Abstract
Humankind has always known about the usefulness in integration of animals for the achievement of such routine goals as hunting, household and territory protection, transportation, scouting foreign territories and materials, and overcoming physical limitations. Animals are also highly valued as agents of socialisation resulting in the integration of various species in the work of various professions. Social work also increasingly makes use of professional activities involving animals while working with clients. Terms such as therapy animals, animal-assisted therapy, animal-assisted activities, and animal-assisted education are becoming more relevant in the daily work of social workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychotherapists and other professionals. Animals are more and more often found in hospitals, schools, care facilities, prisons and other settings. Animal-assisted therapy is a general term including various activities, causing difficulty to understand and differentiate between the types of therapy performed with various animal species, which creates the need to study the experience in ensuring work with therapy animals in various settings. The results obtained in this study reflect the experiences working with therapy animals of various professionals including the goal of integrating therapy animals in professional activity, the goal of the activity and the steps thereof, target groups and the expected results.
Highlights
1.1 Human-animal interactionHuman-animal studies (HAS) is one of the most recent multidisciplinary studies where the study object is focused on the human-animal relationship and interaction, and the use of animals in therapy contexts, and which discusses the ways to understand animals
The owners of the therapy animals were working at the educational institutions, NGO who work with people with disabilities and children up to 10 years old who learn reading
Different animal species should undergo a variety of tests, which may be recognised at national level
Summary
Human-animal studies (HAS) is one of the most recent multidisciplinary studies where the study object is focused on the human-animal relationship and interaction, and the use of animals in therapy contexts, and which discusses the ways to understand animals. HAS strives towards understanding animals in the context of human society and culture, the use of animals in literature and art, the relationship between companion animals and their human families, the use of animals as symbols in religion and language, and the use thereof in agriculture and biomedical research [1]. Research describes the benefits of interacting with animals in detail and its impact on human well-being and decision-making. Animals can improve human life, especially in lonely humans. One of the primary benefits of animal company may be associated with
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