Therapet Foundation offers educational seminars, books and videos highlighting one of the most advanced AAT programs in the country. Animals work in ICU, CCU, Rehab, Hospice, Psychiatric Prisons. Director is Occupational Therapist with over 20 years experiance.
Get a traditional chinese medicine consultation and tailor made herbal formula to treat your pet's health problem.Learn more about Horse & animal Acupuncture and preventing sickness in your pet.
A community group committed to helping people care for their pets.
Pet therapy links, pet therapy products, and pet therapy resource for use in nursing homes and long term care facilities by activity coordinators and recreation therapists.
AR-News (NJ - US) Professor pups Therapy dogs lend a paw to children learning to read
Therapy dogs lend a paw to children learning to read. The dogs don't rush the kids or interrupt them. Princeton and central New Jersey.
German Shepherds in Cape Town
General information about German Shepherd Dogs
Nikie
Nikie and his handler enabled hundreds of construction laborers and rescue workers to talk about the extraordinary stress of working at ground zero.
Therapet Animal Assisted Therapy Foundation Health Healing Rehabilitation Dog Training
Therapet Animal Assisted Therapy Foundation - rehabilitation and healing with dogs and paws
Therapy dog caregivers - Crisis Response Program
When tragedy and people are gathered together in their grief, the simple act of petting a dog can give comfort that no words can offer. By Caring Canines, Boston.
Therapy Dog Eases Tennessee Tornado Anxieties
Story of a gentle golden retriever that helps victims of disasters to recover emotionally. [American Red Cross]
Therapy Dog Page
Lyn Richards talks about the requirements for a good therapy dog. From her DogLogic.com site.
Therapy Dog Training Animal Assisted Therapy Dog Trainer Sirius Healing Seattle Washington - Welcome
Therapy Dog Training Animal Assisted Therapy Dog Trainer Sirius Healing Seattle Washington
TherapyPets
Non-profit promotes animal assisted therapy. Benefits both the volunteer and those visited. Oakland, California.
Toledo K9 Mash - Home Page
Members visit hospitals and nursing homes giving comfort and companionship to children and adults. Use of therapy dogs, contact, calendar, and pictures. Affiliate of Therapy Dogs International
Utah Animal Assisted Therapy Association
UAATA PAWS is a non-profit organization based in Salt Lake City dedicated to bringing comfort, love and hope to those in need through the miracle of the human-animal bond. UAATA PAWS specializes in animal assisted therapy applications in physical therap
Welcome to Dog B.O.N.E.S.
A network of Massachusetts therapy dog volunteers. How to get involved. Getting your dog certified. Links to sites in Massachusetts seeking therapy dog visits.
What is Animal Assisted Therapy?
Crossroads Group Home uses an Animal Assisted Therapy program stressing the benefits of animals and birds of many varieties to its residents.
News, Weather, and Sports for Albany, Valdosta, and Thomasville, from WALB. Leading the way for South Georgia. - Inmates get therapy from pets
Pet Therapy program at Autry State Prison, Georgia. Visits by dogs relieve depression and teach responsibility. Almost 400 of the 1500 inmates participate. [WALB-TV]
News-Register.com
A corgi named Fezziwig spends days helping students with his owner, an elementary school counselor. [NewsRegister, McMinville, OR]
North Star Dogs - We help children find their way. Dogs and special needskids. Dog training and placement.
A nonprofit that breeds, trains, and places golden retrievers with children who have developmental disabilities, autism, physical challenges, or emotional problems.
OregonLive.com Everything Oregon
The Beaverton City Library's "Read to the Dogs" program aims to encourage reluctant readers. The relaxed atmosphere encourages children to read. [The Oregonian]
Paws With A Purpose Home Page
Non-profit pet therapy organization in Asheville North Carolina provides dogs to schools, hospitals, and retirement homes.
Personal Ponies Ltd.
A unique non-profit organization dedicated to providing children with special needs with a Miniature Shetland Pony to love and care for completely without charge.
Pet Therapy, Inc.
An active Pet Therapy program that brings dogs and young people to visit residents of nursing homes in the Sarasota, Venice, and Brandenton area of Florida.
