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ANIMAL WELFARE
IN ANIMAL ASSISTED
EDUCATION AND THERAPY
Zofia Pietruczuk & Gabriela Drwiega
Psi Usmiech Charity, Poland
CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE
IN ANIMAL WELFARE? HERE...
...HERE...
...HERE...
...AND HERE?
Animal Assisted Activities (AAA)
1. provides opportunities for motivational, educational
benefits;
2. are delivered in a variety of environments by specially
trained professionals in association with animals that
meet specific criteria;
3. can be repeated with many people, unlike a therapy
program that is tailored to a particular person or medical
condition.
Example of AAA English lesson with dog assistance for kids
from 1 to 3 years old in the nursery provided by our charity.
Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) 1. goal-directed intervention in
which an animal that meets
specific criteria is an integral
part of the treatment process;
2. directed and/or delivered by a
health/human service
professional with specialized
expertise, and within the
scope of practice of their
profession;
3. provided in a variety of
settings and is individual in
nature. This process is
documented and evaluated;
4. designed to promote
improvement in human
physical, emotional, social,
and/or cognitive functioning
[cognitive functioning refers to
thinking and intellectual
skills].
The qualities of good animal
assisted therapist or educator:
1. higher education in the field of health/human service;
2. knowledge about dogs, especially:
behaviour,
dogs dieseses and probability of their transmission on
human,
ways of comunication;
3. skills to plan classes or therapy sessions with dog
assistance.
Where AAA and AAT
can be conducted?
Educational institutions (nurseries,
kindergartens, schools);
Hospitals;
Homes for elderlies;
Therapeutic centers.
CALMING SIGNALS
Discovered and described
by Turid Rugaas from
Norway at the end of last
century.
CALMING SIGNALS
It's a system of the body signals which dogs use to
comunicate with each other , to relieve stress, to calm
down the situation and to avoid conflicts.
There are over 30 described calming signals and the
number is still growing.
Calming signals that you can observe during AAA and
AAT sessions:
Lip licking
Avoiding eye contact
By:
head turning
back,
eyes turning
back,
eyes squinting.
Eyes turning back
http://www.pinger.pl/szukaj/po_tagu?t=dogoterapia
Yawning
Breathing hard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVIaGt4G5Ec
Scientific researches
Scientific researches
Scientific researches in the field of dog's stress in AAA and
AAT and injuries of internal organs are not finished.
Hovever this doesn't give a permission of not humanitarian
treatment the working dogs.
THANK YOU :)
www.psiusmiech.pl