How is the Love On 4 Paws program different from other animal assisted therapy programs?
The Love On 4 Paws program is different because it brings the healing and comforting presence of animals to people in hospitals and schools in Los Angeles and the surrounding area, utilizing several different therapy or teaching modules. Trained volunteers bring their own pets on the visits: dogs, rabbits and cats. In addition to providing animal assisted activities, many of our volunteer teams are trained to participate in therapeutic interventions (in groups or on a one-to-one basis) for children undergoing rehabilitation therapy as a result of strokes, birth defects, reconstructive or orthopedic surgeries or traumas. In providing animal-assisted therapeutic interventions, we develop modules with special education or physical and psychological therapy staff at the facilities we visit.
