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Understanding Animal Emotions and Consent in Practice
  • Understanding Animal Emotions and Consent in Practice
  • Understanding Animal Emotions and Consent in Practice
Understanding Animal Emotions and Consent in Practice

Understanding Animal Emotions and Consent in Practice
£27.00 GBP £30.00 GBP
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Course Overview

Animals are sentient beings with rich emotional lives and the ability to express preferences, comfort, and distress. This course explores the evolving field of animal emotions and consent, focusing on practical and ethical approaches to working with animals in therapeutic, educational, and everyday settings.

You’ll learn how to recognise and respect animals’ emotional cues, ensure their welfare, and incorporate consent into your Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) practices. Through real-world examples and guidance, this course empowers you to create safe, respectful, and mutually beneficial experiences for both animals and participants.

What You’ll Learn

By the end of this course, you will be able to:
  • Understand what animal consent is and recognise how it can be expressed
  • Explore why allowing animals to make choices is a core value in ethical AAI work
  • Recognise how animals communicate their emotions and signal if they do not wish to participate in a session
  • Consider the ethical and welfare aspects of consent and emotional well-being when delivering AAI

Who This Course Is For

This course is suitable for practitioners, educators, therapists, and support workers who work with animals in therapeutic, educational, or community settings. It is ideal for anyone wishing to deepen their understanding of animal emotions, strengthen ethical practice, and ensure the welfare and consent of animals in all interventions.

Career Paths & Progression

Completing this course can support professional development in roles such as:
  • Animal-Assisted Therapist / Practitioner
  • Support worker integrating AAI in therapeutic, educational, or community settings
  • Project Manager or Lead for AAI initiatives
  • Wellbeing Coordinator or Officer in organisations incorporating AAI elements
  • Clinical or Therapeutic Supervisor overseeing practitioners using AAI
  • Animal Welfare / Handler Lead ensuring welfare, handling, and safety of animals in AAI settings
This course also enhances professional practice across therapy, education, social care, and animal welfare roles by embedding ethical, consent-based approaches into Animal-Assisted Interventions.

Take the Next Step

Learn to recognise and respect animal emotions and consent in your practice. Enrol today to strengthen your ethical AAI approach and create safe, supportive experiences for both animals and people.