Class Animals and Assisted Therapies

Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) and the specificities of the field of Animal-Assisted Therapies (AAT). Target audience and scope of the interventions in TAA. Methods and techniques used for animal recruitment in AAT.

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AAI, Its development, audiences and scopes. AAT and new ideas about the relationship between humans and non-humans. Representativeness of co-performing animals in AAT. Scopes and audiences – AAT applications in different audiences; benefit premises The main programs in Portugal and in the world. Main procedures in the selection of animals (with main focus on the dog), animal learning and acquisition of behaviors to integrate an AAT session Training an animal for AAT Observation of AAT sessions Raising awareness of ethical and animal welfare issues regarding the use of animals in AAI and AAT Main procedures in planning sessions in AAT

The teaching methodologies employed are based on lectures using practical examples and videos. This will be complemented using active learning methodologies that are based on the principle that students seek and acquire knowledge autonomously teachers in order to complement their learning

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