Resources – Lead The Way

Books We Found Useful

Below you will find the names of various books that we have found useful in our journey to learn more about Animal-Assisted Interventions (AAI) in all of their forms.

Parish-Plass, N., (Ed) (2013). Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy. Theory, Issues, and Practice. Indiana, Purdue University Press.

Fine, A. (Ed) (2015). Handbook on Animal-Assisted Therapy. Foundations and Guidelines for Animal-Assisted Interventions. 4e United Kingdom, Academic Press.

Chandler, N., (2012). Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counselling. 2e. New York, Routledge.

Julius, H., Beets, A., Kotrschal, K., Turner, D., & Uvnas-Moberg, K., (2013). Attachment to Pets. An Integrative View of Human-Animal Relationships with Implications for Therapeutic Practice. USA, Hogrefe.

Pichot, T., (2012). Animal-Assisted Brief Therapy. A Solution-Focused Approach. 2e New York, Routledge

Of interest to Occupational Therapists may be the books published by Melissa Winkle, and available at her website – www.dogwoodtherapy.com

Papers related to Lead the Way’s work

Below is a list of papers related to Lead the Way’s work.

Animal-Assisted Interventions for Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioural Problems. A Review of Selected Literature – AAT Literature Review by Naomi Adams

Animal-Assisted Interventions for Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioural Problems (Research Report) – AAT Research Report by Naomi Adams

Mental Health and Wellbeing in Young People. Prevention of Anxiety, Depression & Substance Abuse – Mental Health & Wellbeing in Young People

Animal-Assisted Intervention (AAI) & Animal-Assisted Therapy (AAT) research organisations

Animal-Assisted Intervention Association Australia (AAIAA) – www.aaiaa.com.au

Habri Central, Resources for the study of the human-animal bond – www.habricentral.org

ISAZ, International Society for Anthrozoology, including the highly respected Journal of Anthrozoology – www.isaz.net

AARF, Australian Anthrozoology Research Foundation – www.anthrozoologyfoundation.org

PAW – Psychologist for the Promotion of Animal Welfare (an interest group of the Australian Psychological Society) – groups.psychology.org.au

Animals and Society Institute – www.animalsandsociety.org

The Latham Foundation – www.latham.org