Master's Degree in Animal Therapy
Instituto Superior De Estudios Psicológicos ISEP
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Campus location
Barcelona, Spain
Languages
Spanish
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
12 months
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Full time, Part time
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Introduction
Locations: Barcelona - Madrid
Hours: Madrid: SD | Barcelona: VS
Qualification: Master in Assisted Therapy with Animals issued by ISEP
Master's Degree in Animal Therapy
The day to day work with people in the field of health, as in education or social, requires new resources and constant renewal. That is why Assisted Therapy with Animals comes as part of an intervention in which the animal is a fundamental part of it, becoming a support for treatments, a facilitator of therapeutic processes and a center of interest that will help us contribute to the overall development of the person.
As Animal Assisted Interventions have evolved (encompassing both therapies and education), they have increasingly required training with a high degree of specialization, such as the Master in Animal Assisted Therapy is pioneering due to its interdisciplinary nature. . It has the best teachers in the sector and is based on a methodology that is based on the combination of practical learning and theoretical knowledge. It is also aimed at obtaining results within a comprehensive training framework, encompassing all aspects that affect the practice of animal-assisted interventions.
Director - Master in Animal Therapy
Javier Vallejo. Social educator. Expert and technician in Animal Assisted Interventions. Coordinator of social projects of the Asociación Animal Nature. Instructor of Dogs of Therapy and Assistance.
Curriculum
Block 1. Introduction to Animal Assisted Interventions (AIA)
- Module 01. Introduction to animal-assisted interventions (AIA)
Block 2. Dog-Assisted Interventions (IAP)
- Module 02. Design and evaluation of dog-assisted interventions (IAP)
- Module 03. IAP in individual and home care
- Module 04. IAP in social intervention
- Module 05. IAP in the health field and research
- Module 06. PJI in neurological damage
- Module 07. IAP in intellectual and sensory disabilities
- Module 08. IAP in physiotherapy
- Module 09. IAP in schools
- Module 10. IAP in autism spectrum disorder
- Module 11. IAP in psychomotor skills
- Module 12. PAR in mental health
- Module 13. IAP in geriatrics
Block 3. Technician in Animal Assisted Intervention
- Module 14. IAP behavior, learning and well-being
- Module 15. The dog as an IAA animal
- Module 16. Technician in assisted intervention with dogs
Block 4. Horse-Assisted Interventions (IAC)
- Module 17. The horse as an IAA animal
- Module 18. Design and evaluation of horse-assisted interventions (IAC)
- Module 19. IAC in functional diversity
- Module 20. IAC in biopsychosocial intervention
Block 5. Practical Applications
- Module 21. Practices
- Module 22. Master's final project
Program Outcome
Competencies of the Master in Animal Assisted Therapy
- You will detect a reality susceptible to working with animals.
- You will define which animal is suitable for each intervention.
- You will determine the intervention objectives.
- You will create evaluation recording mechanisms that allow you to objectively assess the fulfillment of objectives.
- You will design a program of activities according to the objectives, space, professionals and resources.
- You will coordinate and manage animal-assisted intervention programs.
- You will enhance the skills of the professional in animal-assisted intervention.
- You will learn about the different realities susceptible to professional animal-assisted intervention.
- You will acquire tools to cope with unforeseen events and conflicts that arise in the animal-assisted intervention sessions.
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Ideal Students
Recipients of the Master in Animal Assisted Therapy
Graduates and graduates in specialties within the field of health, education or social matters, as well as psychologists, educators, teachers, pedagogues, psychopedagogues, insertion technicians and health professionals such as medicine, nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy , neuropsychology and social work.
Career Opportunities
You will work with children, adolescents and adults with different types of physical, intellectual, sensory disabilities..., senior citizens with or without disabilities, minors at social risk, drug addictions, women victims of gender violence, students in educational centers, people with different psychological problems or psychiatric, people admitted for some type of illness, people confined in a prison regime, people with speech therapy problems.
The intervention centers that may require an animal-assisted intervention professional are public, private and subsidized educational centers, libraries, senior residences, disability day centers, supervised apartments, shelters, reform centers for minors, social and cultural centers, open spaces for street education, penitentiary centers, speech therapy, psychopedagogy, psychology, disability associations and foundations, early care centers, etc.