My AAT C Interventions
I had to sit back and think about this section and to even really put into words how I assess the effectiveness of all my interventions, not just my AAT-C interventions. Throughout my graduate school experience, I have been building this foundation of how I decide if what is happening in the room is effective for the client. I know that this will always be a working process and that it is fluid at the same time. I also know that what works for one client, may not work for the next client. One of the first things I thought of would be to use a type of an assessment to gage the effectiveness of my AAT-C interventions. With using an assessment, I would want one that was easy for my clients to use and had a good relatability and validity. The
assessment would give me the ability to have a baseline and then be able to track how the intervention is working as the sessions are going. Depending on the type of the session, it also allows me and the client to see how the client is doing, week to week. It would be something we would talk about each week at the beginning/end, depending on how the assessment was set up. Another way I would gage the effectiveness of AAT-C interventions would be if my clients were meeting their goals and objectives. If my clients were not reaching their goals and objectives, then I would have to re-evaluate everything that is happening in the room and see needs to change. I know each practice has their own ways in doing treatment planning so since I do not know where I will work yet, I cannot visualize in my head how I will track my clients’ goals and objectives. The last way I would gage the effectiveness of AAT-C interventions are when the animal is not there. There are going to be days when my animal cannot be there for health reasons or has chosen to stay home for other reasons. Those sessions will be different and there will be a shift in the relationship with not having the animal there. The articles never addressed it, and the book may have addressed it, I just have not read it yet, however, what are those sessions like? I can slightly picture it from supervision experience with Star being there once to not being there at all, and while it is a completely different relationship than counselor and client.
assessment would give me the ability to have a baseline and then be able to track how the intervention is working as the sessions are going. Depending on the type of the session, it also allows me and the client to see how the client is doing, week to week. It would be something we would talk about each week at the beginning/end, depending on how the assessment was set up. Another way I would gage the effectiveness of AAT-C interventions would be if my clients were meeting their goals and objectives. If my clients were not reaching their goals and objectives, then I would have to re-evaluate everything that is happening in the room and see needs to change. I know each practice has their own ways in doing treatment planning so since I do not know where I will work yet, I cannot visualize in my head how I will track my clients’ goals and objectives. The last way I would gage the effectiveness of AAT-C interventions are when the animal is not there. There are going to be days when my animal cannot be there for health reasons or has chosen to stay home for other reasons. Those sessions will be different and there will be a shift in the relationship with not having the animal there. The articles never addressed it, and the book may have addressed it, I just have not read it yet, however, what are those sessions like? I can slightly picture it from supervision experience with Star being there once to not being there at all, and while it is a completely different relationship than counselor and client.