Animal Assisted Therapy Gets Wild
I know we often focus on dogs, cats, and the occasional goat when talking about animal assisted therapy and activities. For World Animal Day, however, we’re going to switch gears a little bit. We’ve briefly touched on the fact that wildlife helps with animal assisted therapy with the assistance of licensed therapists, but today we’re […]
Animals Helping Humans, Part 4: Wildlife
We have previously covered popular animals helping humans such as dogs, cats, and horses and the parts they play in animal assisted therapy and activity (AAT and AAA, respectively). Now we delve into more unconventional therapy animals: elephants, dolphins, parrots, and alpacas. Elephants are widely revered for their intelligence and friendliness, so they are popular […]
Where did Dolphin Assisted Therapy Get Its Start
Many people come back from their Hawaiian vacations excitedly telling a story of how they swam with dolphins, mentioning how relaxing and amazing it was. However, swimming with dolphins can be more than just a great anecdote from a fun trip. This type of therapy is typically utilized on patients who suffer from Down syndrome, […]