This course will begin to equip animal welfare and shelter workers with the knowledge and skills necessary to engage community members and colleagues in supportive and collaborative relationships that are grounded in safety, trust, and belonging. Topics such as mindset, implicit bias, trust-building, facilitating psychological safety, positionality, and empowerment are reviewed in the context of culturally responsive community engagement in animal welfare.
Course Format
This course is self-paced and can easily be completed by busy working professionals who need to learn on a flexible schedule and timeframe. Students have up to three months to access the course and complete eight modules of content. Through readings, video lectures, and reflective activities, intrapersonal and interpersonal skills and strengths-based frameworks will be explored. This class is open to people from any experience or education level. We welcome anyone who is interested in this topic to register for this introductory class.
Cost and Registration Information
This class is open to people from any experience or education level. We welcome anyone who is interested in this topic to register for this introductory class. This is an asynchronous, self-paced learning course. When you register, you will be sent course login details within 3 business days so you can get started learning quickly!
