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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. We are the only Delta Society affiliate in Utah, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with no physical office, one paid employee with several committed volunteer staff members to train, mentor and support animal-assisted therapy teams. We are grateful for any donation to support our mission. Financial support can be done in several ways: 1) Mail a donation:
3) Contribute through the use of your Albertson's Preferred Savings Card - see instructions on the "Friends" page of this website. | |
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