Social workers play a critical role in the well-being of communities - trained to help individuals, families, and groups effect positive change and address barriers that stand in the way of optimal life and wellbeing.
Social workers play a critical role in the wellbeing of communities trained to help individuals, families, and groups effect positive change and address barriers that stand in the way of optimal life and wellbeing. In addition to a focus on people, many social workers include animals in their definition of systems and family units, leading to endless ways they have successfully incorporated animals into their work.
This book offers insights from pioneers as well as practitioners in the field who have created their niche within this growing area. Coming from the philosophy that we cannot work towards what we do not know exists, this book offers knowledge, pathways, and advice from those who have succeeded in including their love for animals into their careers, shining a light on the path for those who share similar passions.
The book can be used as a supplemental textbook in undergraduate and graduate social work academic programs as well as a resource for social workers in the field looking for ways to expand their work.
Section One Veterinary Social Work. 1.The interprofessional practice
space of veterinary social work- a social workers perspective. 2.Embedded
social work in a school of veterinary medicine. 3.The cherished pets model of
veterinary social work. 4.Veterinary social work journey. 5.Kaleidoscope of a
veterinary social worker. 6.Grief led me here. 7.Veterinary social work:
becoming the best version of your professional self. 8.Hospital-based
veterinary social work: a brief primer. 9.Partnering with therapy animal
handler volunteers in healthcare: an introduction to volunteer management for
social workers. 10.My journey from human medicine to veterinary medicine.
11.A horse of a different color. Section Two Human Animal Interactions
focused Program Development and Policy Advocacy. 12.Programs & Policies.
13.Policy advocacy and program evaluation: the external link of practice work
in one health. 14."Puffys Pet Boarding" a second home for your dog.
15.Addressing the link between violence toward people and animals as a
generalist social worker. 16.Chasing Impact: take that leap of faith.
17.Sprout: companion animal to service dog to career inspiration. 18.On
canines, conflicts & community: reflections on one health. 19.Equine-assisted
social work: a perfect match. Section Three Animal Assisted Interventions.
20.The power of paws: working full-time in animal-assisted interactions.
21.Animal assisted psychotherapy: integrating "canine co-therapists" into
clinical social work outpatient treatment settings. 22.Animal assisted
therapy in clinical work within the disability community. 23.Paws in play:
the power of integrating animals into play therapy practice. 24."The world is
best viewed through the ears of a horse" My career in equine assisted
services. 25.Paws for play: dogs in play therapy. 26.Finding your HAI niche.
27.Bear is my bridge. 28.Pandemic pups: research and clinical implications.
29.Shelter pets and sheltered kids: animal assisted therapy in juvenile
justice. 30.When psychology and social work meet: a clinicians experiences
in the mental health field. 31.Animal-assisted psychotherapy: the golden
standard. Section Four The Inclusion of Human-Animal Interactions within
Social Work Practice. 32.HAI in social work practice.
33. Pursuing a Career
in Veterinary Social Work. 34.The integrated approach: one social workers
roundabout career journey incorporating veterinary social work and one
health. 35.Careers in one health: social workers roles in caring for humans
and their companion animals. 36.Animals are my teachers. 37.A social work
path to teaching in higher education. 38.Providing effective supervision for
veterinary social workers in practice. 39.Social work outside the box.
40.Advocacy and pawprints: how a dog changed my career. 41.True joy: animal
assisted play therapy. 42.A one health path to support health and wellbeing.
43.Weaving humane education into social work. Section Five Human Animal
Interactions Focus within Human and Animal Organizations. 44.Emerging
practices in animal welfare. 45.Lessons from horses led my career. 46.A
Social Workers Learnings from the Human Animal Bond: Animals as Family,
Healers and Colleagues. 47.Elevating the lives of animals and our
relationships with them. 48.The best way to help pets is to help people.
49.Centering racialized lived experiences for human and animal well-being.
50.Unexpected implementation of AAI in crisis work. 51.Law enforcement,
social work & therapy dogs. 52.Police social work: partnering with animals to
help heal communities. 53.Serving people and animals: a worthy career .
54.Social workers roles in caring for humans and their companion animals.
55.Animal assisted therapy in an Israeli psychiatric hospital. Section Six
Human Animal Interactions Focus within Academia. 56.Finding professional and
personal meaning through human-animal interaction academic research. 57.The
professor and "the pit bull lady". 58.How I became the "dog person" at work.
59.Social workers roles in creating inclusive communities for all animals
human and non-human. 60.Designing a diverse social work career.
61.Human-animal-environment interactions in social work at the University of
Denver. 62.Supreme dogs, dream jobs. 63.How I got here. 64.Paw and hoofprints
on my career path. 65.Critical animal studies and one health in social work.
66.Hospital veterinary social work in the Canadian context. 67.Bringing
veterinary social work into a one-health model. 68.Social work and
human-animal interaction in an academic setting.
Lori R. Kogan, PhD, is a professor of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University. She is the chair of the Human-Animal Interaction section of the American Psychological Association and Editor-in-Chief of the Human-Animal Interaction journal, an open-access, online publication published by CABI. She has published numerous journal articles and books including Pet Loss, Grief, and Therapeutic Interventions: Practitioners Navigating the Human-Animal Bond, and Clinician's Guide to Treating Companion Animal Issues: Addressing Human-Animal Interaction. She is currently engaged in research pertaining to the intersection of the human-animal interaction and veterinary medicine.
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