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Draft program

The conference consists of oral presentations, poster presentations  and workshops. There will be several parallel sessions, so there will be a lot of choice!

The final program has now been published and sent to all conference delegates. To assist with your planning.

Please note that the buses will leave the Steigenberger Airport Hotel at 7.30am on Saturday morning and Sunday morning to take delegates to Up Events. Registration takes place 8.30am-9.30am at Up Events. A bus will make the return journey from Up Events back to the hotel at approximately 5.30pm each day.

To give a flavour of the range of  topics that will be presented at the conference, below is a  list of oral and poster presentations, as well as workshops. Please note that this is a draft and there will likely be  changes before the event.

Saturday oral presentations

  • Five Foundations for Individual Wellbeing: a scientifically derived model with a universal potential for application
  • Animal Allies: Engaging Neurodiversity Through Connection
  • Dog talk: Dogs and humans barking and growling during interspecies play
  • Rutgers University School of Social Work, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
  • Integrating Resilience and Trauma-Informed Practices in Veterinary Practice: Lessons Learned from Social Work
  • Standards for Research in Animal Assisted Services (AAS), Human Animal Interaction (HAI) or the Human Animal Bond (HAB)
  • Healing through Interspecies Intra-action: Therapeutic Encounters between Vulnerable Youth and a Herd of Horses in Rural Chile.
  • Equine Therapy in Social Work
  • The Importance of free play for Human and Equine Health in AAS
  • Non-Invasive Long-Term Stress Monitoring of Retired Racehorses During Retraining in Japan
  • The State of Horses in Psychotherapy in the United States: Research and Practice Insights
  • Horses and Human Welfare in Equine Assisted Services (EAS)
  • Competencies for the Ethical Inclusion of Therapy and Facility Animals
  • To boost or not to Boost!
  • Assuring Quality in Practice: An Introduction to AASI’s
  • Accreditation Framework for Animal Assisted Services
  • Physiotherapy with the Support of a Medical Alert Dog for Patient With Chronic pain: A Case Study
  • An animal assisted children hospice – Presentation of Lichtblickhof (Ray of hope farm) in Vienna
  • Integrating Animal-Assisted Treatment into Neurorehabilitation: Mechanisms, Practice, and Future Directions
  • Expanding the Self with Paws and Claws: Enhancing Wellbeing Through Self-Expansion in Human-Pet Relationships
  • Dogs as companions: The relationship between dog ownership, oxytocin and trust in therapeutic settings
  • Shared Fate: Bravery, Loyalty, and Healing – The Role of Family Dogs in the October 7 Massacre
  • Responsive community based dog assisted services: An evaluation of the Bracknell Community dog hub model (at Dogs for Good, UK)
  • Dog-assisted interventions in healthcare settings: developing protocols and procedures through participatory consultation with practitioners
  • The Power of Compassion on the Therapy Process In Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy
  • Establishing behavioural thresholds for dogs in Animal-Assisted Services: expert-derived thresholds and field study comparison
  • AGING PAWS-WAY: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY ON COMPANION DOGS IN HONG KONG ELDERLY HOMES
  • Five Practitioner Responsibilities During Direct Interactions Between Participants and Horses
  • Psychological aspects of hippotherapy for children with severe neurological impairment: An exploratory study
  • The effects of Equine-Assisted Interactions on military veterans with therapy-resistant PTSD and the involved horses.
  • Reflecting Together: Exploring Ethical Tensions in Animal-Assisted Services
  • Social learning by dogs, from science to practice in AAS

