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Rural West District Meeting
Jackson Madison General Hospital
620 Skyline Dr,
Jackson, TN 38301
United States
Thursday, August 23, 2018, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
Category: District Event

 

Rural West District Meeting

 

 ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY

 

Thursday August 23, 2018
5:30 P.M. to 7:30 P.M


West Tennessee Healthcare
J Walter Barnes Conference Center

 

 

Presenter: David Levine, PT, PhD, DPT, OCS, CCRP, FAPTA Professor and Walter M. Cline Chair of Excellence in Physical Therapy

 

About the Presenter:

After this presentation, participants will be able to:

David F. Levine is a physical therapy professor, holding the Walter Cline Chair of Excellence in Physical Therapy at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He specializes in the use of modalities such as electrical stimulation and therapeutic ultrasound, as well as clinical infectious disease research.

 

After this presentation, participants will be able to:

  • Articulate the difference between therapy animals, animal –assisted therapy, service animals and emotional support animals.
  • Relate evidence-based research outcomes regarding animal-assisted interventions.
  • Develop animal-assisted interventions as a modality to treat patients with a variety of diagnoses

 

Please join us! No RSVP is needed. FREE to TNOTA members, $15 non-members.


Contact: [email protected]