1st Edition
Animal-Assisted School Counseling
Animal-Assisted School Counseling (AASC) is a hands-on resource that provides invaluable information for school counselors interested in partnering with a therapy animal on campus to help students meet social and emotional goals.
This book presents a wealth of resources for school counselors and school-based mental health practitioners to incorporate animal partners on school campuses with individual students and groups and in classroom and schoolwide settings. Using the American School Counselor Association (ASCA)National Model framework, this book presents AASC interventions that can be implemented as part of the multitiered system of support to address students’ mental health needs. The text also meets the important demand for accountability in school counseling by providing resources for assessing the effectiveness of AASC interventions for meeting student and school outcome goals. Addressing such issues as getting school district buy-in, choosing an animal partner, preparing the school for an animal partner, theoretical applications of AASC, and student-affirming AASC services, the book is organized such that each chapter builds upon the next so school counselors understand what steps to take to become an effective AASC team.
Ideal for the school counselor, social worker, or psychologist who may not have specific training in AASC, this book will encourage school mental health practitioners to seek out training programs to become an AASC team.
1 An Introduction to Animal-Assisted School Counseling
ELIZABETH KJELLSTRAND HARTWIG
2 Getting School and District Approval for an AASC Program
NICOLE LOZO
3 Choosing an AASC Animal Partner
MELISSA E. TREVATHAN-MINNIS AND KIMBERLY SCOTT
4 AASC Competencies
JORDAN JALEN EVANS
5 Training in AASC
KIM SULLIVAN AND AMY BLASINGAME
6 Preparing the School for an Animal Partner
KRISTINA KERN
7 Assessment in AASC
KRISTA K. SCHULTZE
8 Theoretical Applications of AASC
HEIDI SCHILLING AND JOY CANNON
9 AASC Classroom and Schoolwide Interventions
MELISSA WHITSETT AND HEATHER C. TRUPIA
10 AASC Individual and Small-Group Interventions
AMANDA ARRIOLA, KRISTEN TURPIN, AND CRYSTAL REESE
11 Student-Affirming AASC
JENNIFER H. GREENE-ROOKS AND WANDA MONTEMAYOR
12 Future Directions in AASC
ELIZABETH KJELLSTRAND HARTWIG
Biography
Elizabeth Kjellstrand Hartwig, PhD, LMFT-S, LPC-S, RPT-S, is a Professor at Texas State University. She is the founder and director of the Texas State University Animal-Assisted Counseling Academy.