Certified Therapy Dog Handler Team Training
Wellbeing Programs Across All Industries
About Us
PATS offers all-encompassing therapy & wellbeing solutions,
providing certified training courses for handlers and their pets
to work within the therapy & wellbeing services industries. You can
train with us and then work for us. Or train with us and take your new
skills into your existing workplace, community group or volunteer
organisation.
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PATS also creates and facilitates custom programs
across a wide range of services including schools, justice,
community services, health, aged care, and corporate
environments. Our teams can also provide programs and
services created by PATS for their exisiting workplaces.
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Our services provide emotional support, opportunities to
decompress, wellbeing check-ins, veteran wellbeing, child and
young adolescent coaching, support and mentorship in a non-
judgemental, yet sometimes slobbery way.
Kym Staley-Biggs, PATS Redlands
"A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more, than it loves itself."
Animal Therapy
"The healing that is achieved in silence when a dog is present, can never be put into words."
Therapy & well being are technically very different and what
helps one person may be different to what helps another person. When a human comes into close contact with an animal, a natural phenomenon occurs where stress hormones decrease and our happy hormones increase, this also improves a human’s ability to trust. Whether this is in a formal therapeutic setting with a health professional or as visitation with a wellbeing or support animal, the benefits are immense.
For example: the very presence of a dog attending a school on a regular basis has shown incredible results in improving the
attendance, literacy skills & engagement for those disengaged
students from Prep to Year 12.
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When a person is feeling vulnerable, the presence of animal
can give the strength to move forward. Therapy or wellbeing
animals provide emotional support to humans in hospitals,
those attending court, funeral homes, veterans, professional
therapy environments, nursing homes just to name a few.
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We are a fully certified social enterprise with 8 years experience practising in school & clinical settings
We are blue card & disability card accredited and provide a trauma-informed care approach to education & service delivery
We are a professional member of Animal Therapies Ltd.
We were the winner of the inaugural Australian Canine Assisted Education Program Award 2019
What Makes PATS Different?
Every human and every dog learns in their own unique way. PATS has realistic expectations of the journey you will undertake during training. Your success is the journey. Our training courses combine your existing skills with a blend of face to face training, self directed learning and online tutorials in a supportive and adaptive learning environment.
Our Services
Certified Dog Handling Team Training
Our team training course runs over 20 weeks and is presented via a multi modal approach to learning.
Our team training course runs over 20 weeks and is presented via a multi modal approach to learning.
Certified Dog Handling Team Training
Youth adolescent reading programs
PATS & Tales
Do you need a therapy program created for your school?
Work for PATS Pack as a certified handler
Do you need a wellbeing program created for your business, community group, or upcoming event?
Some dogs are just perfect for becoming a therapy or wellbeing dog and sometimes, their humans are a pretty good match. Becoming a therapy or wellbeing team with your dog will change your life, and the lives of those you work with.