{"id":25863,"date":"2013-07-23T04:10:24","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T09:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=25863"},"modified":"2013-07-22T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-22T17:54:07","slug":"author-of-psychiatric-service-dog-book-to-hold-free-seminars-at-ut-july-27-aug-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/07_23_2013\/author-of-psychiatric-service-dog-book-to-hold-free-seminars-at-ut-july-27-aug-10","title":{"rendered":"Author of psychiatric service dog book to hold free seminars at UT July 27, Aug. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two trainings focusing on therapeutic aspects of the human-animal bond will bring Jane Miller, a clinical social worker and certified dog behavioral consultant, to The University of Toledo. <\/p>\n

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Jane Miller and her dogs<\/p><\/div>Miller, the author of Healing Companions,<\/em> one of few books published on psychiatric service dogs in the country, will provide trainings Saturday, July 27, and Saturday, Aug. 10. Both events will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Student Union Auditorium on Main Campus.<\/P><\/p>\n

The July 27 session is titled \u201cAnimal-Assisted Therapy in Social Work Practice: An Overview,\u201d and the Aug. 10 session will be \u201cPsychiatric Service Dogs and Emotional Support Pets in Social Work Practice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an increasing demand for psychiatric service dogs,\u201d said Dr. Janet Hoy, assistant professor in the UT Department of Criminal Justice and Social Work. \u201cThere are many more people requesting psychiatric service dogs than there are people knowledgeable to train them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Healing<\/a>The trainings are open to all majors and backgrounds, and social workers can earn up to six continuing education credits toward the biennial 30-credit requirement for licensure renewal.<\/P><\/p>\n

Miller\u2019s book promotes awareness of health benefits in the human-animal bond, and how psychiatric service dogs have helped people with post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder and mental illnesses that cause flashbacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dogs can be trained to recognize when a person is having a flashback,\u201d Hoy said. \u201cThey can be trained to interrupt that process and help ground the person \u2014 bring him or her back to the present moment \u2014 by putting a paw on them or nuzzling against the person experiencing a flashback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other examples of tasks psychiatric service dogs can be trained to do include but are not limited to doing an \u201call clear\u201d check of an empty house; turning on lights in a dark home; bringing medications to a person; and providing a \u201cbuffer zone\u201d while out in public for people who have a fear of being attacked from behind. <\/p>\n

There is no cost to attend the seminars, which are being jointly sponsored by the UT Social Work Program and Student Social Work Organization.<\/p>\n

Those interested in attending the trainings can register by sending an email to angela.campbell@utoledo.edu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Certified dog behavioral consultant Jane Miller will present two free, public training programs Saturday, July 27, and Saturday, Aug. 10, on UT’s Main Campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":563,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7,33],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/563"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}