We did a one time visit with a child described as "very involved" as in no speech, little independent movement. He was,according to his mother,having a bad day, but overall he had more interest in River's ballon than the dog. So we gifted him the balloon and visited with another child who very much enjoyed River's company during his therapy. His mother took a KPETS card and I think would have requested us. In reality, her son was fairly well motivated to cooperate and not in big need of River - my assessment, but we haven't heard anything. And maybe I'm wrong and AAT could be used for other than motivation to participate,maybe would have an effect on rate of progress or attempting new things. My limited experience can't evaluate that.
I'm not sure what kind of a system would work - to inform therapists about AAT and using KPETS teams - to let them know specifics of how and when AAT can be helpful. What criteria determines if AAT would be useful and then, should there be specifics to match a team to the situation? It's an nteresting area that deserves more study.
I wonder if having teams available on a regular basis at Schreiber would provide a chance to demonstrate that - or is that too random and maybe an in-service type program would be more effective?
No comments:
Post a Comment