Pet Therapy, therapeutic use of Pets, Pets and Stress Relief, Pets for Relaxation, pets and cancer, holisticonline.com
Therapeutic use of pets for a wide variety of patients. Animals provide comfort and bring out our nurturing instinct. They make us feel safe and unconditionally accepted. We can just be ourselves.
Pets on Wheels
A pet visitation therapy program serving some 16 health care centers in Scottsdale, AZ. The benefits of visits. How to start a similar program. Some members teach pet care to second graders.
Prison Pet Partnership Program
Inmates at a correctional facility for women learn how to train, groom, and board dogs within the prison walls. A feeling of satisfaction directly contributes to the mental and physical wellness of all who are involved.
Reading to the animals (November 29, 2002)
This library program uses dogs as listeners. Kids gain skills reading out loud. One child even read in Chinese. [Pleasanton Weekly]
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Levi, Rascal, and Magie and their owners are part of (HABIT) Human Animal Bond in Tennessee. They visit nursing homes in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. [Oak Ridger Online]
Rottweilers can be friends, therapy dogs, too
An entertaining article about a rescued Rottweiler with a new and rewarding job. [Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]
Rover
For children who struggle with reading aloud in a group. Dogs offer a calm accepting presence for the children to practice. Pictures. In the New Orleans area.
Service Dogs For Victims Of Assault
It is the goal of Service Dogs for Victims of Assault (SDVA) to make this website a safe, informative place where you can learn about service dogs as a therapeutic aid for victims of assault who suffer from a disability covered under the Americans with D
SIT STAY READ! - About SIT STAY READ!
Improves literacy skills and fosters a love of animals by partnering reading assistance dogs with children. Includes training and testing for pet and handler. How it works in Chicago. [May not work for all browsers.]
Social Pet Therapy
Their social pet therapy program includes training and qualification for volunteers and their animals. Phoenix, Arizona.
Tails of Joy, Inc., Animal Assisted Therapy, Connecticut
Tails of Joy, Inc is an Animal Assisted Therapy group whose members provide therapy visits with dogs and other animals throughout Connecticut.
OregonLive.com Everything Oregon
The Beaverton City Library's "Read to the Dogs" program aims to encourage reluctant readers. The relaxed atmosphere encourages children to read. [The Oregonian]
ERIC - Education Resources Information Center
The use of animals in clinical psychology, including goals, methods, and results.
OregonLive.com Everything Oregon
The Beaverton City Library's "Read to the Dogs" program aims to encourage reluctant readers. The relaxed atmosphere encourages children to read. [The Oregonian]
OregonLive.com Everything Oregon
The Beaverton City Library's "Read to the Dogs" program aims to encourage reluctant readers. The relaxed atmosphere encourages children to read. [The Oregonian]
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A Belgian Tervuren puppy named Shadow visits his senior citizen friends weekly. Site includes photographs, stories, links and animal assisted therapy resources.
http //www.healingpawsandclaws.org/
Promotes human health using the human-animal relationship and then the human-natural world relationship. An affiliate of Delta Society in Blackstone, Virginia.
http //www.helpinghounds.org/
Using animals to improve the quality of life at all levels by visiting health care facilities and participating in research, education and art.
http://www.hartprograms.com/
Therapeutic program designed to educate handlers in psychological and relational concepts to enhance their ability as animal assisted therapy facilitators. Mahopac (Hudson Valley) New York.
Intermountain Therapy Animals, animal-assisted therapy specialists
A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization specializing in animal-assisted therapy in the areas of physical, occupational, speech and psychotherapies.
National Capital Therapy Dogs, Inc.
Welcome to the web site for National Capital Therapy Dogs, Inc. (NCTD). Our friends call us The Caring Canines.
American Chesapeake Club Therapy Dogs
Advice, contacts, and links. Selection and training of the animal for pet therapy work.
Animal Assisted Activities Program
The mission of Helping Paws is to further the independence of individuals with physical disabilities through the use of service dogs.
Animal-Assisted Therapy + Activities
The definitive guide to resources about pet therapy, Distance Learning (online) courses, and the links between animal abuse, domestic violence and child abuse.
Apply to the Dog Visitation Program, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Through the Dog Visitation Program at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, volunteer handlers and their dogs visit hospitalized patients as a form of pet therapy.
Caring Critters Homepage
People and their animals participate in Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) activities. Over 200 volunteers visit over 20 facilities in the greater Houston area. A non-profit organization.
