the unregulated official training. - Analyze the behavior and physical characteristics of the dog, by observing its attitude towards physical contact, environmental stimulation, and interaction with it, for its selection and/or detection of characterological anomalies. - Modify the behavior of the dog, to perform basic impulse control exercises, obedience and overcoming obstacles, by applying a preferred work program. - Apply the safety criteria for third parties and self -protection during the management and training of dogs, as well as respect the regulations that are of animal welfare and protection of affliction. - Apply dog driving techniques, without belt control by the training, adapted to its morphological and behavior conditions and taking into account animal welfare, according to current regulations in the matter. - Apply obstacle drawing techniques, without control of the strap by the training, adapted to its morphological conditions and taking into account animal welfare, according to current regulations in the matter. - Apply the security criteria for third parties and self -protection during the management and training of dogs, as well as respect the regulations on welfare and animal protection are applicable.

This professional exercises their activity in social sectors, such as residences of the elderly, centers with disabled people, prison centers, hospitals and entities of the public and private sphere.

This master's degree in assisted intervention with dogs prepares you to offer quality social intervention, offering a service with the best characteristics and skills to face work with dogs, knowing their social behavior and behavior, valuing unwanted behaviors and eliminating them.

This mastery in assisted intervention with dogs is aimed at professionals linked to social intervention with animals: psychologists, occupational therapists, education and free time monitors, pedagogues, psychopedagogues, social educators, and all those people who are interested in dog -assisted therapy.

This training is not included in the scope of official regulated training (Infant Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education, Official Professional Training FP, Baccalaureate, University Degree, Official University Master and PhD). It is therefore a complementary and/or specialization training, aimed at acquiring certain skills, skills or aptitudes of a professional nature, being able to be barely as merit in workbags and/or opposition competitions, always within the complementary training section and/or continuous training being always essential to review the specific requirements of the public labor stock of the public labor stock market.