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Therapy Dogs, Compassionate Modalities
Roles and Goals for Therapeutic Environments

 
       

Therapy Dogs: Compassionate Modalities takes its audience beyond warm and fuzzy visits, to interventions that are functional as well as fun. Volunteers, health care providers, and dog trainers will benefit from observing creative exercises that include dogs to meet a variety of clinical goals.

The 46-minute DVD contains an introduction to the important roles (dog, handler, staff) associated with every animal-enhanced intervention. Then, seven vignettes demonstrate therapeutic exercises. After each vignette, two lists appear.

 
   
     

  • The first list identifies the skills demonstrated by the dog(s) in the preceding vignette. The lists of canine skills are intended to help dog trainers and instructors prepare their clients to participate in similar exercises.

  • The second list identifies specific treatment goals. The lists of patient goals are intended to increase human service providers’ awareness of therapeutic possibilities associated with similar animal-enhanced exercises. More than 80 functional goals are identified - goals that might be developed and documented during exercises similar to those presented on the DVD.

  • Important issues that relate to each application are discussed throughout the
    DVD and book.

  • Text information that appears during the DVD is repeated in this book for easy review.

  • Additionally, Kris Butler’s “Points to Ponder” provide bulleted comments and clarification relating to each therapeutic exercise shown throughout the DVD.

  • The book also contains information, identified as “sidebars,” relating to issues that are not addressed, or only cursorily addressed, during the DVD.

Kris Butler brings approximately 900 hours of professional contract service provider’s experience to this project. Her client population has included pediatric and adult patients who have had head injuries, spinal cord injuries, strokes, developmental disabilities, or amputations. She and her dogs have worked with physical, occupational, speech, recreational, and mental health therapists to meet treatment goals

Attention groups! This book and DVD are intended for individual use and normally sell together, as a single unit (ISBN 0-9747793-2-6). However, books without DVDs (ISBN 0-9747793-1-8) can be ordered through the publisher only by individuals or groups who have received permission to use one DVD and extra books for group presentations. Group presentations must include a book for each person in the audience. Contact Funpuddle Publishing Associates for permission and rates at 405 364 7650

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When was the last time you chewed on
any new perspectives regarding therapy dogs??

Therapy Dogs Today
 Their Gifts, Our Obligation

By Kris Butler

with Foreword by Maureen Fredrickson

Chapter   1
 
First Things First
 
Chapter   2
Then and Now
 History, evolution of visiting programs, canine advocacy and assessment procedures
  
 
Chapter   3
Reciprocity
Benefits to community, trainers, handlers, facilities, dogs
  
 
Chapter   4
Roles
Job descriptions: Dog, Handler, Staff, Trainers
  
 
Chapter   5
Canine Proxemics and Kinesics
Recognizing and responding to communication as dogs react to sensory bombardment and interactions with unfamiliar people that take place in their intimate territorial zones     
  
 

Chapter   6
 
Fundamental Behavior
Identifying, assessing specific canine and handler behaviors that enhance or reduce therapeutic/educational value
  
 
Chapter   7
Workforce Principles
Administrative responsibilities, standard elements of behavior prediction and risk reduction policies in workplace settings. Animal-related program trends compared to general workforce management procedures.  

 
Chapter 8  

Balance Matters
Elements of balance between handler and dog as a team. Elements of balance between team and environment. Compensating to achieve and maintain balance; and ethical handler responses when balance is impossible. Additionally, this chapter explores the challenges faced by "dual role handlers" - educators, human service and health care providers who include their dogs in their professional environments. Dual role handlers find themselves on both ends of the balance scale - as handlers and as primary staff. Todays dual roles demand a professional focus, apart from volunteer programs.

  
Chapter 9

Trainers and Instructors
Strategies and general course content to enable instructors to develop training programs that will attract future therapy dog handlers and prepare teams to visit effectively. Specific “how to” training procedures are not discussed; rather “what to include” is emphasized.

  
Chapter 10  

Heroes Every Day
Recognizing, appreciating, celebrating and protecting the gifts thousands of handlers and visiting dogs provide to communities throughout the USA every day.

 
   
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