MA in Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling
Location: Mumbai
School: School of Human Ecology
Intake: 20
Description
The M.A. Applied Psychology (Clinical and Counselling Practice) program offered by the School of Human (SHE) focuses on building skills in counselling adults and children in clinical and non-clinical settings. Non-human interventions have not been the focus of the teaching programs offered by SHE, though the awareness about Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) has been there, and students have been placed for fieldwork and internship with AAT agencies. There is a growing interest in AAT with several private organizations in India running short term certification courses on AAT. So far, in India, there is no University approved program in AAT, even though multiple organizations without any university accreditations provide certifications in AAT. Needless to say, there exists no standards in curriculum, practice, ethics and delivery in most of these courses even though it involves critical handling of the clinical population of humans along with animals.
The present curriculum for the ‘One year M.A in Animal Assisted Therapy’ offered by SHE and Canines Can Care, Mumbai, is based on the needs of practitioners across the country, aligned with the National Education Policy 2020. The program has been designed with professionals in mind, offered in a hybrid mode to develop knowledge and skills, along with practice through supervised field work and case presentations, while continuing to meet individual life and work demands.
Course Duration:
1 year (2 semesters)
Start Date:
June, 2023
Delivery Format: Blended (online and offline), offered across two semesters. The number of contact hours for field work and some other components of the program are compulsorily offline.
Program Objectives:
Distribution of Credit Hours:
Number of Credits: 43
Semesterwise Courses:
MA in Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling | |||
Semester | Sr No | Course Name | No of Credits |
I (Total Credits =23)
|
1 | Foundations of Mental Health & Counseling | 2 |
2 | Foundations of AAT in Counseling (AAT-C) | 2 | |
3 | Human development across lifespan | 3 | |
4 | Animal welfare and ethical issues | 2 | |
5 | Understanding Animal Psychology | 2 | |
6 | Introduction to Microskills (Part I) | 4 | |
7 | Basic skills for training animals | 2 | |
8 | Aptitude training for therapy animals | 2 | |
9 | Therapeutic frameworks for AAT-C Part I | 2 | |
10 | Research Methodology | ||
II
|
11 | Therapeutic Frameworks for AAT-C Part II | 2 |
12 | Advanced Microskills/ Part II | 2 | |
13 | Ethical Issues in AAT-C | 2 | |
14 | Self Care for the Therapists | 2 | |
15 | Field Work | 10 | |
16 | Research Project | 2 |
Fee Structure:
Fee Structure: This is a self-financing program
Components | AAT | ||
Fees | Sem I | Sem II |
|
FEE | Tuition Fee | 76,200 | 76,200 |
Examination Fee | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
CHARGES |
Field Education / Internship / Experiential Learning Charges | 55,000 | 75,000 |
IT Charges | 2,000 | 2,000 | |
Library Charges | 1,000 | 1,000 | |
Other Charges( ID Card, Convocation & Misc.) * | 2,500 | 0 | |
FUNDS | Students' Competency Fund | 0 | 0 |
Lab / Studio Fund | 0 | 0 | |
Development Fund | 8,000 | 0 | |
Students' Union Fund * | 500 | 500 | |
Alumni Fund * | 0 | 500 | |
Health Care Fund* | 2,000 | 0 | |
DEPOSITS | Caution Deposits (Refundable at the time of exit from programme on submission of No Dues Certificate) | 5,000 | 0 |
Semester wise Course Fee | 1,53,200 | 1,56,200 | |
Yearly Fees | 3,09,400 | ||
Total Course Fee | 3,09,400 | ||
Institute reserves the right to revise the Fee Structure of programmes if necessary. | |||
Expenses related to Practicum / Study tour / Rural field work / Urban field work/Winter Institute, if any, will have to be met by the students themselves at the time of the activity. | |||
No fee concession is available for self-finanaced programmes. |