This book outlines how best to develop, implement, run, and evaluate AAI programmes. Drawing on extensive professional experiences and research from more than fifteen years of leading the Center for Human-Animal Interaction in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, the authors discuss both best practices and best reasons for establishing AAI programs. The text explores the benefits of AAIs from a variety of perspectives.
Some animals, like cats and dogs, are perfect for helping people feel safe in stressful situations. Readers will learn how these animals and more are used to calm children and adults alike. Aimed at young readers to help them understand a range of AAI interventions.
A comprehensive book dedicated to training mental health practitioners in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT). Readers will learn the proper way to select, train, and evaluate an animal for therapy. 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.
Leading scholar Dr Cynthia Chandler and colleague Dr Tiffany Otting present interviews with pioneering experts from the US, UK, Israel, India, and Hong Kong, revealing key beliefs, values, and ideas that are fundamental to animal-assisted interventions. Their words will inspire and guide current and future generations of practitioners, teachers, and researchers.
This book will help therapists discover the benefits of incorporating animal assisted therapy into their practice, how to design and implement animal assisted interventions, and the efficacy of animal assisted therapy with different disorders. A range of specific animals and patient populations are discussed in detail.
This book introduces young readers to the world of animal therapy. They will meet real therapy pets and their handlers, learn a little bit about the science behind pet therapy, and discover what it takes to be a good therapy animal. Accessible text, a few fun surprises, and lively illustrations make this easy-to-read book a winner.
This book focuses on research developments, models, and practical applications of animal-assisted interventions for diverse populations who have experienced trauma. Traumas explored include child maltreatment and family violence, acute and post-traumatic stress, and trauma from times of crisis. Contributing authors discuss how our relationships with animals can help build resiliency and foster healing to transform trauma and trauma response.
Describing holistic, culturally appropriate treatments for clients across the life span, this book is appropriate for the preparation of advanced practice nurses. This edition reflects an expanding interest in these therapies worldwide, highlights digital and technical advances, and describes cutting-edge research. The only book about complementary and alternative therapies written specifically for nurses that focuses on essential evidence for practice.
From ancient literature to modern fiction and research reports in professional literature, the bond between humans and animals has been extensively documented. Although 70% of American households would vouch for the benefits of companion animals, the decision about whether to implement animal-based interventions for mental disorders is not always a simple one.