Equine-assisted services are an increasingly popular intervention to help with a myriad of mental and physical health conditions affecting both children and adults. It offers a flexible approach which must be conducted properly to ensure positive results while protecting the welfare of all those involved. Collating and showcasing top research from the Human-Animal Interactions journal, this book highlights interventions targeting children, adolescents, and adults. It explores research pertaining to interventions for anxiety, life skills, neurodiversity, wellbeing, family violence and more. An important collection for anyone interested in animal-assisted services, this book is an essential read for researchers and practitioners working within the equine intervention field.
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Suitable for anyone interested in animal-human interactions, particularly researchers and providers of these services.
1: Introduction Part 1: Children 2: Exploring psychotherapy
incorporating equine with sexually exploited children 3: Experimental Trial
Demonstrates Positive Effects of Equine Facilitated Learning on Child Social
Competence 4: Randomized Trial Examines Effects of Equine Facilitated
Learning on Adolescents Basal Cortisol Levels 5: A Transactional Analysis of
Occupational Therapy in an Equine Environment for Youth with Autism Spectrum
Disorder 6: The Impact of an Equine Facilitated Learning Program on Youth
with Autism Spectrum Disorder 7: Impact of adaptive devices on horses,
assisting persons, and riders with cerebral palsy in a therapeutic riding
program Part 2: Adolescents/young adults 8: Integration of equine assisted
services and social-emotional learning: A preliminary evaluation of a life
skills training program for at-risk youth 9: Equine-Assisted Activities for
Adolescents: Ethogram-based behavioral analysis of persistence during
horse-related tasks and communication patterns with the horse 10: Equine
assisted social work as a mean for authentic relations between clients and
staff 11: The Helping Horse: How Equine Assisted Learning Contributes to the
Wellbeing of First Nations Youth in Treatment for Volatile Substance Misuse
12: Psychotherapy Incorporating Horses to Address Anxiety in Women College
Students: A Pilot Study Part 3: Adults 13: Human-Animal Interaction and
Metaphor in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy: Empirical Support for the EAGALA
Model 14: Investigating human experiences and perceptions of unmounted
activities commonly practiced in equine-assisted services 15: Before, he
fought every day with the horse and with me: Reducing Violence in a
Guatemalan Community through a Horse-Handling Program 16: Behavioral and
Physiological Effects of Equine-assisted Early Intervention for Mother- Child
Dyads with Insecure Attachment 17: A Logic Model of a Dementia-specific
Program of Equine-assisted Activities Conclusion: Conclusion
Lori Kogan, Ph.D. is a Professor of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University. She is the Chair of the Human-Animal Interaction section of the American Psychological Association and Editor of the Human-Animal Interaction Bulletin, an open-access, online publication supported by the American Psychological Association. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, and co-edited books including 'Pet Loss, Grief, and Therapeutic Interventions: Practitioners Navigating the Human-Animal Bond', 'Clinician's Guide to Treating Companion Animal Issues: Addressing Human-Animal Interaction' and 'Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists' and given invited presentations on topics related to human animal interactions in both psychology and veterinary medicine venues. She is currently engaged in several research projects pertaining to the intersection of the human animal bond and veterinary medicine.
