Caging Hope: Unleashing Change, Decreasing Stress and Enhancing Resilience with Therapy Dogs Behind Bars
Caging Hope: Unleashing Change, Decreasing Stress and Enhancing Resilience with Therapy Dogs Behind Bars
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Several Pennsylvania correctional facilities, recognizing the potential benefits, have partnered with Slippery Rock University in the provision of various therapy groups for those who are incarcerated. These prison and jail animal interventions have seen benefits in stress reduction, decreased self-harm and reduced symptoms of grief/loss. This presentation will review an innovative collaborative research study between a university and a county jail where animal-assisted therapy was provided to incarcerated individuals to decrease stress and enhance coping, hope and resilience.
- • Social Worker
- • Counselor
- • Marriage & Family Therapist
- • Psychologist
- • Veterinarian
The educational goal of this workshop is to learn about risk assessment and precautions necessary in providing animal-assisted therapy in correctional settings and describe benefits of this treatment to those who are incarcerated.
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
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Identify at least 3 animal welfare considerations in correctional settings.
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Describe animal-assisted therapy groups for stress and coping.
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Explain at least 4 benefits of animal-assisted therapy.
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Eaton-Stull, Y. (2023). Animal Welfare with AAI in Prisons/Jails. In L. Kogan (ed.) Animal-Assisted Interventions: Recognizing and Mitigating Potential Welfare Challenges. CAB International.
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Eaton-Stull, Y. (2022). Animal-assisted social work in prisons. In L. Rapp-McCall, K. Corcoran & A.R. Roberts (eds). Social Workers’ Desk Reference, 4th edition (pp. 1307-1313). Oxford University Press.
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Eaton-Stull, Y., Hotchkiss, J., Lilien, F., & Jones, J. (2021). Bereavement behind Bars: Grief Support Groups with and without Therapy Dogs for Incarcerated Females. Bereavement Care.
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Eaton-Stull, Y., Wright, C., DeAngelis, C., & Zambroski, A. (2019). Comparison of DBT Skills Groups with and without Animal-Assistance for Incarcerated Women with Self-Harm Histories. Corrections: Policy, Practice and Research, 1-12. doi: 10. 1080/23774657.2019.1629849
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Eaton-Stull, Y., Wright, C., Spirnock, C., & Vulakovich, M. (2020). Animal Assisted Stress/Anxiety Groups: Positive Coping for Men in Prison. Journal of Mental Health & Social Behaviour, 2(1), 123. https://doi.org/10.33790/jmhsb1100123
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