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§ OCCUPATION · GLOBAL STANDARDS

animal assisted therapist

Animal assisted therapists provide support to individuals with cognitive, motoric, or social-emotional disabilities through animal assisted intervention.

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Description

Animal assisted therapists provide support to individuals with cognitive, motoric, or social-emotional disabilities through animal assisted intervention. They involve pets and domesticated animals in a specific intervention plan such as therapy, education, and human service, and aim to restore and maintain the patients` well-being and recovery.

Theoretical Knowledge
ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required
assistive instrumentsanimal therapy
OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit
palliative careperformance diagnosissociologyhuman psychological developmentevaluation of psychological performancebehavioural therapyanimal behaviour
Practical Skills
ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences
interact with healthcare usersassess the patient's therapeutic needsselect therapy animalsprovide health educationinstruct animals for therapy purposesdevelop a collaborative therapeutic relationshiplisten activelyrecruit animal handlersmaintain healthcare user data confidentiality
OPTIONALOptional competences
contribute to continuity of health carehandle patient traumarespond to changing situations in health carecontrol animal movementwork with healthcare users' social networkuse foreign languages for health-related researchuse foreign languages in patient caredeal with emergency care situationsuse communication techniquesrefer healthcare usersapply organisational techniquespromote animal welfare

GLOBAL RESOURCE

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SKILLS OVERVIEW

30 total
11 essential · 19 optional

Data Source: Unified Global Standards (ISCED, ISCO, O*NET, ESCO)

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