Animal-Assisted Interventions and Social Work Practice
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8261-2692-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first textbook to focus specifically on animal-assisted interventions with a social work theoretical orientation.
Animals can be used to assist social work practitioners in engaging hard-to-reach clients, promoting behavioral and cognitive changes, inducing a sense of well-being, and fostering social skills development with specific populations. This book offers a unique social work perspective on issues related to animal-assisted interventions (AAI) at both the micro and macro level of practice. Readers will learn about mainstream clinical practices that utilize animals in a therapeutic setting as well as how AAI can be used by social workers to address the needs of vulnerable and at-risk populations.
Animals can be used to assist social work practitioners in engaging hard-to-reach clients, promoting behavioral and cognitive changes, inducing a sense of well-being, and fostering social skills development with specific populations. This book offers a unique social work perspective on issues related to animal-assisted interventions (AAI) at both the micro and macro level of practice. Readers will learn about mainstream clinical practices that utilize animals in a therapeutic setting as well as how AAI can be used by social workers to address the needs of vulnerable and at-risk populations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
525 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8261-2692-4 (9780826126924)
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Content
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Overview of Animal-Assisted Interventions and Social Work Practice
Chapter 2: Ethics and Animal Welfare
Chapter 3: Legal Considerations
Part II: Mapping the Landscape of Animal-Assisted Interventions in Social Work
Chapter 4: Animals and Services to Children and Youth
Chapter 5: Animals and Services to Prisoners
Chapter 6: Animals and Services to the Disabled
Chapter 7: Animals and Services to Victims of Domestic Violence
Chapter 8: Animals and Services in Schools
Chapter 9: Animals and Services to the Elderly
Part III: Case Studies of Animal-Assisted Interventions in Social Work Contexts
Chapter 10: Equine-Assisted Therapy
Chapter 11: Pet Therapy
Chapter 12: Small Animal Therapy in School Settings
Chapter 13: Hospital and Health Care Settings
Chapter 14: "Cell Dogs" in Prisons
Chapter 15: Domestic Violence and Animals
Chapter 16: Coalition Building Between Animal Abuse Prevention and Child Abuse Prevention
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 17: Challenged for the Field of Social Work and Animal-Assisted Interventions
Chapter 18: Future Directions
Appendix: Training and Education
Chapter 1: Overview of Animal-Assisted Interventions and Social Work Practice
Chapter 2: Ethics and Animal Welfare
Chapter 3: Legal Considerations
Part II: Mapping the Landscape of Animal-Assisted Interventions in Social Work
Chapter 4: Animals and Services to Children and Youth
Chapter 5: Animals and Services to Prisoners
Chapter 6: Animals and Services to the Disabled
Chapter 7: Animals and Services to Victims of Domestic Violence
Chapter 8: Animals and Services in Schools
Chapter 9: Animals and Services to the Elderly
Part III: Case Studies of Animal-Assisted Interventions in Social Work Contexts
Chapter 10: Equine-Assisted Therapy
Chapter 11: Pet Therapy
Chapter 12: Small Animal Therapy in School Settings
Chapter 13: Hospital and Health Care Settings
Chapter 14: "Cell Dogs" in Prisons
Chapter 15: Domestic Violence and Animals
Chapter 16: Coalition Building Between Animal Abuse Prevention and Child Abuse Prevention
Part IV: Conclusion
Chapter 17: Challenged for the Field of Social Work and Animal-Assisted Interventions
Chapter 18: Future Directions
Appendix: Training and Education