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What is Animal-Assisted Therapy? The value of animals in promoting healing and growth is becoming increasingly recognized among professional care providers, clinical practitioners, and educators. Today trained and certified animal/handler teams are used in medical, psychiatric, rehabilitation, and special education facilities throughout the world to provide a medium for assisting individuals where traditional methods fall short. Animal-assisted therapy is goal-oriented, documented, and supervised by health care and education professionals. What makes animal-assisted therapy unique is that animals, not humans, do the real work. Time and again, our four-footed “therapists” have elicited nearly miraculous responses from deeply troubled or abused children, physically traumatized hospital patients, and even those who are terminally ill. About UAATA Frequently Asked Questions Mission Statement What We Value Board and Staff Funding |
