animal-assisted-therapist/references/profile.md

Occupation profile — animal assisted therapist

• ESCO URI: http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/e6023abf-ced3-4ac9-9437-cc79e4396e3e
• ESCO code: 2269.9.1
• ISCO-08 group: 2269 — Health professionals not elsewhere classified

Description (ESCO)

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.

Definition

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Alternative labels

• animal assisted intervention professional