{"id":23,"date":"2017-10-21T21:09:52","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T01:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bright-spot.org\/blog\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:29:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:29:26","slug":"benefits-of-bright-spot-certification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/certify\/benefits-of-bright-spot-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Bright Spot Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What are the benefits of Bright Spot Therapy Dogs, Inc. Certification?<\/p>\n<p>Today, more and more programs require that visiting dogs be members of a therapy dog organization.<\/p>\n<p>Certification with Bright Spot offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Certificate of Certification stating that you and your dog have been evaluated and certified as a Bright Spot Therapy Dog Team. Certification must be renewed annually<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer liability insurance<\/li>\n<li>Official Bright Spot ID badge to wear while visiting<\/li>\n<li>Official Bright Spot vest for your dog to wear while visiting (required)<\/li>\n<li>Monthly Bright Spot e-newsletter<\/li>\n<li>Bright Spot T-Shirt<\/li>\n<li>Eligibility to earn <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.akc.org\/akctherapydog\/about.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AKC Therapy Dog Title<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bright-spot.org\/blog\/application\/\">If interested, apply to become certified<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-212 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vest-300x155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vest-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vest-200x104.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/vest.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the benefits of Bright Spot Therapy Dogs, Inc. Certification? Today, more and more programs require that visiting dogs be members of a therapy dog organization. Certification with Bright Spot offers: Certificate of Certification stating that you and your dog have been evaluated and&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/certify\/benefits-of-bright-spot-certification\/\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":139,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3630,"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/3630"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bright-spot.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}