Animal Assisted Therapist Health Professionals

The involvement of animals in a treatment in order to improve the social, emotional or cognitive functioning of the patient.

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Animal-assisted Interventions

Lori R. Kogan

2023

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Develop a mutually collaborative therapeutic relationship during treatment, fostering and gaining healthcare users' trust and cooperation.

Communicate with clients and their carer's, with the patient's permission, to keep them informed about the clients' and patients' progress and safeguarding confidentiality.

Give attention to what other people say, patiently understand points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times; able to listen carefully the needs of customers, …

Comply with and maintain the confidentiality of healthcare users` illness and treatment information.

Provide evidence based strategies to promote healthy living, disease prevention and management.

Observe and assess the patient`s behaviour, attitudes and emotions in order to understand if and how their therapeutic needs can be met with a specific kind of therapy, collecting and …

Control animals in order to provide therapeutic treatments for psychologically or medically ill patients.

Select and instruct animal trainers in order to integrate the animals in the therapy.

Identify the right animal with the right temperament appropriate for the therapy.

The characteristics and foundations of behavioural therapy, which focuses on changing patients` unwanted or negative behaviour. It involves studying the present behaviour and the means by which this can be …

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Animal-Assisted Therapy with Dogs

Katharina Blesch

2023

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The human psychological development across the lifespan, theories of personality development, cultural and environmental influences, human behavior, including developmental crises, disability, exceptional behavior, and addictive behavior.

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Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy

Aubrey H Fine

2019

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The methods of pain relief and quality of life improvement for the patients with serious illnesses.

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Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care

Max Watson

2026

The characteristics of the methods used to assess psychological parameters.

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Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy

Aubrey H Fine

2019

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The natural behavioural patterns of animals, i.e. how normal and abnormal behaviour might be expressed according to species, environment, human-animal interaction and occupation.

The process that aims at solving problems by correctly identifying the organizational, process, and individual performance levels and how to improve them.

The group behaviour and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Employ a set of organisational techniques and procedures which facilitate the achievement of the goals set. Use these resources efficiently and sustainably, and show flexibility when required.

Contribute to the delivery of coordinated and continuous healthcare.

Direct, control or restrain some or part of an animal's, or a group of animals', movement.

Assess the signs and be well-prepared for a situation that poses an immediate threat to a person's health, security, property or environment.

Use foreign languages for conducting and collaborating in health-related research.

Communicate in foreign languages with healthcare users, their carers, or services providers. Use foreign languages to faciliate patient care according to the needs of the patient.

Make referrals to other professionals, based on the healthcare user's requirements and needs, especially when recognising that additional healthcare diagnostics or interventions are required.

Apply techniques of communication which allow interlocutors to better understand each other and communicate accurately in the transmission of messages.

Assess the competences, needs, and limitations of people affected by trauma, referring the patients to specialised trauma services where appropriate.

Promote good practice and work with compassion to sustain and promote high standards of animal welfare at all times by adapting personal behaviour and managing environmental factors.

Get involved with the friends, families and other relevant actors important for the client or patient being treated, under the conditions of confidentiality and transparency.