Service Dog Overview
– Puppy Programs
– Testing and Selecting Service Dogs
– Service Dog Equipment
– Legal Issues and the Americans with Disabilities Act
– Operant Conditioning as a Tool for Service Dogs
– Proper Socialization for Service Dogs
– Capabilities and Limitations of Service Dogs
Working with Clients with Disabilities
Understanding Your Role as a Service Dog Trainer
Understanding Your Clients Perspective
– Hearing Impairments
– Physical Impairments
– Other Impairments
Signal Dogs (Hearing Assistance Dogs)
– Conditioning to Noise
– The Importance of Discriminative Stimuli
– Teaching the Indication
– Teaching the Response from Distances
– Practical Application in Public
Trailing
– Odor Theory
– Special Equipment for Trailing Dogs
– Progression of Teaching Trailing Dogs
– Variable Surface Trailing
– Scent Discrimination Trailing
– Introducing and Utilizing Scent Articles
Mobility Dogs Overview
– Conditioning around Medical Equipment
– Working with Wheelchairs
– Environmental Conditioning, vehicles, etc.
Mobility Dogs
– Teaching the Retrieve
– Working with Switches and Buttons
– Mobility Dogs in Public
– Opening Doors, Gates, Etc.
Autism Assistance Dogs
– What is Autism?
– Introducing the Touch Command
– Environmental Stability
– Teaching an Alert
Autism Assistance Dogs
– General Safety Concerns
– Tethering
– Sleeping Exercises
– Touch Command (continued)
– Service Dogs in Schools
– Service Dogs in Therapies
Other Service Dogs, PTSD, TBI, Seizures, etc.
Service Dogs in Public
– This Module of the Course Emphasizes the Importance of Environmental Stability in Public Places Through Practical Application.
Managing Your Service Dog Business or Organization
– Non Profit Organizations
– For Profit Business
– Application Process
– Service Dog Delivery
– Handler/Family Training
Practical Examination and Certification