ProgramCIP 51.2313

Animal-Assisted Therapy

A program that prepares health and human service professionals to integrate the use of animals into their treatment practices in order to facilitate change in people with mental and physical disabilities. Includes instruction in psychology, psychology of disabilities, animal behavior, animal training, the human-animal bond, integration of animals into therapeutic settings, and ethical and cultural issues.

Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).

Also called Equine-Assisted Therapy.