**One Heart Wild's ROOTS Institute is a CEU provider for MSW, LMFT, and LMHC mental health providers.
Level 1 qualifies for 13 CEUs. Level 2 qualifies for 23.75 CEUs.**
Level 1 qualifies for 13 CEUs. Level 2 qualifies for 23.75 CEUs.**
The ROOTS Institute represents a next-generation approach to Animal Assisted Facilitation education and professional certification, providing a scientifically and ethically sound paradigm shift in the understanding and teaching of Equine/Animal Assisted Self Development, Equine/Animal Assisted Psychotherapy, and nonhuman animal well-being and welfare advocacy.
By studying inter-species relationship through a Trans-species Psychology lens integrating psychology, ethology, ecology, and neuroscience, students will be prepared to facilitate exceptionally effective programs that are equally beneficial to all beings involved. That is what distinguishes the ROOTS Institute from other programs. No other Equine/Animal Assisted Facilitation Education model was designed from day one for the mutual benefit of both human beings and nonhuman animals. We believe that this is not only an ethical imperative, but a practical one as well, as it adds layers of beneficial, nature-based, empathic understanding for our students and clients alike.
The five month training programs includes; a combination of state-of-the-art online learning and testing, collaborative group virtual meetings for ongoing learning support, and onsite experiential learning where students put their knowledge to work exploring inter-species relationships through a non-dominant lens, building facilitation skills within their scope of practice, and faculty mentoring upon receiving certification.
Level 1 will take students 2 months to complete. This is a combination of online learning and group Zoom instruction. Level 1 students will understand a ROOTS informed approach to animal/equine assisted therapeutic interventions upon completion.
Students wishing to be Certified ROOTS Institute Practitioners will continue on to Level 2. Students will complete this level over 12 weeks, while preforming field and online assignments, and build skill proficiency in preparation for one 5-day onsite experiential training class.
Currently, experiential learning modules are held in Washington state at One Heart Wild Sanctuary.
The field of animal assisted self development and psychotherapy is dynamic and rapidly developing. ROOTS Institute meets or exceeds the 2016 American Counseling Association's comprehensive animal assisted therapy facilitator training competencies. Roots Institute Faculty is committed to staying abreast of the most current science affecting our field as well as participating in future research projects. ROOTS informed students and certificate holders become an integral part of a professional network supported through continuing education, mentoring/supervision, and education conferences to stay current with the latest science affecting our field. Students completing certification programs will have a variety of continuing education opportunities.
For more information on ROOTS workshop and Level 1 and 2 training dates, or for more information, contact us.