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Social Work Today Vol. 13 No. 2 March/April 2013 Issue, The Human-Animal…

- - - - veterinary &
        
        targets the human needs of
        
        veterinary professionals &
        
        .
        
        & & their clients,
        
        addressing the ___ animals
        
        hardships that arise from the love of &
        
        toll of caring for
        
        The term “veterinary social work” was coined in 2002 at the UTN-Knoxville by Elizabeth Strand, PhD,
        
        grief counseling for humans facing the loss of companion animals, +
        
        to describe services provided by social workers to the U’s Vet Med Center, x.:
        
        ___ for veterinary professionals
        
        conflict management services
        
        overburdened by the
        
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        counseling,
        
        communication coaching, &
        
        A pioneer in the emerging field who helped define the specialty
        
        the founding director of veterinary social work at the TNC Vet Med at UTN
        
        which,
        
        in a partnership with the U’s CSocial Work,
        
        launched a certificate program for MSW students in 2010
        
        The four core areas of study are
        
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        Among the ways in which students put their skills to work in the field include
        
        advocating for safe havens for pets in abusive homes, developing pet loss bereavement programs,
        
        designing animal-assisted interaction programs, &
        
        helping veterinarians manage compassion fatigue
        
        vets experience death at a r8 5x(physicians ))
        
        (animal lifespan/)
        
        x. Linda L. Lawrence, LMSW,
        
        clinical instructor at the MISU School of Social Work &
        
        coordinator of the vet social work services program,
        
        helps clients of vet med professionals in a variety of ways, x.: helping them ___ difficult decisions
        
        make &
        
        cope w/
        
        “We never offer advice but instead
        
        ask questions,
        
        build rapport, &
        
        try to help the clients come to their own understanding about what is best for their companion animals.”
        
        Clarifying Misconceptions
        
        two misconceptions persist
        
        veterinary social work is about ___ for animals
        
        counseling &
        
        & advocacy
        
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        (occurs only in the veterinary clinic)
        
        “People have a myopic view of what veterinarians do,”
        
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        advises students who want to put animals first
        
        to explore a career in animal welfare
        
        & cautions social work students to remember their specialty is addressing the needs of people
      - animal-assisted
        
        ___ SOCIAL WORK
        
        marshals the ___ pwr
        
        transformative &
        
        potentially healing
        
        of animals to aid in the therapeutic process
        
        In the wake of ___ images abound of the sweet corps of golden retrievers dispatched to provide solace
        
        Hurricane Sandy &
        
        the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School,
        
        as after 9/11,
        
        to
        
        victims &
        
        1st responders
        
        “Even the most highly trained dog
        
        is still a dog &
        
        doesn’t necessarily have the ability to pull off a therapeutic intervention,”
        
        x. Philip Tedeschi, MSSW, LCSW-CO,
        
        ___ of the Institute for Human-Animal Connection @ UDenver’s Grad Schl of Social Work
        
        executive director
        
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        cofounder
        
        & clinical prof
        
        pioneer in disciplines related to human-animal interactions,
        
        first used the term “animal-assisted social work”
        
        to de _
        
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        encapsulates the key concept that makes animal-assisted social work possible:
        
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        when evaluating prospective students, wants “those who want to be social workers first,
        
        not just people trying to find a way to bring their dogs to work.”
        
        ‘The best candidate
        
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        used across the human life span for myriad therapeutic purposes, x.
        
        promote ___ development
        
        social &
        
        normative
        
        teach socialization skills
        
        reduce isolation in people wi/
        
        illness|
        
        disability
        
        fight
        
        obesity
        
        bullying
        
        PTSD
        
        & enhance phys. health
        
        [*] social work skills might be part of the toolbox of social workers in almost any prac setting
        
        trained individuals can
        
        recognize situations in which animal-assisted interactions might be useful where it’s never been used b4
        
        & can help train other social workers to
        
        "When r students
        
        show up at a new job &
        
        discuss their
        
        training &
        
        skills,
        
        employers are very interested,”
        
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