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• Aubrey H. Fine is an incredibly well-respected academic in the
field of Human-Animal Interactions and is joint by an expert panel
of experienced editors. • Hugely interdisciplinary will appeal to
students and professionals in the fields of mental health, zoology,
veterinary medicine, biology, social work, history, sociology, and
psychology. • Chapters address several areas within the field,
such as wildlife, animal-assisted interventions, etc., and includes
unique sections on different aspects on the relationships between
people and animals, such as animal abuse, animal rights, and social
justice. • Divided into two parts that covers both principles and
practice of human-animal interactions, interventions, and
anthrozoology. • Genuinely no other comprehensive book on HAI
currently published. • The book is a compilation of chapters and
commentaries bringing together the critical dimensions within the
field and synthesizing the diversity of thoughts in the present
knowledge base. • Written by world-leading experts, the diverse
selection of chapters explore existing research, practice, and
ethical issues on a range of topics pertinent to HAI, including the
perceived benefits (e.g. physical and mental health benefits for
humans) and challenges derived (e.g. environmental encroachment and
animal abuse) from the relationships.
How Animals Help Students Learn summarizes what we know about the
impact of animals in education and synthesizes the thinking of
prominent leaders in research and practice. It's a much-needed
resource for mental-health and education professionals interested
in incorporating animals in school-based environments, one that
evaluates the efficacy of existing programs and helps move the
field toward evidence-based practice. Experts from around the world
provide concrete examples of how animals have been successfully
incorporated into classroom settings to achieve the highest level
of benefit while also ensuring the health and welfare of the
students and animals involved.
How Animals Help Students Learn summarizes what we know about the
impact of animals in education and synthesizes the thinking of
prominent leaders in research and practice. It's a much-needed
resource for mental-health and education professionals interested
in incorporating animals in school-based environments, one that
evaluates the efficacy of existing programs and helps move the
field toward evidence-based practice. Experts from around the world
provide concrete examples of how animals have been successfully
incorporated into classroom settings to achieve the highest level
of benefit while also ensuring the health and welfare of the
students and animals involved.
This is the first book focusing on the animal's perspective and
best practices to ensure the welfare of both therapy animals and
their human counterparts in animal-assisted interventions. Written
by leading scientists, it summarizes the scientific evidence
available concerning the impacts on animals in these settings,
including companion species, horses, marine mammals and other
animals used in therapy. There has been a dramatic increase in the
range of animal-assisted interventions used in medical and allied
health environments in recent years, and the field is now entering
an era with a greater interest in defining the underlying
mechanisms of the human-animal bond as well as the therapeutic
benefits of these interactions. Animal-assisted interventions, as
with other uses of animals by humans, impose a unique set of
stresses on the animals, which the community has only recently
begun to acknowledge. For the field to continue to flourish, more
evidence is needed to shed light on the implications for the
animals and what guidelines need to be put into practice to ensure
welfare. With the ultimate goal of improving the impact that we
have on the animals under our care, the book provides a roadmap for
researchers and clinicians as they attempt to safely and humanely
incorporate various species of animals into therapeutic settings.
The authors also offer instructions and suggestions for areas that
need to be studied more robustly over the next decade to continue
to ensure the safe and proper use of animals in therapy sessions.
This is an informative, thought-provoking and instructive resource
for practitioners and researchers in the field of medicine and
clinical psychology using animal-assisted interventions, as well as
for veterinarians and welfare scientists.
Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for
Animal-Assisted Interventions, Fifth Edition highlights advances in
the field, with seven new chapters and revisions to over 75% of the
material. This book will help therapists discover the benefits of
incorporating animal assisted therapy into their practice, how to
design and implement animal assisted interventions, and the
efficacy of animal assisted therapy with different disorders and
patient populations. Coverage includes the use of AAT with
children, families and the elderly, in counseling and psychotherapy
settings, and for treating a variety of specific disorders.
This book explores the true meaning of achievement in sports:
having fun, developing athletic and social skills, and nurturing a
healthy, positive sense of self-esteem. Drs. Fine and Sachs offer
practical, research-based advice that is bound to enrich the sports
experience as well as life outside of sports for both children and
adults.
Afternoons with Puppy is a heartwarming account of dynamic
relationships and outcomes involving a therapist, his therapy
animals, and his patients, gathered from almost two decades of
ongoing practice. It is a narrative of Dr. Aubrey H. Fine's
experiences and his growing respect for the power of the animals'
effects on his patients and himself. Fine observes that healing is
rarely, if ever, accomplished in isolation. There is always a
reaching out and a connection at the heart of the therapeutic
enterprise. Afternoons with Puppy reveals the ways in which our
bond with animals centers our being. Interacting with an animal, as
simple as having a puppy in your lap gnawing on your thumb, strips
away the unimportant and provides the neutral, primal ground on
which healing and new growth can take place. Afternoons with Puppy
is an emotional journey that will continue long after the last
page.
Practitioners seeking the most current advances in the field of
ADHD and LD must often bridge the gap between research and
practice. The Therapist's Guide to Learning and Attention Disorders
provides that bridge through the authors, who are both researchers
and practitioners with extensive experience in providing direct
services to children and adults with ADHD and LD.
Practitioners are often faced with the choice of reading research
or consulting text that suggest strategies or techniques for
serving children and adults with ADHD that are not base on
research. This book provides practitioners a translation of
research to practice in one source.
This book provides practical forms, illustrations, and rating
scales that can be readily incorporated into practice. The last
chapter takes a fascinating look into the role of various
practitioners twenty years into the future.
* Contains innovative strategies for assessment of ADHD and
LD
* Provides practical and useful illustrations, forms, and rating
scales for use in practice
* Provides discussions of future practice and developments in the
field of ADHD and LD
* Presents case studies illustrating best practices
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