Tickets are available for the 5th annual National Dog Show Therapy Dog Symposium at Rowan Universitya daylong occasion Friday, Dec. 8, for remedy canine handlers, well being care consultants, researchers and individuals who merely love dogs.
The program, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., takes place in partnership with the National Dog Show, which shall be broadcast nationally following the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC. It shall be co-hosted by National Dog Show host David Frei and Michele Pich, assistant director of Rowan’s Shreiber Family Pet Therapy Program.
The symposium’s line-up of audio system contains Ann Howie, LISW, as keynote, together with knowledgeable canine coach, educators and human well being professionals.
Begun in 2019, the symposium returns to the Eynon Ballroom within the Chamberlain Student Center on Rowan’s Glassboro campus as a hybrid, in-person/digital occasion. Tickets are $65 in-person (together with lunch), $60 for veterans & senior residents, $35 to attend nearly and $25 for college kids.
“To be there in-person with other animal-assisted therapy providers and dog lovers is very impactful, and there are great networking opportunities, especially as we highlight therapy dogs in educational settings this year,” Pich stated.
Pich stated Rowan’s pet remedy program options almost 40 licensed remedy dogs who, with their 30 human handlers, present consolation and a supply of calmness and anxiousness aid on all of Rowan’s educational and medical campuses in addition to at Rowan College of Burlington County.
Anyone fascinated with animal-assisted remedy, from working therapists, educators and college students to canine homeowners in search of a deeper understanding of canine conduct might attend the symposium.
Animal-assisted interventions make up a rising section of remedy practices and analysis reveals that their impact on sufferers can embrace anxiousness aid in addition to assist for an array of circumstances, together with for sufferers with PTSD, in hospitals, nursing properties and different medical settings.
The symposium is a human-only occasion aside from a number of Shreiber Family Pet Therapy Program remedy dogs that will be part of throughout lunch. Attendees who require the help of service dogs are welcome to deliver them.
