Introduction PART 1: GETTING IT RIGHT FROM THE START 1 So Many Acronyms . Clarifying the Terminology 2 My Goat Thinks Toes Are Jellybeans . And Other Legal and Ethical Issues Unique to AACP 3 Can We Be Partners? Acquiring and Training Therapy Animals PART 2: FROM BARKS TO NEIGHS: DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND DIFFERENT OUTCOMES 4 (Wo)Man?s Best Friend: Dogs as Therapy Animals 5 Furry Mirrors: Cats as Therapy Animals 6 Little Friends: Integrating Small Therapy Animals 7 Gentle Giants or Psychic Geniuses: Equines as Therapy Animals 8 Is That a Camel or a Llama? Farm Animals in Therapy 9 Beauty and the Beast: Insects, Gardening, and Nature PART 3: I?M TOO OLD TO PLAY: WORKING WITH ANIMALS AND DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS 10 Accidental Play: Animal Interventions for Clients of All Ages 11 Learning Through Play: Interventions with Young Humans 12 My Alpaca Is Angsty: Animal-Assisted Interventions with Teens 13 Taking an Inner Child Out to Play: Therapy with Adults and Animals 14 Hanging with the Herd: Animals Assisting with Couples and Families 15 Catching the Moment: Letting Animals Lead PART 4: INTERVENTIONS BY TREATMENT GOAL Acknowledgments Index About the Authors.