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DESCRIPTION;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span class="content">Students learn which animal's temperament works best 
 with animal assistant therapy. Restricted to students admitted to the progra
 m.The use of animal assisted therapy dates back hundreds of years. <br />\n<
 br />\nFamed nurse Florence Nightingale saw</span><span class="content" styl
 e="font-family: arial;">the value in animal assisted therapy, as did the Yor
 k Retreat in London in the 1700s to help infirm patients. Oakland University
 ’s Animal Assisted Therapy Certificate program addresses several health and 
 social issues, including an increased need for alternative, innovative and h
 olistic practices. Utilizing animal assisted therapy in educational, therape
 utic and health care settings benefit at-risk children and adolescents, the 
 elderly and other special-needs populations. <br />\n</span>\n<p><span class
 ="content" style="font-family: arial;">This program is supported by and list
 ed under AAT on the <a href="http://www.deltasociety.org/Page.aspx?pid=458">
 Delta Society</a> (the largest organization education, research and practice
  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 Assisted
  Therapy Program. <br />\n</span></p>\n<p><span class="content" style="font-
 family: arial;">\nThe program is completely online with a couple of\nthe ass
 ignments involving meeting with people in the field in your area\nand visiti
 ng an animal sanctuary, <br />\nshelter, farm, etc. The program includes fiv
 e consecutive 8-week modules in the following areas:<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp;&n
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 &nbsp; Module 1 – Intro to Animal Assisted Therapy (First half of Fall semes
 ter)<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
 p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Module 2 – Psychology of AAT (Second half of Fall
  semester)<br />\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs
 p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mo