Jonathan Jordan – Animal-Assist Interventions

You will also discover very practical information and resources to help you implement your own animal-Assistance in Interventions

Jonathan Jordan – Animal-Assist Interventions

An Overview

• Human-Animal emotional bond
• Service animal vs. therapy animal
• Animal-Animal assisted therapy vs. assisted therapy-Assistance
• Handler vs. Therapist

Mindfulness in Animals and Human Brains

• The neuroscience of the person-Animal bond
• Why zebras don’t get ulcers
• Animal-Assistance without an animal

The Legal Landscape

• Four federal laws have an effect on animals-Assistive interventions
• Client rights and when an animal should not be involved
• Informed consent

Interventions Goals for Treatment

• Issues pertaining to occupational and physical health
  • Fine and gross motor skills
  • Standing balance
  • Sensory processing
• Mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders
  • Depression, anxiety, and PTSD
  • Self and loneliness-Value
  • Autism spectrum disorder
• Speech-Language and learning difficulties
  • Dyslexia and learning difficulties
  • Vocabulary enhancement
  • Verbal interactions should be increased

Animal components-Assisted Intervention

• How to approach clients
• Interaction techniques between client and animal
• Closure, documentation

Do you have evidence?-Based Research and Outcomes

• Animals respond well to disorders-Assistive interventions
• Autism spectrum disorders
• ADHD and related educational issues for children
• Speech and language disorders
• Geriatric and stroke issues
• Anxiety and Depression
• PTSD
• There are many benefits to owning a companion dog

Start Your Own Animal-Assistance Program

• Qualifications and characteristics of animals
• Caring for and preparing the animal
• If the animal displays signs of stress or agitation
• Resources and organizations for starting an animal-Program for assisted living

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Description:

• ​Neuroscience for the human-Animal emotional bond
• Federal laws that protect your clients’ rights
• Create your own animal-Program for assisted living
• Interventions and treatment goals for:
  • Depression, anxiety, and PTSD
  • Mental and behavioral disorders
  • Issues pertaining to occupational and physical health
  • Speech-Language and learning disabilities
  • Autistic Spectrum Disorder

This seminar is designed to help you discover how incorporating animals into your professional activities can greatly improve client outcomes in a surprisingly broad range of areas, including:

• Reduce stress and anxiety levels and lower blood pressure
• Feelings of depression and loneliness are less common
• Aid people suffering from agoraphobia
• Recovering from strokes, improve sensory recognition
• People who are dealing with trauma can get support
• Children with learning disabilities can be helped

You will be given specific examples of the animal you are receiving-A variety of functional areas can be assisted in therapeutic goals. This seminar also includes the latest research outcomes, solid foundational knowledge about the human-Uplifting the emotional bonds between animals and people-To-date information about relevant laws. You will also discover very practical information and resources to help you implement your own animal-Assistance in Interventions