What does the PTSD Service Dog Tasks course cover?

The course covers the step by step process for training 4 service dog tasks frequently needed for service dogs helping people with PTSD. The course outline:

1. Essential Vocabulary and Task Overview
   1. Discussion of terms including service dog, therapy dog, emotional support animals and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
   2. Review important distinctions between service dogs, therapy dogs and emotional support animals.
   3. Review ways service dogs are trained to help people with PTSD and the tasks these dogs perform.
2. Training an Anxiety Alert
   1. Step by step process using clicker training
   2. Alternative alerts
   3. Caveats and challenges
3. Training Nightmare Interruption
   1. Step by step process using clicker training
   2. Alternative interruption behaviors
   3. Caveats and challenges
   4. Response tasks
4. Training Making Space
   1. Controversial tasks
   2. Step by step process using clicker training via targeting and also luring
   3. Caveats and challenges
5. Training Deep Pressure Therapy
   1. Step by step process using several different clicker training strategies
   2. Caveats and challenges
   3. Awareness and mitigating dog’s stress
   4. Alternative options