protocol Animal-Assisted Therapy
Mohammad Tahan
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Abstract
Human-animal interactions are considered as being valuable and beneficial for the psychological health. Recently Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) has been included for client-therapist interaction.
Steps
Animal-Assisted Therapy
Session one Introduction, briefing, primary assessing and introduction to the course
Session two Giving an introduction about animals and their specific characteristics
Session three Taking children to the place that animals were kept
Session four Spending time in the place that animals were kept, talking about them and how to communicate with them
Session five Convincing children to come closer and touch and pet them
Session six Playing with animal and feeding them
Session seven Participation in activities like washing and feeding the animals
Session eight Summarizing, giving feedback, and post-test
