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Animal Assisted Therapy for Children: Benefits
- Animals often help children to open up more quickly due to their natural interest and curiosity
- Children can form healthy attachment relationships to the animals and thus with other people
- They can learn how to behave appropriately with an animal which can help them to learn how to behave around other people, especially other children.
- Animals provide children with unconditional acceptance
- Animals communicate in ways children understand. These methods are more concrete and include expressing affection and seeking attention.
- Therapists can use animals to help them develop empathy and caregiving skills.
- Children can be motivated by animals to complete necessary tasks such as academic tasks and participating in their treatment.
- Having an animal present can help to calm children emotionally and help to reduce their anxieties. Help them to open up.
- Create a sense of renewed hope.
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Updated 2023-09-24
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