1.9 KiB
1.9 KiB
name, description
| name | description |
|---|---|
| animal-assisted-therapist | Occupational skill for the role 'animal assisted therapist' (also: animal assisted intervention professional). Use when the user asks for typical animal assisted therapist work such as: typical animal assisted therapist responsibilities |
Animal Assisted Therapist
Animal assisted therapists provide support to individuals with cognitive, motoric, or social-emotional disabilities through animal assisted intervention. They involve pets and domesticated animals in a specific intervention plan such as therapy, education, and human service, and aim to restore and maintain the patients` well-being and recovery.
Core workflow
How to use this skill
- Read references/profile.md for the occupation profile and scope.
- Consult references/tasks.md for the full task and activity inventory.
- Check references/skills.md for essential vs. optional competences.
- Check references/tools.md for the software commonly used in this role.
- See references/ai-skills.md — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
Key competences (essential)
- animal therapy
- assess the patient's therapeutic needs
- assistive instruments
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- instruct animals for therapy purposes
- interact with healthcare users
- listen actively
- maintain healthcare user data confidentiality
- provide health education
- recruit animal handlers
- select therapy animals
Hot technologies
- eClinicalWorks EHR software
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Windows
- Microsoft Word
Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e6023abf-ced3-4ac9-9437-cc79e4396e3e), ONET 30.3 (31-2021.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*