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DESCRIPTION;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span class="content">Students will learn why animal assisted therapy wo
 rks within special populations and the nuances involved.&nbsp; Restricted to
  students admitted to the program.</span></p>\n<p><span class="content">The 
 use of animal assisted therapy dates back hundreds of years. Famed nurse Flo
 rence Nightingale saw the value in animal assisted therapy, as did the York 
 Retreat in London in the 1700s to help infirm patients. Oakland University’s
  Animal Assisted Therapy Certificate program addresses several health and so
 cial issues, including an increased need for alternative, innovative and hol
 istic practices. Utilizing animal assisted therapy in educational, therapeut
 ic and health care settings benefit at-risk children and adolescents, the el
 derly and other special-needs populations. <br />\n</span></p>\n<p><span cla
 ss="content" style="font-family: arial;">This program is supported by and li
 sted under AAT on the <a href="http://www.deltasociety.org/Page.aspx?pid=458
 ">Delta Society</a> (the largest organization education, research and practi
 ce in Animal Assisted Activities and Animal Assisted Therapy) website.<br />
 \n</span></p>\n<p><span class="content" style="font-family: arial;"><a href=
 "/view_news.aspx?sid=406&amp;nid=7800">Read more</a> about the Animal Assist
 ed Therapy Program. <br />\n</span></p>\n<p><span class="content" style="fon
 t-family: arial;">\nThe School of Nursing began its fourth cohort in the Fal
 l of 2011 which\nwill run consecutively through Spring of 2012. The 2012-201
 3 cohort will\nbegin in the Fall. The program is completely online with a co
 uple of\nthe assignments involving meeting with people in the field in your 
 area\nand visiting an animal sanctuary, <br />\nshelter, farm, etc. The prog
 ram includes five consecutive 8-week modules in the following areas:<br />\n
 <br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
 bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 1 – Intro to Animal Assisted Therapy (First ha
 lf of Fall semester)<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 2 – Psychology of AAT (Sec
 ond half of Fall semester)<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="content_large_
 color">Module 3 – Special Populations and AAT (First half of Winter semester
 )</span><br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 4 – Working with Animals (Second half 
 of Winter semester)<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&
 nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 5 – Capstone project (First
  half of Spring semester) <br />\n<br />\nSince this is considered professio
 nal development / continuing\neducation, students do not have to apply to Oa
 kland University to enter\nthe program. Cost for the program is $299 per cou
 rse times 5 courses\n($1,495).&nbsp; </span></p>\n<span class="content">\n</
 span><span class="content" style="font-family: arial;"><a href="/upload/docs
 /SON/BROCHURE_FINAL.pdf">Click here</a> to download a brochure. </span><br /
 ><a href='http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=ONLINE, Rochester
 , MI 48309' target='_blank'>Map & Directions</a><br /><br />Contact Name: Am
 y Johnson<br />Contact Phone: (248) 370-4065<br />Contact Email: Johnson2@oa
 kland.edu<br /><br /><a href='http://oakland.edu/Events/EventDetails.aspx?Ev
 entID=6723'>Get Latest Event Information</a>
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span class="content">Students will learn why animal assisted therapy wo
 rks within special populations and the nuances involved.&nbsp; Restricted to
  students admitted to the program.</span></p>\n<p><span class="content">The 
 use of animal assisted therapy dates back hundreds of years. Famed nurse Flo
 rence Nightingale saw the value in animal assisted therapy, as did the York 
 Retreat in London in the 1700s to help infirm patients. Oakland University’s
  Animal Assisted Therapy Certificate program addresses several health and so
 cial issues, including an increased need for alternative, innovative and hol
 istic practices. Utilizing animal assisted therapy in educational, therapeut
 ic and health care settings benefit at-risk children and adolescents, the el
 derly and other special-needs populations. <br />\n</span></p>\n<p><span cla
 ss="content" style="font-family: arial;">This program is supported by and li
 sted under AAT on the <a href="http://www.deltasociety.org/Page.aspx?pid=458
 ">Delta Society</a> (the largest organization education, research and practi
 ce in Animal Assisted Activities and Animal Assisted Therapy) website.<br />
 \n</span></p>\n<p><span class="content" style="font-family: arial;"><a href=
 "/view_news.aspx?sid=406&amp;nid=7800">Read more</a> about the Animal Assist
 ed Therapy Program. <br />\n</span></p>\n<p><span class="content" style="fon
 t-family: arial;">\nThe School of Nursing began its fourth cohort in the Fal
 l of 2011 which\nwill run consecutively through Spring of 2012. The 2012-201
 3 cohort will\nbegin in the Fall. The program is completely online with a co
 uple of\nthe assignments involving meeting with people in the field in your 
 area\nand visiting an animal sanctuary, <br />\nshelter, farm, etc. The prog
 ram includes five consecutive 8-week modules in the following areas:<br />\n
 <br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n
 bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 1 – Intro to Animal Assisted Therapy (First ha
 lf of Fall semester)<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 2 – Psychology of AAT (Sec
 ond half of Fall semester)<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="content_large_
 color">Module 3 – Special Populations and AAT (First half of Winter semester
 )</span><br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 4 – Working with Animals (Second half 
 of Winter semester)<