final exam Flashcards
AAA
Animal- Assisted Activities
What is AAA?
- The casual “meet and greet” activities that involve pets visiting people
- The same activity can be repeated with many people at a time.
- Visit times last as long or as short as needed
Does AAA or AAT have specific goals for each visit?
AAT
Are notes necessary in AAA?
no
In AAA or AAT is the process measured?
AAT
AAT
Animal-Assisted Therapy
What is AAT?
- A goal directed intervention in which an animal that meets specific criteria is an integral part of the treatment process.
- Directed by a professional
Guide dogs, leaders dogs or Seeing-eye dogs
used for people with vision impairments
Psychiatric service dog
help individuals with psychiatric disorders
Seizure-alert dog
dogs that have been used to detect the onset of seizures
Service dog
dogs used to assist individuals with mobility impairments
4 basic routes of zoonoses
- Contact: bites, touching a frog that is carrying E. Coli
- Airborne
- Vector born
- Common vehicle route: water, food, etc.
How to prevent zoonoses
- Always wash/disinfect hands after contacting any animal or their food bowls
- Keep food bowls clean
- Up to date vaccines
- Consistent flea and heart worm prevention
- Clean waste area daily
- Prevent dog from drinking contaminated water
- Fecal and blood exams
- Avoid contact with sick animals
Physical benefits of hippotherapy
- Improved muscle symmetry
- Increased balance
- Muscle strength/stability
- Motor skills
Psychological benefits of hippotherapy
- Release of endorphins
- Empowerment
- Stress reduction
- Improved motivation
What are the benefits of animals for mental health and psychoptherapy?
- Animals as social lubricant for therapy
- Animals as catalyst for emotions
- Animals as adjuncts to clinicians (co-therapist)
- Animals as role models
Animals as social lubricant for therapy
- Makes environment feel “safe”
- Sense of comfort
- Helps establish rapport
Animals as catalyst for emotions
- Can elicit range of emotions
- Can display behaviors that would be inappropriate for therapists (client can hold and pet dog for comfort)
Animals as adjuncts to clinicians (co-therapist)
- Animals can reveal childhood abuses
- Can provide context for therapeutic discussion
Animals as role models
- Behavior management and child rearing
- Clinician can model appropriate behavior
- ” Pretend the dog is your mother-in-law”
What decade did the first prison dog training program begin?
1900’s
What are the benefits of prison-dog training programs?
- Less expensive
- Better trained (they have more contact with the dogs)
- Shelter dogs are taken off of “death row”
What is the most important aspect to treatment for drug use?
Therapeutic alliance between client and therapist.
Classical hippotherapy
physical disabilities
Modern hippotherapy
psychological disabilities
