The use of animals in clinical psychology, including goals, methods, and results.
Focus is on training, information, and certification for pet therapy. Discusses other "expressive therapies." Offers regular continuing education workshops. Charleston, South Carolina.
Pet therapy animals and handlers certified by Delta Society visit health care facilities in Lincoln, Nebraska. How to participate.
The loneliness of the terminally ill and elderly is relieved by visits from approved dogs. The health benefits of pets. Over 4500 volunteers in the United Kingdom.
General Tso Lee, a Jack Russell-Shih Tzu mix, is a pet therapy dog at Vassar Brothers and St Francis Hospitals. Picture shows "The General" visiting a cancer patient. Article explains what visiting dogs do and how they are tested to qualify. [Poughkeepsie Journal Online]
A national registrar. Training and screening for people who want to visit hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities with their animals.
The club schedules dogs to visit many nursing homes, several hospitals, and other organizations every month. Their therapy dogs have passed a Therapy Dogs International version of the AKC's Canine Good Citizen test. Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Cats and kittens trained for handicapped persons. Companion kittens selected according to personality for a client's needs.
Fidos for Freedom is a volunteer assistance dog training organization in Baltimore. Includes information about volunteering, and service, hearing and therapy dogs.
Companions for disabled and others in need of the stimulation that pets can provide. Offers program description and contacts. Orange County, CA.
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