
Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT)
Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) utilises animals/dogs in therapeutic work with humans. There are many ways that dogs can be included when working with humans’ (e.g. rehabilitation, physiotherapy or occupational therapy, counselling, learning life skills and disaster relief).
When a
professional incorporates an animal into their therapeutic practice, they find
ways of allowing the animal to extend and facilitate their goals, based on
their training and theoretical orientation.
- A counsellor may incorporate the use of a dog to explore and draw out issues of anger or attachment.
- Physical therapists may use handling of a small animal or grooming a horse in a motor-skills programme, or dog walking in a fitness or strength-training programme.
In Animal-Assisted Therapy, the therapist will identify the therapeutic or
clinical goals, and use the animal to help them achieve these goals with
clearly defined and measurable outcomes.

Animal Assisted Activities (AAA)
Animal-assisted
activities (AAA) are less formal and are carried
out by volunteers to help someone feel the benefits of canine care in less
formal ways (e.g. visiting nursing home or hospitals).

What’s the difference between Therapy
Animals & Assistance Animals?
Therapy Animals need to be distinguished from Assistance Animals. Assistance Animals are registered to provide a particular service to an individual with an illness or disability. The most well-known example would be Seeing-Eye or Guide Dogs for the Blind. There is an increasing role for Assistance (or Service) Dogs. Dogs can be trained to:
Therapy Animals need to be distinguished from Assistance Animals. Assistance Animals are registered to provide a particular service to an individual with an illness or disability. The most well-known example would be Seeing-Eye or Guide Dogs for the Blind. There is an increasing role for Assistance (or Service) Dogs. Dogs can be trained to:
- Perform a range of physical tasks for people, such as picking up objects, opening doors.
- Alert to sounds.
- Detect early signs of seizures or blood sugar changes and alert their owners.
- Assist children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Public Access
Assistance
dogs can be registered in most Australian states under Guide-Dog or
Anti-Discrimination legislation. Because of their important functional and often
life-saving roles Assistance Dogs may be granted 'public access', legally allowing them access into public buildings,
transport, restaurants and hospitals, anywhere their owners go.

This legal
right does not extend to pets or
other animals used in AAI programmes. Whilst therapy
dogs are able to receive training, registration or certification for
insurance or legal purposes, they do not
perform life-saving functions and are hence not
allowed 'public access'. Such registration is used to ensure a basic
standard of training and reliability for dogs and their handlers.
Example: A dog certified as a 'Victorian Canine Association Therapy Dog' is assessed as suitable
to work with children and elderly but is not registered as a therapeutic
assistance dog that performs a life-saving or health-saving function for his
owner. For this reason, he does not have the right to 'public access'.
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