| Category: |
Seminar |
| Description: |
This informative and interactive seminar provides an array of animal-assisted interventions and clinical techniques that will greatly improve your client outcomes in a broad range of areas, including:
Reduce stress and anxiety levels and lower blood pressure
Lessen feelings of loneliness and depression
Help people suffering from agoraphobia
Improve sensory recognition in people recovering from a stroke
Support people dealing with trauma
Help children with learning disabilities
You will learn specific examples of animal-assisted therapeutic goals in a variety of functional areas. This seminar also includes the latest research outcomes, solid foundational knowledge about the human-animal emotional bond and up-to-date information about relevant laws. You will also discover very practical information and resources to help you implement your own animal-assisted interventions.
Objectives:
Explain the difference between a therapy animal and a service animal.
Identify evidence-based research outcomes regarding animal-assisted interventions.
List at least five disorders that can be addressed with animal-assisted interventions.
Outline the three components of an animal-assisted intervention.
Know at least three federal laws that impact animal-assisted interventions.
List five desirable qualifications and/or characteristics of a therapy animal. |
| When: |
Friday 23 January, 2015, 1:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST |
| Where: |
Sheraton Providence Airport Hotel Warwick, Rhode Island |
| Website: |
https://www.pesi.com/search/detail/index.aspx?sessionid=&eventid=31404 |
| Registration Deadline: |
1/3/2015 |
| Tags: |
- Animal-assisted interventions
- Animal-assisted therapies
- Human-animal bond
- therapeutic effects
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