Dogwood Therapy Services Announces Continuing Education Workshops in December

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Melissa Winkle, OTR/L

Space is limited to 20 participants/$100.00 per person

 

This fun and interactive one-day course is designed to educate parents, therapists (occupational, physical, speech & language, behavioral, recreational), social workers, psychologists, counselors and educators about the potential functional, measurable intervention activities that include dogs in a variety of settings.  Techniques & activities will complement goals areas including productivity & leisure exploration, sensory & perceptual processing, neuromusculoskeletal & motor functioning, cognitive integration & psychosocial components. Attendees will explore considerations related to activity outcomes and the triad of client, dog and handler (therapist) skill level.  Program development considerations will include proposed minimum standards of practice, documentation, funding, program precautions and animal welfare.

Objectives:
• Distinguish animal assisted therapy from visiting dogs and assistance dogs
• Integrate components of evidence based practice regarding AAT as an intervention strategy
• Discuss proposed minimum standards for animals working in professional practice, risk management, liability
• Learn functional and measurable intervention techniques and activities with a variety of populations and settings


The AniCare Child Model of Treatment for Animal Abuse & Evaluation Study  

(6.5 Contact Hours)

Dr. Ken Shapiro & Melissa Winkle, OTR/L

Space is limited to 20 participants      $125.00 for course & required text

AniCare Child is a problem-oriented approach founded on the insight that juvenile animal cruelty is a behavior that can and should be treated directly, regardless of co-occurring clinical diagnoses. AniCare Child encompasses the theoretical perspectives of cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, attachment theory. AniCare Child provides detailed and practical suggestions for assessment and treatment. It describes systematic assessment and enumerates the factors to consider. It may be used as a primary treatment focus or ancillary treatment. Juvenile animal cruelty may be tied to larger issues of family violence and victimization, and assessment and treatment of this behavior may shape or clarify underlying values of treatment goals.

 

Day 1 – The AniCare Child Model of Treatment for Animal Abuse

(6.25 Contact Hours)

Objectives:
• Learn what research reveals about the link between relationships with animals and human health
• Describe the four basic steps in making an assessment and factors to consider
• Discuss the three therapeutic tasks of treatment that organize the approach to treatment
• Illustrate the seriousness of animal abuse as it relates to domestic violence, animal suffering, & continuing patterns of abuse.

 

Day 1 Agenda

Sponsors: Dogwood Therapy Services Inc

Presenters: Kenneth Shapiro, PhD and Melissa Winkle, OTR/L
8:30-9:00 Check-In
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction
9:15 - 9:45 Link between human violence and animal abuse
9:45 - 10:00 INTRODUCTION: AniCare Child Development --
10:00 - 10:20 ASSESSMENT: 4 steps, ARE Inventory
10:20 - 10:30 Break
10:30 – 11:00 DVD demonstration (Michael)
11:00 – 11:30 Factors to Consider. Application to cases
(Amanda and Kenneth)
11:30 - 12:30 How to use inventory and factors. (Break-out groups)
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 1:45 TREATMENT: overview
1:45 – 2:00 Teaching empathy
2:00– 2:30 DVD demonstration (Joel)
2:30 – 2:40 Break
2:40 – 2:55 Self-management, e.g., problem solving
2:55 – 3:25 Self-management, e.g., projective techniques
(DVD demonstration, Amanda)
3:25 – 4:20 How to use (Break-out groups)
4:20 – 4:30 Evaluations
 

Day 2 – The AniCare Evaluation Study

************ This day is reserved for individual therapists who intend to take part in the AniCare Evaluation Research Study****************

The goal of the evaluation study is to determine whether and how therapists trained in the AniCare Child approach find it usable and useful. Through a case study method with repeated measures, participating therapists will provide qualitative data on their perception of various aspects of the model during the course of its use and quantitative data on outcome as measured by changes in level of animal abuse, empathy, and humane attitudes. The studies primary investigators include Dr. Kenneth Shapiro, Dr. Maya Gupta, and Dr. Antonia Henderson, who are working with the Animals and Society Institute, via a grant from the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust. Stipends are available for therapists who participate in case studies for this project. If you have any questions at any time, please contact Dr. Shapiro at (301) 963-4751,ken.shapiro@animalsandsociety.org, or P.O. Box 1297, Washington Grove, MD 20880.

Day 2 Agenda

Sponsors: Animals & Society Institute and the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust
Presenters: Kenneth Shapiro, PhD
9:00 – 9:15 Counselor and presenter introductions
9:15 – 10:00 Evaluation study -- forms, measures, design, clients, parents
10:00 – 10:10 ASSESSMENT: 4 steps and ARE Inventory
10:10 – 10: 40 Factors – apply to cases (George and Charles)
10:40 – 10:50 BREAK
10:50 – 11:35 BREAKOUT - practicing inventory and factors
11:35 – 11:45 TREATMENT review: overview and theory
11:45 – 12:00 Empathy review
12:00 – 1:00 LUNCH
1:00 – 1:45 BREAKOUT –practicing empathy intervention
1:45 – 1:55 Self-Management review
1:55 – 2: 40 BREAKOUT – practicing self-management intervention
2:40 – 2:50 BREAK
2:50 – 3:05 Working with Parents
3:05 – 3:30 Amanda DVD crisis management (safety plan; animal welfare)
3:30 – 4:30 Practicing working with parents

*********************** Attend both courses for $175.00!!*************************

About the Speakers

 

Dr. Kenneth Shapiro is executive director of Animals and Society Institute; founder and editor of Society and Animals: Journal of Human-Animal Studies; cofounder and coeditor of Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science; and editor of Human-Animal Studies Book Series. Shapiro earned his BA from Harvard University and his PhD in clinical psychology from Duke University. He is the author of 3 books, most recently -- Animal Models of Human Psychology: Critique of Science, Ethics and Policy. He has been married for 27 years and is father of two children and grandfather of two. He lives with partner Ann and companions Tosca, rat-terrier/beagle mix, and Koko and Dior, two rats who do not mix with Tosca. His interests include vegan cooking, jazz, and history.

 

Melissa Winkle, OTR/L works with children and adults of all ages and abilities in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, NM. Her private practice, Dogwood Therapy Services Inc. offers opportunities to improve independent living and vocational skills in natural and integrated community settings, and corrections facilities. Services include occupational therapy intervention, international workshops (Animals in Practice, Assistance Dogs as Assistive Technology Options, Program Development, AniCare, TAGTeach), consulting and clinical research. Special interests include animal assisted interventions, assistance dogs as assistive technology options, nature therapy and program development.