animal-assisted
Therapy using creatures
Animal-assisted describes therapies or activities that incorporate trained animals to help people with physical, emotional, or psychological challenges.
Dogs, horses, and dolphins are common in such programs.
Animal-assisted therapy helped her recover from the trauma.
The animal's presence provides comfort, motivation, or a focus for therapeutic exercises.
Refreshment through leisure
- visitingGoing to see someone
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- nursing homeLong-term eldercare residence
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
hospice · volunteer · comfort · companionship · elderly · dementia · Alzheimer · residents
Professional guidance for problems
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- healingRestoration of health
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
- emotional supportCompassionate help during distress
intervention · rehabilitation · treatment · PTSD · anxiety · depression · trauma · session
Gaining knowledge gradually
- reading programsOrganized instruction in decoding text
- classroomEducational instruction space
- childrenYoung human beings
- literacyAbility to read, write
school · special needs · engagement · motivation · students · curriculum · development · teaching
recreation
Refreshment through leisure
- visitingGoing to see someone
- socializationInternalizing cultural norms
- nursing homeLong-term eldercare residence
hospital · hospice · volunteer · comfort · companionship · elderly · dementia · Alzheimer · residents · facility
counseling
Professional guidance for problems
- psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation
- healingRestoration of health
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
emotional support · intervention · rehabilitation · treatment · PTSD · anxiety · depression · trauma · session · practitioner
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- reading programsOrganized instruction in decoding text
- classroomEducational instruction space
- childrenYoung human beings
literacy · school · special needs · engagement · motivation · students · curriculum · development · teaching · tutoring
animal-assistedpharmaceutical
Manufactured medicinal compound
unassisted · pharmacological · self-directed · chemotherapy · unaided
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