RecordMove

Animal assisted therapist to dance therapist

An animal assisted therapist already meets 32% of what the dance therapist role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From animal assisted therapist

Distant match

To dance therapist

12 You already bring

11 Still to learn

37 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.8/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a dance therapist is expected to do is already part of an animal assisted therapist’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the dance therapist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A dance therapist role treats 5 of its required skills as things an animal assisted therapist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

assess the patient's therapeutic needs
develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
listen actively
maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
provide health education

What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A dance therapist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an animal assisted therapist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held evaluation of psychological performance social sciences, journalism and information
already held assess the patient's therapeutic needs information skills
already held handle patient trauma assisting and caring
already held work with healthcare users' social network communication, collaboration and creativity
already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality assisting and caring
already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship communication, collaboration and creativity

All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the dance therapist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 25 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn develop codified movements required
still to learn harmonise body movements required
still to learn perform dances required
still to learn develop creative ideas required
still to learn write work-related reports required

optional, not held plan choreographic improvisation optional

02 assisting and caring 1 required, 4 supplementary

still to learn have emotional intelligence required

optional, not held ensure safety of healthcare users optional
optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
optional, not held perform musical improvisations in therapy optional

03 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn psychological theories required

optional, not held eating disorders optional
optional, not held psychology optional
optional, not held psychotherapy principles optional

04 health and welfare 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn dance therapy required

optional, not held autism optional
optional, not held human physiology optional

05 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn observe healthcare users required

optional, not held apply risk management in sports optional
optional, not held diagnose mental disorders optional

06 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn inspire enthusiasm for dance required

optional, not held be a role model in community arts optional
optional, not held develop methods for choreographic integration optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a dance therapist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 12 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assess the patient's therapeutic needs skill
already held develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship skill
already held listen actively skill
already held maintain healthcare user data confidentiality skill
already held provide health education skill
already held apply organisational techniques skill
already held contribute to continuity of health care skill
already held evaluation of psychological performance knowledge
already held handle patient trauma skill
already held respond to changing situations in health care skill
already held use communication techniques skill
already held work with healthcare users' social network skill

The 1 learning area not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 arts and humanities 1 required

still to learn link between dance and music style required

14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held apply risk management in sports optional
optional, not held autism optional
optional, not held be a role model in community arts optional
optional, not held develop methods for choreographic integration optional
optional, not held diagnose mental disorders optional
optional, not held eating disorders optional
optional, not held ensure safety of healthcare users optional
optional, not held plan choreographic improvisation optional
optional, not held comply with legislation related to health care optional
optional, not held empathise with the healthcare user optional
optional, not held human physiology optional
optional, not held perform musical improvisations in therapy optional
optional, not held psychology optional
optional, not held psychotherapy principles optional

18 held skills the dance therapist role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role animal behaviour knowledge
not needed by the target role animal therapy knowledge
not needed by the target role assistive instruments knowledge
not needed by the target role behavioural therapy knowledge
not needed by the target role control animal movement skill
not needed by the target role deal with emergency care situations skill
not needed by the target role human psychological development knowledge
not needed by the target role instruct animals for therapy purposes skill
not needed by the target role interact with healthcare users skill
not needed by the target role palliative care knowledge
not needed by the target role performance diagnosis knowledge
not needed by the target role promote animal welfare skill
not needed by the target role recruit animal handlers skill
not needed by the target role refer healthcare users skill
not needed by the target role select therapy animals skill
not needed by the target role sociology knowledge
not needed by the target role use foreign languages for health-related research skill
not needed by the target role use foreign languages in patient care skill

8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn dance therapy required
still to learn link between dance and music style required
still to learn psychological theories required
optional, not held autism optional
optional, not held eating disorders optional
optional, not held human physiology optional
optional, not held psychology optional
optional, not held psychotherapy principles optional

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an animal assisted therapist become a dance therapist?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An animal assisted therapist already covers 32% of what a dance therapist is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 5 of which the dance therapist role treats as required.

What skills does an animal assisted therapist need to become a dance therapist?

11 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is dance therapy.

How hard is the move from animal assisted therapist to dance therapist?

Its learning distance is 68.8 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.