animal-assisted therapy , AAT (abbreviation)

Animal-assisted therapy can make a significant impact on the lives of such children".

Hospital seeks animals that can join its new animal-assisted therapy program.

The program uses animal-assisted therapy to benefit people with mental and physical disabilities.

Animal-assisted therapy is a new field with ancient roots.

Animal-assisted therapy is designed to improve a patient's social, emotional, or cognitive functioning.

Other research has revealed the calming effects of pets, which are used in animal-assisted therapy programs.

A dog trainer and behavioral consultant, she has practiced animal-assisted therapy for 10 years.

The episode ends with a scene of the mental patients engaged in some animal-assisted therapy outdoors.

Maybe the same methodological problems occur here, as well as in research about animal-assisted therapy.

The farm uses horses for animal-assisted therapy for children and adults.

Dolphins are an increasingly popular choice of animal-assisted therapy for psychological problems and developmental disabilities.

Animals have been used in supporting human health through pet therapy or animal-assisted therapy.

Then a year ago, the state revamped its rules to allow animal-assisted therapy programs into acute-care facilities.

Animal-assisted therapy helps kids deal with the problems of growing up, easing the challenges of adolescence.

Green Chimneys specializes in what it calls animal-assisted therapy, but relatively little of it is shown.

"Evidence suggests that animal-assisted therapy can have a positive effect on a patient's psychosocial, emotional and physical well being," Havey said in a statement.

In a new pilot study it has been demonstrated animal-assisted therapy can have a profound positive impact on children severely traumatised by family violence.

A 2007 meta-analysis found that animal-assisted therapy is associated with a moderate improvement in autism spectrum symptoms.

Dawson, The effects of animal-assisted therapy on anxiety ratings of hospitalized psychiatric patients.

According to Lilienfeld and Arkowitz animal-assisted therapy is better considered a temporary fix.

The foundation uses animal-assisted therapy, along with other support services to treat families recovering from abduction and the aftermath of traumatic experiences.

Along with two of her four siblings, Destiny works for a living, in animal-assisted therapy programs in nursing homes and rehabilitation centers.

Another treatment for both loneliness and depression is pet therapy, or animal-assisted therapy, as it is more formally known.

Animal-assisted therapy sprouted from the idea and initial belief in the supernatural powers of animals and animal spirits.