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Forget Me Not Farm—A Haven for Children and Animals to Bond and Break the Cycle of Abuse
Published in Lori R. Kogan, Phyllis Erdman, Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists, 2021
Animal assisted therapy is not yet recognized as a therapeutic discipline and therefore raises a lot of questions about what it is and who can provide it. When I started this work there were very few education options and online learning was not readily available. Today there are more options. There is a Humane Animal Bond Certification program offered online by the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC) and the Human Animal Bond Research Institute (HABRI) as well as other online programs.
Horticultural therapy, related people–plant programs, and other therapeutic disciplines
Published in Rebecca L. Haller, Karen L. Kennedy, Christine L. Capra, The Profession and Practice of Horticultural Therapy, 2019
Rebecca L. Haller, Karen L. Kennedy
Used in nursing homes, mental health settings, prisons, and hospitals, animal-assisted therapy provides links among the therapist, the client, the animal, and nature in general. Those links assist the client to relax and be more receptive to therapy. Most commonly applied with dogs or horses, animal-assisted therapy is used to address the full range of treatment domains, such as cognitive, psychosocial, and physical.
Creative arts therapies
Published in Hilary McClafferty, Mind–Body Medicine in Clinical Practice, 2018
Animal-assisted therapy is also used in adult inpatient and palliative care settings and has been shown to have a beneficial effect on mood and stress reduction, enhancement of socialization, decreased loneliness, and overall improvement in sense of well-being (Munoz Lasa et al. 2011; MacDonald and Barrett 2016).
The Lived Experience of Human-Pet Relationships among Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Published in Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2022
Leslie H. A. Hamilton, K. Jessica Van Vliet, Gerri Lasiuk, Connie K. Varnhagen
The last HPR related-benefit included pets’ role as a medium for developing skills and knowledge. Pets were said to bolster participants’ skills in the areas of self-expression, emotion regulation, and interpersonal relationships, as well as enhancing knowledge about animals and life. Although this finding is novel to the CSA literature, the role of animals in human learning and skill development is not new. Through animal-assisted therapy (AAT), animals promote emotional expression and insight, facilitate social interaction and arousal reduction, and assist in the development of relational skills (Chandler et al., 2010). If animals, via AAT, are used within the therapeutic environment to assist in skill and knowledge development, it is possible that animals outside of the therapeutic environment may play a similar role. Such possibilities may have significant implications for the treatment of survivors.
Occupational Therapy Interventions in Mental Health: A Literature Review in Search of Evidence
Published in Occupational Therapy in Mental Health, 2019
Bonnie Kirsh, Lori Martin, Jenny Hultqvist, Mona Eklund
Among the most successful interventions is supported employment (SE), individual placement and support (IPS) in particular, which enables vocational skills and competitive employment for individuals with mental illness. SEd also shows promising results for promoting educational development. There is also some support to suggest that other OT interventions in clients’ learning and working environments can promote recovery and reintegration to work or education and that psychoeducational approaches may provide more significant benefits than traditional OT. Research on creative occupations and activity-based interventions shows mixed results, but such interventions seem to benefit adults living with psychiatric illness, particularly when combining this type of OT with usual treatment and medication. The few existing time-use interventions for adults with mental illness show promising outcomes, but more studies with larger study groups are still needed. OT interventions that facilitate skills, habits, and motivation can significantly impact the symptoms and outcomes experienced by adults living with mental illness, including better health. Family-oriented OT interventions may be beneficial when working with young adults with mental illness, and interventions incorporated into community living may help facilitate the attainment of goals and enhancement of life circumstances. Regarding animal-assisted therapy, although appreciated by many individuals living with mental health disorders, no statistically significant effects have been demonstrated.
The education of the occupational therapists in Poland – in the opinion of students who completed the transformed OT programme
Published in World Federation of Occupational Therapists Bulletin, 2018
The basic forms of occupational therapy include: ergotherapy, art therapy, sociotherapy and animal-assisted therapy. Ergotherapy combines such activities as: carpentry, pottery and ceramics, basketry, metal arts, knitting, embroidery, tailoring, leatherworking, gardening, weaving and working on the computer. Sociotherapy includes: play therapy, training in daily living skills and social skills training. Art therapy refers to: visual arts (painting, drawing, sculpture), music therapy, choreotherapy, drama therapy and bibliotherapy. Animal-assisted therapy involves interaction with animals, such as horses, dogs and cats. The acquisition of daily living skills is of great importance for the patients as it enables them to perform their daily routines as independently as possible. However, the above-mentioned forms of therapies hardly take into account the training of daily living skills. The standards of services provided in Poland still differ from global standards, according to which occupational therapy activities are defined as ‘the activities people engage in through their daily lives to fulfill their time and give their life meaning’ (AOTA, 1997, p. 846). Occupational therapists provide services in the facility and no assistance is offered to patients in their home environment.