Zootherapy Course: Postgraduate in Zootherapy + University Degree (8 ECTS credits)

Zootherapy, also known as animal -assisted therapy, is a type of complementary therapy that is based on the use of an animal in a therapeutic context in order to offer support in the treatment of different types of diseases that weaken the patient or that affect it in the social, emotional and/or cognitive plans. Therefore, its objective is the improvement of different social, emotional, cognitive or functional aspects, which may be harmed by different pathologies. Currently, zootherapy is very popular in the treatment of autism and other mental illnesses. This is why professionals specialized in zootherapy are increasingly demanded in the field of special education, therapeutic pedagogy or early care. Through this online zootherapy course, students are offered appropriate training and knowledge to specialize in one of the most popular and with the greatest rise of recent years.

After satisfactorily completing this online zootherapy course, the following professional competences will have been developed among others: - Know the scope of action, the target population and the main theoretical models in early care. - Learn the basic patterns of diagnosis and intervention in children with evolutionary disorders from a broad and multidisciplinary perspective. - Detail the early signs of the various disorders and difficulties in the development to make possible early detection and more effective intervention. - Know the evolution of special education in recent decades. - Learn the different concepts of needs that have emerged throughout the time and know how to differentiate them. - Know the identification and assessment process of educational needs. - To guide both students, family and other professionals in the educational process. - Know what types of educational response can students be offered both at the center, classroom, etc. - Knowing how to intervene with students who present specific educational support needs. - Study the basic aspects of assisted therapy with animals, including historical evolution and theories. - Know the characteristics of social groups and pathologies that are found more frequently in animals assisted therapies. - Deepen the profile of the professionals assisted by animals and the most important social and communication skills to put them into practice. - Highlight the importance of animal welfare through knowledge of current legislation. - Know the types of therapy that are usually used more regularly such as animal -assisted therapy.

Thanks to this online zootherapy course, students can complete their professional knowledge and improve their job performance in socio -health, educational, etc. being especially thought for professionals from sectors such as special education, early care or therapeutic pedagogy.

Thanks to this zootherapy course you can know the main workshops and work methodologies used in animal -assisted therapy, based on the analysis of the specific needs of each user, paying special attention to the procedure and work guidelines typical of early care and therapeutic pedagogy, for being disciplines especially linked to it.

The Zootherapy online course is aimed at professionals in the field of education and socio -health care that are interested in knowing the work guidelines and procedures to be followed in the application of animal -assisted therapy, in order to put them into practice in their day -to -day working day, to improve their professional performance. In general, he addresses anyone who is interested in knowing how assisted therapy with animals works and what are their benefits in each situation.

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.