Hi, need to submit a 1500 words paper on the topic Animal Assisted Therapy. “Animal-assisted therapy can be defined as the utilization of animals as a therapeutic modality to facilitate healing and re

Hi, need to submit a 1500 words paper on the topic Animal Assisted Therapy. “Animal-assisted therapy can be defined as the utilization of animals as a therapeutic modality to facilitate healing and rehabilitation of patients with acute or chronic ailments”(McGuirk, p.6). It is a type of therapy which involves the assistance of an animal in improving the physical, psychological and social well-being of a patient. Pet owners have known the health benefit of animals well before the animal therapy was introduced by the medical science. It is not necessary that animal therapy alone may succeed in curing chronic diseases. however, in combination with other therapies like physical and cognitive therapies, animal therapy found to be extremely useful in reducing mental stress, Cholesterol, high blood pressure etc.

Animal-assisted therapy is suitable for animal lovers. Children often establish deep relationships with pet animals. Apart from improving the physical and mental health, the presence of a beloved animal can help children in improving their learning skills, memory, vocabulary, motivation etc. Though it seems possible that the novelty of the experiences themselves cause such improvements in children, therapy animals to provide them with the sort of emotional support humans novelty cannot, leading to improved physical and mental states.&nbsp.

The physical interaction with animals or the presence of animals can help children and animal lovers reduce their mental stress. Increased mental stress is the most prominent reason for many of the physical, psychological and social problems faced by children. In many of the cases, children may become problematic when they were unable to get the necessary love and care from the parents and beloved ones. Most of the current parents are professionals and they give more importance to their profession rather than their children. The absence of parents forced children to spend the majority of their childhood time with pet animals like dogs, cats, birds etc.&nbsp.&nbsp.