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Burro Assisted Services: The Values and Disadvantages of Working with Non-Domesticated Animals in an EAS Setting

Room C

Hybrid
1 CE Hour
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Description

In this workshop, we will explore the value and difficulties in working with a less-domesticated herd within the context of Equine Assisted Services. We’ll discuss the importance of language and terminology within a mental health context, creating safety and choice within a traumatized population (of animals and people), and practical applications of working with and learning from animals that have lived without human interference at some point.

Target Audience
  • • Social Worker
  • • Counselor
  • • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • • Psychologist
  • • Veterinarian
Educational Goal

The educational goal of this workshop is for attendees to increase knowledge of the incorporation of mustangs and burros into social work settings.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Compare and contrast the inherent behavioral differences seen in less-domesticated versus domesticated equines, noting at least similarities and at least 2 differences.

  • Explain how terminology across industries can affect participant interaction with and perception of equine workers.

  • Identify 3 values of bringing less-domesticated equines and animals into a social work practice.

References

  • Décory, M. S. M. (2019). A Universal Definition of “Domestication” to Unleash Global Animal Welfare Progress. Derecho Animal. Forum of Animal Law Studies, 10(2), 39. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/da.424

  • Ransom, J. I., & Cade, B. S. (2009). Quantifying Equid Behavior - A Research Ethogram for Free-Roaming Feral Horses. Techniques and Methods. https://doi.org/10.3133/tm2a9

  • Safryghin, Alexandra, et al. “Testing for Behavioral and Physiological Responses of Domestic Horses (Equus Caballus) across Different Contexts – Consistency over Time and Effects of Context.” Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 10, 18 Apr. 2019, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00849. Accessed 11 Mar. 2020.

General
Social Worker

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LCSWs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0654.

TPN.health, #1766, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 03/31/2022 – 03/31/2025. Social workers completing this course receive 1 General continuing education credits.

Counselor

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LPCCs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LPCCs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0220.

TPN.health has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7267. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. TPN.health is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Marriage & Family Therapist

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0097.

Psychologist

Trusted Provider Network is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Trusted Provider Network maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

TPN.health is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (Provider #1000101) to sponsor continuing education for LEPs. TPN.health maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Course meets the qualifications for 1 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Trusted Provider Network, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0125.

Veterinarian

This program has been approved for 1 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions that recognize RACE approval.

CE Policy
This course is fiscally sponsored by International Association of Veterinary Social Work . There may be potential biases or conflicts of interest inherent to this relationship, and it must be disclosed to participants. These conflicts of interest have no bearing on the course content and have been resolved.
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Kalina Fernandes

Kali Fernandes is a U.S. Army veteran who holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a focus on the Human-Animal Bond. She has been mentored in the Equine Assisted Services field for the past 12 years, working closely with industry leaders to discuss, improve and advance the field as a whole. Kali recently became a certified Equine Facilitated Learning practitioner through The HERD Institute and is currently acting as the Program Manager for the non-profit organization Interdependence Assisted. 

Caitlin Budde, LCSW CTRI

Caitlin Budde holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work and she has been serving children, adults, and families in Helena, Montana since 2012. She also had an instrumental role in one of Montana’s largest residential group homes starting therapeutic retreats for families. She has facilitated Psychotherapy Assisted by Equines and Equine Facilitated Learning for several organizations and later in private practice. Cait has been riding, working with, and learning to care for horses since first falling in love with an Arabian named Bai when she was 12. Cait currently serves as the Clinical Director for non-profit Interdependence Assisted.

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