Consultation Services

- conduct comprehensive survey of facility needs
- develop customized facility standards
- develop facility policy on visiting family pets, where appropriate
- develop patient or resident group sessions
- conduct education sessions for facility staff (This will include information on the integration of therapy animals in the health-care milieu, what the staff can expect from the therapy animal teams, role playing, a question/answer session, and an information sheet on AAA/T.)
- provide case consults with the staff and/or therapy animal handler
- serve as liaison between facility staff and therapy animal handlers
- troubleshoot to eliminate problems in the existing therapy animal program
- conduct training workshops and team evaluations for potential handler-animal therapy teams (minimum of 5 handlers required)
- share facility needs for volunteer therapy team visits with the therapy animal community (FREE)
- brainstorm and assist with fundraising for AAA/T program

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