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Animal Assisted Therapy
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Benefits and Goals
-Canadian
Foundation for Animal Assisted Support Services
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Reduce a sense of
isolation and creates a human-animal bond of mutual acceptance
Specific
goals can be established while working with other professionals such as:
Application:
Emotionally: Animals help lift a person's mood. They give people something to focus on outside of themselves.People who are sick, lonely, feeling down and even depressed will often respond to an animal offering genuine affection and unconditional love. Responses might include smiles, eye-contact, physical touch (reaching out, petting and stroking), and communication.Severely sick or depressed individuals may also show increased awareness, attention span and interest in the world around them.Physically: Touching and interacting with animals can help lower a person's blood pressure and provide stress relief. People with pets also have longer life spans and suffer from less depression.What makes Pet Therapy work?
These animals are non-threatening, non-judgmental.
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