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Volunteering With Your Pet: How to Get Involved in Animal-Assisted Therapy With Any Kind of Pet Hardcover – May 1, 1996

by Mary R. Burch (Author)

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"Dr. Mary Burch's Volunteering With Your Pet is a necessary manual for anyone who wishes to join the growing number of volunteers who are bringing comfort and well-being into therapy settings by supplementing conventional medicine with the healing potential of contact with animals." —Dr. Aaron Katcher, Associate Professor Emeritus Oral Medicine and Psychiatry University of Pennsylvania This is a book for anyone interested in working with their pet to help others: clients in nursing homes, students at all grade levels, people with physical or emotional disabilities—even prisoners. Today there are countless opportunities to use animals as catalysts to better health. Volunteering With Your Pet gives in-depth information on getting started, including how to evaluate your pet and yourself to determine what kind of setting and work in which you'd be best. A section on which pets do what and why has chapters on activities for dogs, cats, horses, farm animals and other critters; another section explains what to expect in various therapeutic settings. Numerous case studies show how you and your pet can make a difference.

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Mary R. Burch, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert in this field. She is a certified behavior analyst who has had her work with therapy fogs featured in US News & World Report, Newsweek and the Reader's Digest. Her first therapy dog was the Delta Society Therapy Animal of the Year in 1992. She was the chairperson for the Delta Society committee to develop standards for therapy dogs and currently lectures on pet therapy in the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: *Howell Book House; 1 edition (May 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0876057911
ISBN-13: 978-0876057919
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches
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Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,541,611 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1673 in Books > Medical Books > Allied Health Professions > Occupational Therapy
- #24391 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Pets & Animal Care

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it was ok

Bykfbon October 20, 2013

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My goal is to volunteer with dyslexic children, adopted a dog specifically to train her for my goal. The book did not mention anything about that. Granted the book is more than 10years old, but still! Very disappointing.
Knowing that would I still have ordered it? I don't know - I get more info from my local pet responsibility group about my goal. Might have to partly wing it to achieve my goal!

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Excellent reference for professionals & volunteers in AAA/T

ByA customeron June 21, 1996

Format: Hardcover

As more people get involved in the field of animal-assisted
activities and animal-assisted therapy (AAA/T), it is
important that references written by experienced, credible
professionals are available to a wide audience. This will
ensure the safety and benefit of all those involved in AAA/T.
This book is just such a reference. It doesn't just apply
to volunteers--health and human service professionals will
also find this book to be an invaluable resource.

I initially picked up the book because I'm familiar with
Mary's work in the field of AAA/T. I found myself reading the
entire book in one evening. A week later, when I was preparing
myself to be a guest on a radio show about AAA/T, the book
became my primary reference and provided some examples.

Particularly helpful are the descriptions of the various
client populations and facilities that a volunteer may visit.
The suggestions for activities for each population and facility
will be useful for the volunteer and professional, alike. Case
studies are provided to illustrate how to apply the recommended
activities.

The safety and enjoyment of the animals that participate
in AAA/T is also addressed, ensuring that they will benefit
from the experience.

Applying the information contained in Mary's book will help
increase the acceptance of AAA/T as an effective tool in the
improvement of the health and lives of the clients who receive
and participate in this method of therapy.

I highly recommend this book.

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