The Shelter and Rescue Work Certificate is an advanced and challenging program of study, exploring many aspects of working in the dog sheltering and rescue environment. The Shelter and Rescue Work Certificate explores the principles of behavior, domestic behavioral assessment strategies within the shelter environment; training and behavior modification techniques for shelter and rescue environments; disease risk management; environmental enrichment and emotional health management of dogs in shelters; the adoption process itself, and operations of shelters and rescue organizations.
This program requires Class participation (email list). This program also involves an externship in a shelter that the student will be responsible for arranging. The program will involve active learning. This program requires you to access several peer reviewed journal articles. You can find some of these online. Others may have to be accessed through a library.
The graduate would be awarded a Shelter and Rescue Work Certificate and allowed the letters Cert.SRW after their name.
This is a professional development course. Applicants must have had worked in or run a shelter and rescue operations at some point.
This program requires approximately 400 work-hours; 30 hours in actual assignment preparation.
Courses:
- Principles of Behavior 104
- Introduction to Shelter and Rescue Work – 230
- Temperament Evaluation – 231
- Training and Behavior Modification in the Shelter and Rescue Environment – 232
- Environmental Enrichment and Mental Health Management for Shelter / Rescue Dogs – 233
- Adoption Processes – 234
Learning Objectives:
- Explain the various roles within the shelter and rescue environment
- Identify and describe some of the more common temperament evaluation instruments available
- Describe training endeavors for animals in the shelter and rescue environment to make them better adoption candidates
- Describe how to provide environmental enrichment to maintain the shelter animal's behavioral well-being
- Explain the adoption process of matching potential guardians with dogs
Tuition:
The tuition is identified at the top of this page with the payment button. Tuition is in Canadian funds (Currency Converter). Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST.
Schedule:
This program is self-paced within a 1 year time limit.