Global Best Practices in Applying AAIs: Snapshots of Unique Programs

Ken Gorczyca; Efrat Nofech-Kanari; Gabi Shani; Nancy R. Gee; John Tyler Binfet; Freya L.L. Green; Patricia Flaherty-Fischette; Amy Johnson Binder; Karin Hediger; Miyako Kinoshita; Phoebe Yam; Melissa Winkle; Grace Rath; Colleen Anne Dell; Timothy Kang; Darlene Chalmers; Christine Olsen; Alison Leslie; Jessica Hill; Patricia Pendry

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Global Best Practices in Applying AAIs: Snapshots of Unique Programs

Ken Gorczyca, Efrat Nofech-Kanari, Gabi Shani, Nancy R. Gee, John Tyler Binfet, Freya L.L. Green, Patricia Flaherty-Fischette, Amy Johnson Binder, Karin Hediger, Miyako Kinoshita, Phoebe Yam, Melissa Winkle, Grace Rath, Colleen Anne Dell, Timothy Kang, Darlene Chalmers, Christine Olsen, Alison Leslie, Jessica Hill, Patricia Pendry

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This chapter presents various animal-assited intervention (AAI) programs taking place across the globe. It consists of 14 distinct snapshots of innovative programs and initiatives that reflect the field's best practices. Discovering the ways in which professionals around the world have created and maintained programs to meet the needs of diverse clients can serve as motivation and models for others who desire to bring human-animal interaction to their vocations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy
Subtitle of host publication	Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions
Editors	Aubrey H. Fine, Megan K. Mueller, Zenithson Y. Ng, Taylor Chastain Griffin, Philip Tedeschi
Publisher	Elsevier
Chapter	28
Pages	449-488
Number of pages	40
Edition	6
ISBN (Print)	9780443223471, 9780443223464
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-22346-4.00028-7
Publication status	Published - 2025

Keywords

Animal-assisted interventions
Animal-assisted therapy
Human-animal interaction
Therapy animals

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Gorczyca, K., Nofech-Kanari, E., Shani, G., Gee, N. R., Binfet, J. T., Green, F. L. L., Flaherty-Fischette, P., Binder, A. J., Hediger, K., Kinoshita, M., Yam, P., Winkle, M., Rath, G., Dell, C. A., Kang, T., Chalmers, D., Olsen, C., Leslie, A., Hill, J., & Pendry, P. (2025). Global Best Practices in Applying AAIs: Snapshots of Unique Programs. In A. H. Fine, M. K. Mueller, Z. Y. Ng, T. C. Griffin, & P. Tedeschi (Eds.), Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions (6 ed., pp. 449-488). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-22346-4.00028-7

Gorczyca, Ken ; Nofech-Kanari, Efrat ; Shani, Gabi et al. / Global Best Practices in Applying AAIs : Snapshots of Unique Programs. Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy: Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions. editor / Aubrey H. Fine ; Megan K. Mueller ; Zenithson Y. Ng ; Taylor Chastain Griffin ; Philip Tedeschi. 6. ed. Elsevier, 2025. pp. 449-488

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