Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions
Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions

Author: Melissa Y. Winkle

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-07-24

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781484199565

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The human-animal bond has therapeutic value regardless of the nature of the interaction. Recently, the work has begun to diverge into two distinct directions. First, many organizations continue to support volunteer visiting teams in a variety of community settings; however, a secondary breed of programs are emerging as more healthcare, social service, and educational practitioners carry the responsibility to ensure professional level standards of practice that blend seamlessly with each disciplines practice framework. The patient, client, and student goals are formal and practiced in a discipline specific modality. Dogwood Doga is not meant to be a “cookie cutter” book for activities, rather, it is meant to educate professionals about how to think about intervention or educational plans, activity and biomechanical analysis, modifications, and safety for human and dog. This book caters to those who use dogs in discipline specific sessions. DOGWOOD DOGA is the first book in a series that offers an occupational therapists perspective on having a canine co-therapist or co-educator work with clients, patients or students to reach functional goals including health maintenance, neuromusculoskeletal and motor skills, sensory and cognitive functions, communication and interaction skills, and more. The book includes pictured demonstrations, instructions, activity analysis, and modification ideas. Each activity in DOGWOOD DOGA also offers information about incorporating the dog and intermediate dog training requirements. It is recommended that users have experience with biomechanics/yoga, and have dogs with solid obedience and interaction skills.

Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions
Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions

Author: Melissa Y. Winkle

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-08-29

Total Pages: 62

ISBN-13: 9781492221838

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Discusses screening people for participation, screening dogs for the job, intervention goals, precautions and professional responsibilities. Includes ideas for all ages and abilities, and is useful for many professions within the interdisciplinary team.

Animal-Assisted Interventions for Health and Human Service Professionals
Animal-Assisted Interventions for Health and Human Service Professionals

Author: Carlie J. Driscoll

Publisher: Nova Science Publishers

Published: 2020-03-11

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 9781536174342

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"Animal-Assisted Interventions are goal-oriented and structured interactions that incorporate the human-animal bond. By including animals in health and human services, unique and significant therapeutic gains can be achieved. However, Animal-Assisted Interventions involve so much more than simply having a dog or horse present during therapy. For the sake of both the animals and humans involved, the health professional must be cognizant of a profusion of information in order to deliver ethical and effective services. Animal-Assisted Interventions for Health & Human Service Professionals provides physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language therapists, audiologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other health and rehabilitation specialists with the core knowledge required to effectively introduce dogs and horses into their practice. Wide-ranging and up-to-date content is provided by expert clinicians and researchers in the field of Animal-Assisted Interventions to produce the only comprehensive text to address topics relevant to all health professionals. Explicit direction is also provided separately for dog-human and horse-human therapy teams. Finally, discipline-specific attention is given to the latest in research and development, application, and best practice of including animals in healthcare and human services. This book is essential reading for any health and human service provider who is currently working with animals or who is considering expanding their practice to include the help of animal co-workers"--

Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy

Author: Megan Mueller

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 0080463835

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The original edition was the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the ways in which animals can assist therapists with treatment of specific populations, and/or in specific settings. The second edition continues in this vein, with 7 new chapters plus substantial revisions of continuing chapters as the research in this field has grown. New coverage includes: Animals as social supports, Use of AAT with Special Needs students, the role of animals in the family- insights for clinicians, and measuring the animal-person bond. - Contributions from veterinarians, animal trainers, psychologists, and social workers - Includes guidelines and best practices for using animals as therapeutic companions - Addresses specific types of patients and environmental situations

Animal Assisted Therapy Activities to Motivate and Inspire
Animal Assisted Therapy Activities to Motivate and Inspire

Author: Nancy Lind

Publisher: Pyow Sports Marketing

Published: 2009-11

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780976696582

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An excellent resource for pet therapy teams, educators, and therapists, this text presents clearly outlined instructions with educational and clinical application suggestions from a pioneer in the area of pet therapy.

Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy
Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy

Author: Nancy Parish-Plass

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13: 1612492746

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The integration of animals into the therapy setting by psychotherapists has been a growing trend. Psychological problems treated include emotional and behavioral problems, attachment issues, trauma, and developmental disorders. An influential 1970s survey suggests that over 20 percent of therapists in the psychotherapy division of the American Psychological Association incorporated animals into their treatment in some fashion. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the number is much higher today. Since Yeshiva University psychologist Boris Levinson popularized the involvement of animals in psychotherapy in the 1960s, Israel has come to be perhaps the most advanced country in the world in the area of animal-assisted psychotherapy (AAP). This is true especially in the areas of academic training programs, theory-building, and clinical practice. Great effort has been put into understanding the mechanisms behind AAP, as well as into developing ethical guidelines that take into account the therapist's responsibility toward both client and animal. This book exposes the world to the theory and practice of AAP as conceived and used in Israel. It emphasizes evidence-based and clinically sound applications with psychotherapeutic goals, as differentiated from other animal-assisted interventions, such as AAE (animal-assisted education) and AAA (animal-assisted activities), which may have education or skills-oriented goals. Not just anyone with a dog can call him-or herself an animal-assisted therapist. This volume demonstrates not only the promise of animal-assisted psychotherapeutic approaches, but also some of the challenges the field still needs to overcome to gain widespread legitimacy.

Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health
Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health

Author: Matilda van den Bosch

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-01-05

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 019103875X

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Human beings have always been affected by their surroundings. There are various health benefits linked to being able to access to nature; including increased physical activity, stress recovery, and the stimulation of child cognitive development. The Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health provides a broad and inclusive picture of the relationship between our own health and the natural environment. All aspects of this unique relationship are covered, ranging from disease prevention through physical activity in green spaces to innovative ecosystem services, such as climate change adaptation by urban trees. Potential hazardous consequences are also discussed including natural disasters, vector-borne pathogens, and allergies. This book analyses the complexity of our human interaction with nature and includes sections for example epigenetics, stress physiology, and impact assessments. These topics are all interconnected and fundamental for reaching a full understanding of the role of nature in public health and wellbeing. Much of the recent literature on environmental health has primarily described potential threats from our natural surroundings. The Oxford Textbook of Nature and Public Health instead focuses on how nature can positively impact our health and wellbeing, and how much we risk losing by destroying it. The all-inclusive approach provides a comprehensive and complete coverage of the role of nature in public health, making this textbook invaluable reading for health professionals, students, and researchers within public health, environmental health, and complementary medicine.

Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling
Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling

Author: Cynthia K. Chandler

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-04-23

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 1136833994

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Animal Assisted Therapy in Counseling is the most comprehensive book available dedicated to training mental health practitioners in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT). It explains the history and practice of AAT in counseling, discusses the latest empirical research, and provides an in-depth explanation of the psychodynamics of AAT within various theoretical frameworks. Readers will learn the proper way to select, train, and evaluate an animal for therapy. The use of a number of different therapy animals is considered, including dogs, cats, horses, birds, farm animals, rabbits and other small animals, and dolphins. Guidelines for implementing AAT in settings such as private practices, community agencies, schools, hospices, and prisons are covered, as well as ethical and legal considerations, risk management, diversity issues, and crisis and disaster response applications. Numerous case examples illustrate the use of AAT principles with clients, and forms, client handouts, and other resources provide valuable tools. This unique resource is an indispensable guide for any counselor looking to develop and implement AAT techniques in his or her practice.

Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions
Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions

Author: Melissa Y. Winkle

Publisher: CreateSpace

Published: 2013-11-21

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 9781494251147

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Professional Applications of Animal Assisted Interventions: Eva's Favorites is a collection of animal assisted intervention activities used in occupational therapy with Eva. Many of these activities were previously published in Dogwood Doga, Blue Dog Book, or Gray Dog Book. This collection was pulled together to celebrate Eva's life and her legacy. While it is a tribute to her, it is filled with animal assisted therapy and animal assisted education activities that catered to Eva whose abilities outweighed her diagnoses (mitochondrial metabolism disorder, quadriplegic cerebral palsy, seizures, closed dislocations of the hip, cortical visual impairment, strabismus, spasticity, feeding tubes, and communication disorder). Eva appeared to have many challenges, but this book illustrates a glimpse into her occupational therapy sessions, which were based on the human animal bond, the key motivating factor in her sessions, which resulted in measurable functional progress and quality of life. This book contains activities that are useful for just about anyone in the interdisciplinary team, who works with a person with similar abilities. Readers are guided through activities step by step to identify therapeutic value, supplies needed, precautions, and modifications to make activities more or less difficult. In addition, words of wisdom from the dog's point of view are provided so that the dog receives prerequisite training and introductions to environments, people and activities. The baseline information on ethics, standards of practice, and screening people and dogs for participation is included. This title, Eva's Favorites, and 100% of the proceeds have been gifted to the Little Mustard Seed Trust Fund, so we celebrate Eva's life with a sample of letters from some of her students, friends and family.