Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists

✍ Scribed by Lori Kogan (editor), Phyllis Erdman (editor)

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 205
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Career Paths in Human-Animal Interaction for Social and Behavioral Scientists is an essential text for students and professionals wanting to pursue a career in human-animal interaction (HAI). It is exclusively designed to navigate this field and provide information on the best education, training, and background one might need to incorporate HAI into a successful career.

Kogan and Erdman bring together a diverse range of insights from HAI social scientists who have secured or created their HAI job. The book highlights six categories of work settings: academia, private practice, corporations/for profit companies, non-profit organizations, government, and other positions, to show the growing number of opportunities to blend social science interests with the desire to incorporate HAI into their careers.

The book clearly outlines the career paths available to social science students and professionals, from careers connected to human services of psychology, therapy, social work, and journalism, to research or other scholarship.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
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Contents
Introduction
Part I Academic—Traditional
1 From Biopsychology to Human Behavioural Work to HAI Research: One Academician’s Path
2 A Twist in the Tale (or Is That Tail?): How I Apply Health Psychology to the Human-Animal Bond
3 Scientist-Practitioner Psychologist: Integrating the Human-Animal Interaction Into Practice
4 Dogs as Co-Researchers
5 From an Animal Shelter Towards a Professorship in Anthrozoology: An Unusual Career Path
6 There Is a Shelter Dog in My College Classroom
7 Human-Animal Interaction in Clinical Psychology: Teaching, Research, and Practice
8 An Entangled Path: Human Animal Interaction and Social Work
9 Solidarity and Scholarship: Thriving as an HAI Academic
10 From Psychometrics to Animal Metrics
11 Rescuing Street Dogs as a Passion and a Way of Being . . .
12 Working in the World of Human-Animal Interaction Research
13 Lessons From a Pioneer in Equine-Assisted Therapies
14 Studying Marine Mammal Behavior—Who Says Academic Careers Are Dry?
15 Academic Pathways Towards HAI
16 Civic Engagement of Students Through Human-Animal Interactions
17 An HAI Love Story: A Couple Collaborates as Teachers and Researchers Exploring Our Connection to Animals
18 An Academic Career Based on What I Love: People, Animals, and Health
Part II Academic—With Clinical Work
19 Insights From a Late Bloomer in the Field of Human-Animal Interactions
20 Labracadabra! The Magic of Animal-Assisted Social Work
21 Human-Animal Bond in Colorado (HABIC) at Colorado State University
22 Mutual Rescue: From Multiple Sclerosis to Working With Therapy Dogs in Education
23 Getting in the HABIT: Bringing Animal Assisted Interventions to Victims of Crime
24 A Social Worker’s Experience at a Veterinary School and Teaching Hospital
25 Supporting Students and Companion Animals in University and Community Settings
26 “Yes, I Work With Animals . . . No, I’m Not a Vet”—Animal-Assisted Intervention and the Indian Experience
Part III For Profit, Not For Profit and Government
27 Making a Difference as an Animal-Assisted Interactions Program Coordinator
28 Changing Lives, One Service Dog at a Time
29 Canine-Assisted Family Treatment Court Coordinator
30 Nurse-Led Canine-Assisted Intervention Practice
31 Promoting Animal Welfare in a Context of International Development: A Career in the Non-Governmental Sector
32 Advancing Standards and Professionalization in the Field of AAI
33 A Day in the Life of an Executive Director at an Animal Protection Think Tank
34 Occupational Therapy: Using Meaningful Occupations to Enhance Function Throughout the Lifespan
35 The Clinical Direction of Dogs
36 Animal Instincts: Following an Unmarked Path From Volunteerism to a Career in Human Animal Interaction
37 A Look Into Animal Assisted Interventions Abroad: Entrecanes Association in Northern Spain
38 Program Design, Implementation, and Management: Human-Animal Interactions
39 Experiences in Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI): Practice, Research, and Teaching
40 Human-Animal Interaction on the New York City Subway (Long Before Pizza Rat)
41 A Fair Shake for Youth: Helping Middle School Kids Connect With Dogs—While Discovering Their Own Best Selves
42 Kids and Dogs. Sounds Easy, Right?
43 Working With a Facility Dog in a Veterans Affairs Hospital
44 An Industry Veterinarian’s Perspective on a Career in Human-Animal Interaction
45 Pick Your Own Adventure, Finding a Career in the Nonprofit World
46 Organized Animal Protection as a Career: Meaning, Mission, and the Academic Contributor
Part IV Private Practice, AAI Programs
47 Symbiotic Relationship Between Therapist and Co-Therapist: The Story of Emmie
48 A Professional Transformational Journey in the Practice of Animal Assisted Interventions
49 A Legal Career With Animals
50 Conducting Canine-Assisted Psychotherapy
51 Scientist-Practitioner Approach: Harnessing the Power of Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy and Animal-Assisted Interventions in Private Practice
52 Applying Theoretical Frameworks and Organizational Structures to Help Develop the Field of Animal-Assisted Interventions: The Questions We Must Ask and the Answers We Must Seek . . .
53 For the Love of Horses
54 Please Bear With Me—Working With My Canine Co-Therapist
55 Counselling With a Therapy Animal
56 Forget Me Not Farm—A Haven for Children and Animals to Bond and Break the Cycle of Abuse
57 Integrating Human-Animal Interactions and Psychology: Research and Service
58 The Art and Science of Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy
59 Animal Assisted Play Therapy
60 Create Your Herd: Developing a Career Through Lived Experiences
61 Canines, Equines, and Social Work
Index