This course stresses positive training techniques. Students in this course learn about the laws that apply to people with service animals, develop their advocacy skills, and practice handling access issues. To top of page . Students in this course learn how to teach people with disabilities to work with service dogs. Topics include developing a team training plan for the handler and dog, and assessing team progress.
Students also learn to teach handlers to care for and work with dogs.
Students will also learn how to customize training to meet a handler's needs. Structured activities provide real-world experiences. Students who are experienced with dogs may be required to work with people with disabilities, while those with healthcare or social services backgrounds may be asked to work with dogs. Working with an individual handler and appropriate healthcare professionals, students assess how a service dog may meet a person's needs and then train a dog to perform some of the identified tasks. To top of page .