Sunday oral presentations

  • PADA: Assessment of Dogs’ Personality – What Traits Match AAS Requirements?
  • Assessing Animal Suitability for Animal-Assisted Services
  • How Attachment Shapes Dog Welfare: A Literature Review
  • “Dog Reading” (Lesehund) in Animal-Assisted Education
  • Soothing Through Connection: Companion Animals and Emotion Regulation in Children
  • Behavioural Interactions Between School Dogs and Pupils and Effects on Motivation
  • Look into my eyes: is eye contact easier for children with ASD when interacting with an animal?
  • “Leituras Acãopanhadas”: Can a Dog Help Children Learn to Read? (A Program for the Development of Emergent Literacy in Preschool)
  • Animal-Assisted Therapies as a Mandatory Subject in a Pet-Friendly University: Awakening New Perspectives for Research and Treatment in Physiotherapy
  • TRANSFORMING LIVES WITH NATURE AND ANIMALS: A multidimensional systemic experience connecting people of all ages withnature, different domestic animals and professional therapists in South Chile: Main lessons learned
  • Caring and Coexistence with Cats and Dogs in Rural Nepal
  • Ukrainian Innovations in Animal-Assisted Services (AAS) with Dogs
  • The Impact of Animal-Assisted Therapy on the Functional, Physiological, and Emotional States of Patients Undergoing Inpatient Stroke Rehabilitation
  • Animal-Assisted Interventions in Indian Healthcare: Insights into Knowledge and Attitudes of Students and Professionals
  • Long-Term Effect of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Social Behavior in Patients with Acquired Brain Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Microaggressions Combined with Animal Protection: A Case Study on Neurodiverse Clients, Intervention and Service Dogs.
  • Hidden Heroes of Animal-Assisted Services: A Narrative Analysis of Well-being and Growth Among Therapy Dog Handlers in Hong Kong
  • The Complex Interplay between the Human-Animal Bond, Perinatal Mental Health, and Companion Animal Welfare
  • Development and Validation of the Perceived Pet Responsiveness and Insensitivity Scale
  • Grounded Theory Analysis of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Hong Kong: Practitioners’ Concerns and Future Directions for Animal Welfare Standards
  • Evaluating the Impact of PTSD Service Dogs on Veterans and their Families: A One Welfare Approach

Workshops

  • Collaboration in Research and Practice in Co-Creation Towards One Health for Humans, Animals and Nature.
  • Seeing the Signs – Supporting School Dog Welfare in England, Germany, the Netherlands and Wales with an Evidence-Based, Teacher-Friendly Dog Ethogram
  • Updating the SCAS Code of Practice: Transdisciplinary Voices for the Fundamentals of Practice in Animal Assisted Services (AAS)
    HumAnimal Ethics
  • Tech Meets Therapy: Exploring Robotics and VR in Animal-Assisted Services
  • Centering Sentience in Animal-Assisted Services: Shaping Human Attitudes and Actions
  • Multi-Species Interventions for Multi-Dimensional Humans: Integrating Various Animals into Animal-Assisted Counseling & Psychotherapy (AACP)
  • Feet on the ground: Facilitating ongoing bi-directional exchange between theoretical underpinnings and practical application of AAS.
  • Unlocking Connection: The Working Components of Dog-Assisted Therapy in ASD
  • The Wounded Healer – From Patient to Therapist to Patient: Circles of Mutual Healing in Animal-Assisted and Nature-Based Therapy in the Aftermath of the October 7th Events and the Ongoing Conflict in Israel
  • IAHAIO membership nettworking and collaboratons on special interest topics
  • IAHAIO – global development with regional representatives

