Animal-Assisted Intervention: Thinking Empirically

by Angela K. Fournier

Overview

This book brings the animal into the scholarly discussion of animal-assisted therapy and other interventions. Challenging the current reliance on outcome studies, the author offers a new way of thinking empirically about animal-assisted interventions—analysis of human-animal interaction as a critical component. Through empirical demonstrations from laboratory and applied settings, the book encourages practitioners and scholars to undergo a deeper examination of the basic interactions that occur between clients or patients and therapy animals. Dr. Fournier provides new ideas on measurement, experimentation, and interpretation of human-animal interaction, aimed at identifying the role of the animal in interventions for human health and well-being.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030329716
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	12/09/2019
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	140
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Angela K. Fournier is Professor of Psychology in the College of Individual and Community Health at Bemidji State University, USA. She is a licensed psychologist and certified mental-health specialist in equine-assisted psychotherapy and learning.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Human-Animal Interaction Analysis.- Chapter 3: HAI Dose in Animal-Assisted Intervention.- Chapter 4: Animals as Anodyne.- Chapter 5: Animals as Intervention Agents.- Chapter 6: Studying Animal-Assisted Intervention Through Citizen Science.- Chapter 7: Toward Empirical Thinking and Creative Inquiry.