The human–animal bond and animal-assisted intervention

2018 ◽  
pp. 132-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aubrey H. Fine ◽  
Shawna J. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Animal Assisted Therapy ◽  
Theoretical Justification ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Animal Assisted Intervention ◽  
Bond Phenomenon

Animal-assisted interventions (AAI) are increasing in mental and physical healthcare and education. These interventions include a range of structures and objectives. AAI is the umbrella term that includes the practice of animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and animal-assisted education (AAE). The interventions are developed on the premise that humans are inherently inclined to bond with other species, known as the human–animal bond. While empirical research on AAI continues to develop, related fields are contributing to its theoretical justification, including theories that support the human–animal bond phenomenon. This chapter introduces both AAI and its supporting theories, and describes best practices in this developing field.

scholarly journals Animal assisted therapy and occupational therapy

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 85
Author(s):  
Paraskevi Vakrinou ◽  
Ioanna Tzonichaki
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Treatment Process ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Animal Assisted Therapy ◽  
Therapeutic Tool ◽  
Complementary Method ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Pre Treatment

The therapeutic relationship between the therapist and the client is considered as a primarily goal for treatment and a significant factor for the programme success. In recent years, the scientific community has brought to light more and more findings concerning the human-animal bond. Many therapists are already incorporating Animal Assisted Therapy into their program as a complementary method. The Occupational Therapist, by introducing an animal to his sessions and using it as a therapeutic tool to achieve communicative, motor, mental, emotional and sensory goals can greatly benefit the patient. Scientific studies should be carried out in Greece in order to draw conclusions that will help all members of the interdisciplinary team to integrate an animal into the pre-treatment process taking into account factors that affect both one's health and ethical use of the animal. 

A Longitudinal Study of the Human-animal Bond as Described in Childrens' Literature

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara R. Staats ◽  
Elizabeth Caldwell ◽  
William Mcelhaney ◽  
Lance Garmon ◽  
Tyra Ross ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal

Accident before Love

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon P. Holland
Keyword(s):  
Personal Reflection ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Historical Figure ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Historical Moment

Holland’s essay is part theory, part personal reflection, and thoroughly poetic in its engagement with Dave the Potter as both a historical figure, to be read and reflected upon, and as a provocation to interrogate the boundaries of our own historical moment. Holland’s brief essay touches on historical appropriation and the porosity of the human-animal bond. The essay begins by enclosing its writer within a typically anonymous space of academic prose, but then moves beyond academic conventions to perform transformations associated with Dave the Potter, whose troubling of the boundaries between life and death, human and animal Holland elucidates, examines, and contextualizes.

scholarly journals Love, fear, and the human-animal bond: On adversity and multispecies relationships

2021 ◽  
pp. 100071
Author(s):  
Jennifer W. Applebaum ◽  
Evan L. MacLean ◽  
Shelby E. McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal

Canine Rescue as a Social Movement: The Politics of Love

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 670-687
Author(s):  
Anna L. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
Animal Rights ◽  
Animal Advocacy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Nonhuman Animals ◽  
Political Approach ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Politics Of Love

Abstract Canine rescue is a growing movement that affects the lives of tens of thousands of nonhuman animals and people every year. Rescue is noteworthy not only for its numbers, but also because it challenges common understandings of animal advocacy. Popular accounts often portray work on behalf of animals as sentimental, individualistic, and apolitical. In fact, work on behalf of animals has always been political, in multiple ways. It is characterized both by internal political tensions, especially between animal rights and welfare positions, and by complex relations to the broader public sphere. I analyze canine rescue, with a focus on pit bull rescue, to show that an important segment of canine rescue movements adopts an explicitly political approach which blurs the divide between rights and welfare, addresses the social context of the human-animal bond, and links animal advocacy to social justice.

Dimensions of the Human–Animal Bond and Evacuation Decisions among Pet Owners during Hurricane Ike

Anthrozoös ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Brackenridge ◽  
Lisa K. Zottarelli ◽  
Erin Rider ◽  
Bev Carlsen-Landy
Keyword(s):  
Hurricane Ike ◽  
Pet Owners ◽  
Human Animal Bond ◽  
Human Animal
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