Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Theoretical Foundations and Guidelines for Practice | 
 enlarge | Creator: Aubrey H. Fine
Publisher: Academic Press
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 481
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0122564758
Dewey Decimal Number: 615.8515
EAN: 9780122564758
ASIN: 0122564758
Publication Date: February 15, 2000
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Product Description
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy provides a comprehensive overview of the many ways in which animals can be used to assist therapists. Coverage includes how animals can assist specific patient populations (children, the disabled, AIDS patients, etc.), how animals can aid in specific settings (hospitals, prisons, independent practice, etc.), and how professionals can best select appropriate animals (species, breed, and individual temperament) and design an AAT program.
Humans have long had a special bond with animals, initially as work animals, then as pets, and now more frequently as therapeutic companions. Animals help the sick recover more quickly and help the aged live longer and more satisfying lives. Specially trained animals are now helping stroke victims, the handicapped, and others to regain or build lost faculties. Increasingly, animals assist in nonphysical/medical therapies, helping the stressed and angry relax and the shy be more forthcoming.
Contributors represent the top people in the field from hospital settings, vet hospitals, animal training centers, and therapists in practice.
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 A more scholarly text January 7, 2009
A. Percival (Olympia, WA, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
A lot of the new animal-assisted therapy books are pretty lightweight and conversational. This book is written by the most experienced people in the field of animal therapy today. Each chapter has a substantial reference list. If you want to understand the results of real research, with proper citations, this is the book to get. If you are looking for a book on how to train your pet to do therapy visits, this is not it. There are other books for that.
 several species offer theraputic effects on humans February 12, 2007
W Boudville (Terra, Sol 3)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Seeing eye dogs for the blind are the best known example of animal assisted therapy. But this book describes several other cases, that are perhaps not so familiar. Like the theraputic effect on humans of watching a fish tank. Or interacting with chimpanzees. Or, in some instances, with snakes. The book describes how for many people, there is a stress reduction effect of touching these animals.
Other aspects covered in the book include listing stress signs in dogs or cats. As possible warnings that they might not be useful as companions. Another topic is the difference between a child and an adult having a pet companion.
The book is a good guide for those health care professionals seeking to match animals with humans.
 Animal Assisted Therapy November 13, 2006
K. Williams
0 out of 7 found this review helpful
I found it to be a helpful resource. I will probably refer back to it as I continue learning about animal assisted therapy.
Credible, clinical but enjoyable-A Keeper June 26, 2002
Rev. Lindsey Grant (Portland, Oregon USA)
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
This tome features a number of various case study articles on different subjects pertaing to not only animal-assisted therapy, but also to service animals (there is a significant difference). One area (service animals)is for disabled individuals who have an animal-usually a dog-to assist them. The other area is for those interested in Biophilia, how clients benefit from exposure to animals from a therapeutic stance, where handlers bring their animals into long-term facilities, and the like.
I enjoyed this book so much I loaned my copy to a psychiatrist at a neighboring mental health clinc that I know who was conducting a group. She wanted to talk to them about the benefits of service animals for those with mental and emotional disorders, but didn't have the background on the subject. This book was indispensible for her. I plan to add more volumes like it to my library.
Worth the Money March 4, 2002
Barbara Forgue (Ludington, MI United States)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book contains bonafide information to help AAT professionals in everything from forming a practice, zoonotic disease charts, guidelines for AAT in a variety of settings (hospitals, schools etc.), and with a variety of clients to Nature therapy and animal abuse issues.Additionally, it offers information on assessment tools that can be applied to research in this area. It explains different statistical methods and how to use them. This book is a 'must have' reference. It is encouraging to see good literature emerging in this field. As a practitioner in this area, I am encouraged by works like this.
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