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Communications 1010
Therapy Animals & How they help humans
Public PresentationMartina Nelson
Professor JohnstonS.L.C.C.
Spring Semester, 2013
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Intermountain Therapy Dogs
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WHAT IS A THERAPY ANIMAL?
A therapy animal is part of a volunteer Team: he and his human/owner work together.
They visit hospitals, nursing homes, schools, & traumatic event scenes (Connecticut school shooting).
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TYPES OF THERAPY ANIMALS
Most therapy animals are dogs
But some are:
• Horses• Cats• Birds• Dolphins
Kathy with Billy Biddle, ITA therapy horse
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WHAT MAKES A PET OWNER A GOOD THERAPY TEAM CANDIDATE?
My Credentials:Therapy: Animal Assisted Activity CertifiedObedience: Dog obedience titlesDog show ring: Dog Obedience Judge’s StewardEmpathy/Good judgment in sensitive situations
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WHAT MAKES A DOG A GOOD THERAPY DOG CANDIDATE?
My Credentials:Animal Assisted Activity CertifiedDog obedience titlesDog Obedience Judge’s Steward
Dog’s Credentials:Calm temperament
Excellent health & energyObedience trained
Good cleanliness/grooming
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WHAT MAKES A TEAM SAFE?
Insurance!
“ITA has never had a single claim, due to our intense
screening and training efforts.”
Kathy Klotz, ITA
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Animal Assisted Therapy: intricately involved in PT situations
Animal Assisted Activity: more casual visitation with no PT regimen
TWO MAIN TYPES OF THERAPY ANIMALS
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WHO DO THERAPY ANIMALS HELP?
• Patients
• Nursing staff
• Families of patients
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WHO DO THERAPY ANIMALS HELP?
Kids with reading disabilities: R.E.A.D.(Reading Education Assistance Dogs)
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• Gives a sense of normalcy to an otherwise unfamiliar place
• Quicker recovery time, pain management, more enthusiastic Physical Therapy participation (Marcus study on Pain Management)
BENEFITS OF THERAPY ANIMALS
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For patients with psychotic disorders, those who participated in AAT had twice the reduction in anxiety scores as those who
participated in some other form of recreational activity.
(Barker study, 1998)
ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY WORKS
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ITA is a non-profit organization that trains, certifies, and insures volunteer animal therapy teams in the intermountain Western United States.
WHAT IS INTERMOUNTAIN THERAPY ANIMALS?
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For more information, go to: www. therapyanimals.orgOr Google: Intermountain Therapy Animals
RESOURCES
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INTERMOUNTAIN THERAPY ANIMALS:PETS HELPING PEOPLE
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Barker & Dawson 1998, pp. 797–801. Psychotic patients show twice the improvement with AAT vs. other recreational activities.
Klotz, Kathy, Executive Director Intermountain Therapy Animals. Personal Interview, May 02, 2013, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Marcus, Dawn; Berstein. C., Constantin. J.M., Kunkel F.A., Breuer P., & Hanlon R., (2012). "Animal-assisted therapy at an Outpatient Pain management clinic". Pain Medicine 13 (1): 45–57
CITATIONS
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME!