Therapy animals: The types and your rights.

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A young woman in a purple shirt standing in front of a window. The Comeback TV Logo is displayed with text: Youth on the Road: Animal Therapy

Abstract: Presenter talks with a Clinical Nurse Specialist who explains the three categories an animal can fall into (emotional support, pet therapy, and service animal) and what services they each provide, along with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations and what an individual's rights and responsibilities are. Another person shares her story and how a therapy animal helped her. Run time: 5 minutes 32 seconds.
NARIC Accession Number: O20193.  What's this? 
Author(s): Payano, Gustavo.
Project Number: 90RT5031 (formerly H133B140040).
Publisher(s): The Learning and Working During the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, University of Massachusetts Medical School, SPARC/Department of Psychiatry, UMMS 55 Lake Avenue, Worcester, MA 01655; 508/856-8718.
Publication Year: 2015.
Descriptor Terms: ADA, ANIMALS, AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS, CERTIFICATION, EMPOWERMENT, INDEPENDENT LIVING, MENTAL HEALTH, MENTORING, PEER COUNSELING, PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES, REGULATIONS, SELF HELP, YOUTH.

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