What does the course include?
- In this 8 module course, you will learn about trauma types, neurobiological impacts, emotional aspects, and practical skills for working with traumatised dogs.
- Explore the neurobiological underpinnings of trauma, including fear processing in the brain, effects on survival circuitry, brain regions affected by trauma, and the interplay with sleep, pain processing, gut microbiome, and immunity.
- Develop practical skills essential for working with traumatized dogs, including case formulation, trauma history-taking, and creating trauma-informed environments.
- Understand drugs used for trauma cases, principles of synaptic communication, neurochemical systems, and commonly prescribed drugs for traumatized dogs.
- Understand the concept of reappraising trauma, including when it's appropriate, approaches to changing behavior, identifying triggers, developing reappraisal maps and contexts, using sleep to enhance reappraisal, and working with trauma-related triggers through case studies.
- Earn up to 16 accredited CEUs through organizations such as CCPDT, IAABC, KPA, and PPAB.
What will you learn?
About Daniel
Daniel Shaw BSc (Hons), GMBPsS, CDBC is an animal behaviourist with a background in animal behaviour, psychology and neuroscience. As the owner of Animal Behaviour Kent, Daniel supports dogs and cats with behaviour problems, and has a special interest in aggression, frustration, and the effects of trauma on animals. Daniel provides expert witness assessments for legal cases involving the Dangerous Dogs Act and recently spoke in Parliament on the topic of dog bite reform. Daniel also regularly appears in the media, and has been interviewed on LBC News as well as being interviewed for the Guardian. Daniel is a degree qualified psychologist, a certified dog behaviour consultant with the International Association of Animal Behaviour Consultants (IAABC), and is currently obtaining a masters degree in neuroscience.
Daniel regularly presents seminars and webinars to other pet professionals and the public and well as running the annual ABK Dog Behaviour Conference. He has presented for a number of leading animal behaviour organisations including Grisha Stewart Academy, Pet Professional Guild, AggressiveDog.com, Behavior Vets, APBC, Family Dog Mediation Centre, Dog and Bone, and DolceVitaDog. His online course platform ABK Learn provides both owners and professionals with insights into the psychological health of dogs and provides a wealth of information on many common behavioural problems.
