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W72: Use of Animal Assisted Therapy with Adolescents in Substance Abuse and Co-occurring<br />

Disorders Treatment<br />

Alanna Lassiter, MA<br />

1.5 hours Focus: Children and Adolescents<br />

Description:<br />

One of the major barriers experienced by adolescents in treatment often involves their overall difficulty with<br />

attachment and connectedness. This connectedness usually interferes with major functioning in interpersonal<br />

settings and is often at the core of identified triggers for substance use and other maladaptive coping. Since<br />

interpersonal attachment is often the conduit to change, this workshop reviews means of implementing an<br />

AAT program into an existing milieu, discussed criteria for participant selection and examines strengths and<br />

limitations of AAT.<br />

Educational Objectives: Participants will be able to:<br />

• Summarize important factors to consider in the implementation of an AAT program in an existing<br />

milieu;<br />

• Discuss and analyze diagnostic criteria for participant selection;<br />

• Examine and discuss strengths and limitations to the AAT model.<br />

NOTES:

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