Animal-Assisted Intervention
Thinking Empirically
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Beschreibung
This book brings the animal into the scholarly discussion of animal-assisted therapy and other interventions. Challenging the current reliance on outcome studies, the author offers a new way of thinking empirically about animal-assisted interventions—analysis of human-animal interaction as a critical component. Through empirical demonstrations from laboratory and applied settings, the book encourages practitioners and scholars to undergo a deeper examination of the basic interactions that occur between clients or patients and therapy animals. Dr. Fournier provides new ideas on measurement, experimentation, and interpretation of human-animal interaction, aimed at identifying the role of the animal in interventions for human health and well-being.
This book brings the animal into the scholarly discussion of animal-assisted therapy and other interventions. Challenging the current reliance on outcome studies, the author offers a new way of thinking empirically about animal-assisted interventions—analysis of human-animal interaction as a critical component. Through empirical demonstrations from laboratory and applied settings, the book encourages practitioners and scholars to undergo a deeper examination of the basic interactions that occur between clients or patients and therapy animals. Dr. Fournier provides new ideas on measurement, experimentation, and interpretation of human-animal interaction, aimed at identifying the role of the animal in interventions for human health and well-being.
Promotes the use of empirical methods in animal practices with a specific focus on animal-assisted intervention Introduces a conceptual model to organize and explain animal-assisted intervention outcomes Centers around deep analysis of the human-animal interaction and the animal's role within animal-assisted interventions
Autor*in
Angela K. Fournier
Themen in »Animal-Assisted Intervention«
Human-Animal Intervention HAI Empirical Methods Equine-Assisted Therapy Psychotherapy Community Health Behavior Anthrozoology Ecopsychology Human-Nature Interaction