Animal assisted therapy activities : to motivate and inspire /

"Animal Assisted Therapy Activities to Motivate and Inspire is an excellent resource for pet therapy teams, educators, and therapists. Professionals will benefit from the clearly outlined instructions with educational and clinical application suggestions from Nancy Lind, a pioneer in the area o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lind, Nancy
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lombard, Ill. : PYOW Pub., Ink [sic], [2009]
Subjects:	Animals > Therapeutic use > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Pets > Therapeutic use > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Animals > Psychological aspects. Human-animal relationships > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Animal Assisted Therapy. Bonding, Human-Pet. Pets. Animals, Domestic. Humans.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
The therapy visit
Is your dog a therapy dog?
Where to find training
Your dog is a therapy dog
Visiting etiquette
Be prepared - your bag of tricks
Getting started-basic AAT concepts & activities
Hand signals
AAT activities to motivate
AAT games that motivate
Mastering daily living skills : motivating with AAT
Thinking ahead - going beyond. Other concepts that can be taught with AAT
Only the beginning
Acknowledgments
Appedix : Cognitive activities/games
Appendix : Daily living activities/games
Appendix : Language activities/games
Appendix : Motor activities/games
Appendix : Social activities/games