Posters

  • The Moderating Effect of Pet Attachment on the Link between Parental Alienation and Depressive Symptoms in University Students in Hong Kong
  • The use of (therapy companion-) dogs in psychotherapeutic practice – Analysis of the significance of (therapy companion-) dogs for the self-care of psychotherapists.
  • Dog Ownership in Japan: Exploring Culturally Rooted Challenges in Daily Care Tasks ~ A Qualitative Study Using Affinity Diagram Analysis by Dog Owners ~
  • Wool & Pages: Enhancing Children’s Reading Skills through Animal-Assisted Services with sheep
  • Daily life Animal Behavior and Human Affect: Insights from Experience Sampling
  • Presence of a dog or a cat positively affects attractiveness of female psychotherapist and openness
  • Talking Buttons and Subtle Communication –  An innovative therpeutic approach for griefing kids
  • Assessing the suitability of the horses employed in an Equine-Assisted Intervention with military veterans: subjective and objective evaluation
  • Should Social Robots for Elderly Care Resemble Cute Animals? Findings from a Pilot Survey Study
  • Exploring technology-enhanced NATure-based and Animal-assisted Intervention Strategies (NATAIS): Acceptance of Pet Robots for Long-Term Care
  • The Effects of Animal-Assisted Services on Stress and Anxiety in Graduate-Level Students
  • The Companion of War: A History of Navy Dog Mascots During the Twentieth Century
  • Understanding Grief Experiences of Pet Loss Among African Americans
  • The story of a local initiative ‘huisdieren in de zorg” , Zuidlaren, Lentis
  • Associations between behavioural and hormonal responses and personality in therapy dogs during a simulation of animal assisted interventions
  • Empowering dog-shelter staff: strategies for clear and professional communication in adopter interviews
  • Protocol for adapting the Dutch PET@home Toolkit to other countries
  • When dogs cross paths with autism: urban encounters and their impact
  • PHYSIOTHERAPY AND ANIMAL-ASSISTED THERAPY WITH DOGS: SINGLE SUBJECT DESIGNS WITH CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY
  • WeAnimal, Italian National Network for Animal Assisted Interventions (AAI): Presentation and its present and future areas of commitment
  • “Orme Oltre Le Mura” Project (OOLM) A Re-education Project with Animal Mediation (Animal Assisted Interventions) in a Prison Environment
  • Human Animal Interactions (HAI): Is this the healing Africa Needs?
  • Animal-assisted therapy in Alzheimer’s disease: dogs as a relational bridge between patients and therapists.
  • Animal hoarding in Italy: a pathology of the human, suffering for the animal, and a bummer for the Law. A complex and underestimated phenomenon.
  • Family Experiences with Companion Dogs: A Qualitative Study of a Structured Canine-Assisted Intervention Program for Autistic Children
  • ME – YOU – WE – Ethics in Animal Assisted Interventions
  • Exploring Volunteer-Based Canine Interventions in Schools: Developing Best Practices for Student and Dog Wellbeing
  • Animal-assisted biographical work at the Institute for social learning with animals
  • The Impact of Pet Ownership on Empathy Development in Middle Childhood
  • Co-constructing meaning in deaf person-dog dyads: coupling enactivism and intercorporeality to provide a new perspective on human-animal interactions
  • Dogs in child and adolescent psychotherapy: Effects on therapy motivation and compliance, treatment satisfaction and therapeutic relationship
  • Animals, Love & Science – How Practitioners can Protect Animal Rights, Animal Sentience and Best Practice via adopting the Eight Commitments of I-Thou Interspecies Relating in Animal Assisted Services
  • The Effects of (Robot-)Dog-Assisted Therapy on Movement Synchrony and Social Skills of Children With Down Syndrome or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
  • Paws for Progress: Evaluating the Impact of R.E.A.D. Dogs in Schools
  • Animals in group based TF-CBT: Effects on Motivation, Mood, Stress and Avoidance in the therapeutic process
  • Cats, what I like about you! Staff and student perceptions of campus cat attractiveness and interaction favorability
  • Perspectives on Dog-Assisted Therapy:  Children, Mothers, Therapists, and Cooperating Professionals
  • Enhancing Quality of Life with Psychiatric Assistance Dogs: A Mixed-Methods Study Among Dutch Youth
  • The Perceived Impact of Animal-Assisted Therapy on Social
  • Relationships in Children and Adolescents with PTSD from the Perspective of Caregivers
  • Muzzle Therapists – Animal-Assisted Physical Activity Treatment as a Complementary Therapy for Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Canine Assisted Acupuncture (CAA): two case reports in the treatment of chronic pain
  • From contempt to City Council Commendation: 15 years of volunteer work by the Muzzle Therapists project with Animal-Assisted Services (AAS) in Alagoas, Brazil
  • Neurodivergent children mothers: from the reality of oblivion to humanized treatment in the Muzzle Therapists project
  • The Impact of Animal-Assisted Trauma-Focused Group Therapy on Motivation of Youth Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Disenfranchised grief and emotion regulation after loss of a companion animal
  • Talking About Challenges: The Interplay of Stress and Dog Presence in a Randomized Controlled Trial With Healthy Adults
  • Therapeutic Alliance in AA TF-CBT in Children and Young Adolescents
  • Empowering Youth & Shelter Dogs: Program Impacts on Well-Being, Empathy, and Life Skills
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