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I.E.A.P. (I.E.T.) has been certified by SQS (eduQua-procedure) as an official continuing education institution in Switzerland.
I.E.A.P. continuing education courses are officially given "in association with the Zoology Institute of the University of Zurich"

Courses in animal behaviour consultation / therapy for:

  • Animal welfare/shelter staff
  • Veterinarians/vet assistants
  • Pet behaviour counsellors
Beginning 2010 offered by I.E.T. Dr. Turner + Partner Ltd.
 

Courses and seminars in animal assisted activities (AAA)/
animal assisted therapy (AAT) for:

  • Psychotherapists / psychiatrists / other medical doctors
  • Special educators / social workers
  • Institutional staff / care-givers
  • Volunteers with specially selected companion animals


 

Course in Companion Animal Behaviour Counselling

I.E.T. Dr. Turner + Partner AG which continues to offer this course beginning in 2010 follows exactly the same policies and has the same requirements. Upon completion of all lectures, exercises, a small research project and/or case studies which are also under the supervision of guest experts, and oral and written exams, the students receive an „I.E.T. Diploma in animal behaviour counselling and therapy“ (translated title). Once this certificate has been awarded, former students are invited to join V.I.E.T.A., the professional pet behaviour counsellors’ association, headquartered in Switzerland, but also with members in Germany and Lichtenstein.

This course is offered only in German and is not a correspondence course. The script (written material in the course notebook) is also in that language. Course materials are not available to outside persons.

For other persons, I.E.T. Dr. Turner + Partner AG continues to offer interesting weekend seminars in Switzerland and other countries. These can be offered either in English or German. Should your organization be interested in arranging or sponsoring such a seminar, please contact the I.E.A.P. office.

 

Continuing education in animal-assisted therapy, animal-assisted pedagogy and animal-assisted activities

Since April 1999, I.E.A.P. (I.E.T.) together with the Psychotherapeutic Practice Altamira in St. Gallen (Dres. Frick and Tanner-Frick) offers a continuing education course for specialists (social workers, special educators, teachers, psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, other medical doctors, nurses etc) wishing to learn how companion animals may be optimally involved in their therapeutic, educational and/or social work. The curriculum includes lectures, seminars, visits to institutions practicing AAT/AAP/AAA, case studies and mentoring groups, the latter especially in the second year when a „thesis“ (or final report) must be written and defended. Experts from various disciplines are involved as faculty. Most of the courses take place on weekends during the university semesters, so as not to interfere with personal employment. The course is offered in German (and English in Japan) and is internationally accredited by ISAAT (see www.aat-isaat.org). Successful completion of all requirements after 2 years is attested by an I.E.T. Certificate approved by ISAAT.

Additionally, institutions or organizations wishing to arrange or sponsor an I.E.T./I.E.A.P. seminar on AAT/AAP/AAA in either English or German, should contact the I.E.A.P. office.

The director of I.E.A.P., Dr. Dennis C. Turner, has been an invited speaker or main speaker in continuing education courses of the following organisations:
  • German association of practicing veterinarians (B. p. Tierärzte e.V.), Aachen
  • Academy for veterinary continuing education (ATF), Munich and Berlin, Germany
  • Italian society of companion animal veterinarians (S.C.I.V.A.C.), Mailand
  • Japanese Animal Hospital Association (JAHA), Tokyo
  • Catalonian academy of veterinary science (ACV), Barcelona, Spain
  • Association of Austrian small animal veterinarians (VÖK), Salzburg
  • Association of Swiss veterinary nurses/assistants (VSTG), Basle
  • IEMT, Zurich and Feusisberg, Switzerland
  • Assoc. for nursing- and other home staff (VSA), Fehraltorf, Switzerland
  • School of Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland
  • WHO/FAO Centre for Research & Training in Veterinary Public Health, Rome
  • WHO Centre for Research & Training, Pet Therapy Course, Teramo, Italy
  • WHO/IAHAIO Training Progam ÇZoonoses and Human-Animal InteractionsÈ, Sao Paulo, Brazil (September, 2001)
  • Animal-Assisted Therapy Programm, I.E.A.P. and the Educational Research Center for Anthrozoology, ERCAZ, Azabu University Graudate School, Fuchinobe/Sagamihara (Tokyo), Japan

 

 


 

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