Psychiatric Service Dog
Train your own dog to
become a qualified Psychiatric Service Dog
Welcome
The psychiatric service dog is one of the types of service animals that share certain legal rights. Psychiatric Service Dogs are service dogs that specifically help with psychological conditions, including mental health disorders and conditions that impact functioning such as stress and anxiety. Psychiatric Service Dogs have special training protocol, allowing them to serve people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities. Psychiatric Service Dogs are generally trained for specific mental health conditions, rather than broadly trained to cover all potential mental health conditions.
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This educational training course has undergone rigorous review and certification by a team of distinguished professionals, including our mental health expert, Dr. Jimenez, EdD.
It is certified that the material taught in this course is highly effective in mitigating the symptoms of various mental illnesses, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, panic attacks, ADHD, OCD, social phobias, and more.
Psychiatric Service Dog
Self-Paced Online Mini Training
If you're looking for an online training course for a psychiatric service dog,
we recommend our self- paced mini-training course. The course was
created by Dr. Roberto Jimenez, a licensed family therapist,
health coach, and professional member of the Animal Behavior Society.
He collaborated with a certified dog trainer and animal behaviorist to
develop this excellent course.
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Enjoy the training!
Duration: 1.5 Hour
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A certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the course.
Table of Contents
How to Train My Dog to be a Psychiatric Service Dog?
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Module 1 - What is a Psychiatric Service Dog?
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Module 2 - Top Psychiatric Service Dog Tasks
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Module 3 - Psychiatric Service Dog Training and Milestones
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Module 4 - Positive Reinforcement Training for a Psychiatric Service Dog
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Module 5 - The Clicker Dog Training ( 6 steps )
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Module 6 - Train a Psychiatric Service Dog To Wake a Patient (6 steps)
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Module 7 - Must-Have Items for Training
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Module 8 - Most Common Psychiatric Service Dog Breeds
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Module 9 - Benefits of Having a Psychiatric Service Dog
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Module 10 - Taking Care of Your Psychiatric Service Dog
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Module 11 - Comparing Service, Emotional Support, and Therapy Dogs
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Module 12 - References
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Module 13 - Mini - Quiz
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Module 14 - Certificate form
What is a Psychiatric Service Dog?