Animal Assisted Therapy Resources

Books Burch, Mary R., PhD, Volunteering with Your Pet: How to Get Involved in Animal-Assisted Therapy with Any Kind of Pet (Howell, 1996). 209pp, glossary, black-and-white photos. Curtis, Patricia, Animal Partners: Training Animals to Help People (Lodestar, 1982). 129pp, index, black-and-white photos.  Note: out of print, but well worth searching for in your library. Cusack, Odean and Elaine Smith, Pets and the Elderly: The Therapeutic Bond (Haworth Press, 1984). 257pp, index, black-and-white photos, assessment procedures and questionnaires.

Davis, Kathy Diamond, Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others (Howell, 1992). 212pp, black-and-white photos. Note: this book has lots of tips for the kind of training that you won't find in classes. Palika, Liz, Love on a Leash: Giving Joy to Others Through Pet Therapy (Alpine, 1996). PB, 162pp, black-and-white photos, bibliography, resource list.   NOTE: look for the Revised Edition

On-Line Information & Resources

Paws for Friendship, Inc. Students Training Animals: Role Therapy Rottweilers can be Friends, Therapy Dogs Difference between Service & Therapy Animals Furry Friends Pet Assisted Therapy Services Meet Meyer the Therapy Cat An Experience to Remember How to select a Therapy Cat McDee Labradors Pet Therapy Hank & Susan Ð therapy team Pets are Wonderful Support Bark Avenue -  Minneapolis/St. Paul Pet Therapy Crossroads Group Home Animal Assisted Therapy Equine Therapy

Therapy Dogs International Delta Society Pet Partners Program Therapy Dogs, Inc. Animal Assisted Therapy Therapy Dogs Animal Facilitated Therapy Therapy Dog Training Program Intermountain Therapy Animals Dogs as Medicine - (humorous) Dolphins Plus Dreamworkers, Inc. MapleSugar Fields therapy dogs Fidos for Freedom, Inc. Chenny Troupe Therapet

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