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Utah Animal Assisted Therapy Association
The value of animals in promoting healing and growth is becoming increasingly recognized among professional care providers, clinical practitioners, and educators. Today trained and certified animal/handler teams are used in medical, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and special education facilities throughout the world to provide a medium for assisting individuals where traditional methods fall short. Animal-assisted therapy is goal-oriented, documented, and supervised by health care and education professionals. What makes animal-assisted therapy unique is that animals, not humans, do the real work. Time and again, our four-footed “therapists” have elicited nearly miraculous responses from deeply troubled or abused children, physically traumatized hospital patients, and even those who are terminally ill.
http://uaata.org
OT Research
Research including use of feature film, use of pets and other occupational therapy research completed by MOT students and faculty from St. Ambrose University, Davenport, IA
http://web.sau.edu/ot/research1.htm
Dog Training
A trained dog is a safe and reliable dog. Our dog training services are professional, yet loving and will leave your dog obedience needs satisfied. Let us train your adult canine or puppy.
http://www.bestfriendspetcare.com/srv_caninec.cfm
Helping Hounds Pet Therapy, Inc.
Helping Hounds Pet Therapy, Inc., founded in 1997, is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization whose dedicated volunteers, along with their retired racing Greyhounds, provide pet therapy services to adult and/or geriatric patients/residents in hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities. We also provide pet therapy visitations to two children's hospitals, to include the world-renowned ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL, founded by Danny Thomas. We participate in various community events, periodically appear on local television, and have been featured in the national publication, CELEBRATING GREYHOUNDS. Our goal to those we serve is to provide the unconditional acceptance and love that only an animal is capable of giving.
http://www.helpinghounds.org
Ruby Goes to Preschool: Using Therapy Dogs as Treatment Assistants
Train a smart dog to accomplish a worthwhile task I entered my third decade as a speech-language pathologist at the turn of the new millennium. Although my professional skills may steadily improve as a function of experience, the ability to "get the job done" in a public school setting seems increasingly difficult. Caseloads that are too big, budgets that are too small and endless administrative demands limit our efficacy. Both the lives of many of the children that we serve and the range of speech-language impairments are growing in complexity. In spite of my professional experience, I am too often left with a feeling of inefficacy and consequently, I am always searching for ways to remedy this situation. When an out-of town colleague mentioned to me that an audiologist in her office used a "therapy-assistance dog", I recognized this as an opportunity to effect a winning outcome for all involved: increase the communication skills in my clients, improve my feelings of job satisfaction, and train a smart dog to accomplish a worthwhile task.
http://www.slpforum.com/article/oct2003.asp
spcaLA Animal Assisted Therapy
The spcaLA Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) Program was started in 1986 with the goal of promoting the human-animal bond, and enriching the physical and psychological well-being of people confined to hospitals and other institutions.
http://www.spcala.com/aatherapy.html
Animal Assisted Therapy at Good Shepherd
The AAT program at Good Shepherd Theraputic Center includes nursing home visits, theraputic riding, and wildlife rescue. In Warm Springs, Georgia.
http://www.gshepherd.org/animal_assisted_therapy.htm
Dogs' New Trick: Help Kids Read
Children relax by petting a dog as they read. They don't have to wory about the animal correcting them. R.E.A.D. is Reading Education Assistance Dogs.
http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/pets/story/7350191p-...
Seeking Creature Comfort in Crisis
Specially trained teams of therapy animals and their handlers helped ease the pain for rescue workers, fire fighters, police, and victims families after the September 11 attacks. Some traveled from Oregon to help at Ground Zero. [VetCentric]
http://www.vetcentric.com/magazine/magazineArticle.cfm?ARTIC...
Welcome To Kayla's Club
A weekly after-school program for gifted, at risk, and special needs students at a middle school outside Houston, TX. Children gain confidence and interpersonal skills.
http://home.earthlink.net/~kaylasclub/
What is Animal Assisted Therapy?
Crossroads Group Home uses an Animal Assisted Therapy program stressing the benefits of animals and birds of many varieties to its residents.
http://www.crossroadsgrouphome.com/CGHAATWhat.html
Crisis Response Program
When tragedy and people are gathered together in their grief, the simple act of petting a dog can give comfort that no words can offer. By Caring Canines, Boston.
http://www.caringcanines.org/crisisresponse.html
Therapy Dogs Help Relieve Stress for Families, Staff, Volunteers
Animals provided comfort at a crisis center near the Pentagon following September 11. All were family pets of the volunteers on the other end of the leash.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/n10112001_200110112....
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