Animal Assisted Therapy is a form of therapy that has been around for many years‚ yet in recent times it has become a highly recognizable and appreciated form of psychological treatment. As society progresses to a point of acceptance for mental illness and its need to be treated appropriately‚ different methods of therapeutic treatment are able to be tested in practical settings and evaluated under a modern lens in order to see their effectiveness and the role they should play in the treatment of
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Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that includes animals as a form of treatment. AAT main goal is to improve the patients emotional‚ social‚ and cognitive functioning. AAT is especially helpful in reducing the symptoms of psychological disorder‚ but most of the effects only last for a short period of time. Animal Assisted Therapy is used for many purposes in many different places such as prisons‚ nursing home‚ and mental institutions. There are a lot of animal options depending on
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History of Animal-Assisted Therapy Animal-assisted therapy can be traced back to the Ancient Greeks and when they used horse-assisted therapy to boost the morale of the incurably ill. After that‚ there is little documentation for the use and effectiveness of it until the 18th century in York Retreat‚ England. In York Retreat‚ there was a facility ran by Quakers where people with mental illnesses would roam freely on the ground around the animals. The Quakers began to notice the positive interactions
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use of animals can help the overall wellbeing of all. They are able to reduce blood pressure‚ improve survival rate‚ and increase overall happiness in those that surround them. For these reasons‚ we should begin implementing the use of Animal Assisted Therapy in long term medical facilities around the
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opportunities to form a bond with an animal‚ take responsibility for its care‚ and experience empathy and nonthreatening affection. Animals elicit a wide range of emotion and behaviors especially in human children (Hanselman 2001) concluded that Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) “increased feelings of happiness‚ security‚ and self-worth‚ and reduced feelings of loneliness‚ isolation‚ and stress” among a group of adolescents in an anger management group. Santana’s (1994) work with children receiving AAT showed that
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student or a child that needs to think with at all the stress? Well therapy pets in our district is the answer. You may be helping your students but you also will be helping animals from abuse and starvation. The therapy pet at our school could be open for students that may be having a frustrating week or can´t think in the classroom. It is a known fact that animals relieve stress for children and even adults. Therapy pets would be a great thing for the West Franklin District. Frustration
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The following SWOT Analysis ledger is for First in Show Pet Foods Inc.‚ new frozen dog food product “Show Circuit”. It displays the Internal and External factors that will affect “Show Circuits” introduction to the pet food market. Although “Show Circuit” will need to reshape its prospective target markets views on conventional dog food‚ it has a researched and proven formula that will provide an improvement in dogs’ coat shine. With the current market trend projecting an increase in dog food sales
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Equine-assisted therapy encompasses a range of treatments that involve activities with horses and other equines to promote human physical and mental health. A lack of high-quality studies‚ particularly assessing the efficacy of EAT for mental health treatment‚ has raised concerns that these therapies should not replace or divert resources from other evidence-based therapies. Terminology within the field is not standardized‚ and the lack of clear definitions and common terminology presents problems
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Equine Assisted Therapy? Amy DeLuzio Columbia International University “The horse acts as the teacher and unlocks the client. The animal facilitates emotional breakthroughs‚ and the effect‚ therapists report‚ can be magical” (Hayley Sumner). Definition and Explanation of the Topic and Interest: Equine Assisted Therapy (EAT)‚ specifically‚ Equine Assisted Psychotherapy/Learning is a type of therapy that is primarily solution-focused and client-centered. The heart of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy/Learning
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Thesis Statement: Equine Assisted Therapy can be beneficial to substance abuse clients with co-occurring disorders. Equine Assisted Therapy (EAP) is when horses is used as a tool for emotional growth and learning helping adults and children with mental health and behavioral problems‚ such as mood disorders‚ addictive behaviors and communication difficulties (Marshall-Lucette & Cantin‚ 2011). There is still limited information and literature not only in the United States but in the United Kingdom
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