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Whats animal assisted therapy.?
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Animal assisted: Therapy can refer to any setting in which an animal is used to assist in the care of a patient. So, it could be a therapist who has a dog in the office with a patient, a nursing home that invites in animal assisted therapist to bring people out of their shells or any number of different settings.
Answered 5/7/2016
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