HABRI Central

• This is a certification process in Alberta Canada that qualifies people to work with animals to help people in need.
• Certification is granted for two types of helping professionals as indicated below:
• Animal Assisted Therapist - Master’s level helping professionals. This includes mental health therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and anyone else who holds a Master’s level degree in their helping profession. Candidate must be 21 years of age or older at the time the certificate is granted.

• Animal Assisted Wellness Practitioner - Undergraduate level helping professionals. This includes Child and Youth Care Counsellors, Rehabilitation Practitioners, Addictions Counsellors, Educators and anyone else who holds a Bachelor’s level degree in the helping professions. Candidate must be 21 years of age or older at the time the certificate is granted.

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

1. Animal-assisted activities
2. Animal-assisted therapies
3. Animal consciousness
4. Animal health and hygiene
5. Animal housing
6. Animal roles
7. Animal welfare
8. Assisted living facilities
9. Cats
10. Certification
11. courses
12. Dogs
13. Equine facilitated counselling (EFC)
14. Farms
15. Health
16. Horses
17. Long-term care facilities
18. Mammals
19. Mental health and well-being
20. Nature
21. Pets and companion animals
22. Physical environment
23. Rodents
24. Social Environments
25. Working animals