• In this 8 module course, you will learn about trauma types, neurobiological impacts, emotional aspects, and practical skills for working with traumatised dogs.

  • Explore the neurobiological underpinnings of trauma, including fear processing in the brain, effects on survival circuitry, brain regions affected by trauma, and the interplay with sleep, pain processing, gut microbiome, and immunity.

  • Develop practical skills essential for working with dogs that have experienced psychological trauma, including case formulation, trauma history-taking, and creating trauma-informed environments.

  • Understand drugs used for trauma cases, principles of synaptic communication, neurochemical systems, and commonly prescribed drugs for traumatized dogs.

  • Build your skillset for working with dogs that have experienced trauma by examining behaviour change principles through a trauma informed lens.

  • Earn up to 16 accredited CEUs through organizations such as CCPDT, IAABC, KPA, and PPAB.

Course curriculum

    1. What is Trauma?

    2. Q&A

    3. Slides

    1. Learning and Memory

    2. Q&A

    3. Slides

    1. Neurobiology and Trauma

    2. Q&A

    3. Slides

    1. Emotion and Cognition

    2. Q&A

    3. Slides

    1. Psychological Formulation

    2. Working with People

    3. Identifying Biases

    4. Slides - Psychological Formulation

    5. Slides - Working With People

    6. Slides - Identifying Biases

    1. Working with Traumatised Individuals

    2. Slides

About this course

  • £550.00
  • 28 lessons
  • 15.5 hours of video content

Available as a single purchase or pay in installments.

Meet your Instructor

Daniel Shaw MSc, CDBC is an animal behaviourist with expertise in psychology, animal behaviour, and neuroscience. As the owner of Animal Behaviour Kent (ABK), he supports dogs and cats with behavioural challenges, provides expert witness assessments for legal cases under the Dangerous Dogs Act, and has contributed to Parliamentary discussions on dog bite reform. With a master’s degree in neuroscience, Daniel combines research with practical applications and has been featured on BBC Southeast Today, TalkTV, and LBC News. He organizes the annual ABK Dog Behaviour Conference and runs ABK Learn, a platform offering science-based education in animal behaviour, training, and neuroscience, helping professionals understand and approach a wide range of cases.